Course highlights
Opportunities to study the latest technologies in mobile computing, internet applications and business intelligence. Students can gain skills which bridge the gap in the employment market for graduates with IT technical skills and business acumen.
Emphasis on professional practise. Opportunities in the final year project to work in a team to produce a product for a commercial client from the local community.
Small classes, friendly supportive environment, first class labs, wireless campus, contribute to research projects, ACS meetings (Townsville Campus).
Duration:
3 years fulltime or part time * equivalent
Mode:
Internal
Workload:
Normal workload expectations are a minimum of 10 hours per week for every subject, including class contact hours, preparation and time spent on assessment tasks.
Type:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
72 credit points o
Locations:
Townsville, Cairns,
Faculty:
Law, Business & the Creative Arts
Intake:
February & July
Prerequisite/s:
English
QTAC code:
3122061 Townsville; 322261Cairns
Course code:
103110
* Duration: Part-time study is available to domestic students only.
o Credit points: Represent the combined value of individual subjects in a degree. One subject usually constitutes three credit points.
Honours
High performing students, those averaging credits or higher, are encouraged to undertake an Honours degree. Students in honours undertake training in research skills and specialist topic areas as well as completing a personal research project and thesis. Honours subjects are taught by senior academics who are experts in their field.
Career Opportunities
A degree in business informatics can lead you into many varied careers. A
Business Informatics major can give you the skills to administer the ‘back office’ IT operations in large corporate environments (banks government etc.) For example, roles such as corporate database administration managers. You could also become a systems architect, designing the interoperating IT tools and services that make organizations work. IT management is a large field and employs many IT graduates.
Possible careers include:
IT Managers,
Chief Information Officers,
IT project managers,
Business analysts,
e-business managers,
Database designers,
Information systems architects,
Change managers, and
Application and software developers
Joint Degree Opportunities
Joint degrees give students expertise in a complementary discipline in a reduced time and can enhance career prospects. At JCU this degree can be combined as a:
Bachelor of Engineering – Bachelor of Information Technology
Structure
Students shall complete the following:
Level 1
CP1200:03 Introduction to Programming I
CP1300:03 Introduction to Programming II
CP1500:03 Conceptual modelling
CP1030:03 IT Fundamentals
CP1005:03 Business and IT interface
Plus other IT and business subjects
Level 2
CP2013:03 Software Engineering
CP2010:03 Web Programming
CP2012:03 Networking
CP2017:03 Interactive e-business
Plus elective subjects from business and IT
Level 3
CP3301:03 Human Computer Interaction
CP3302:03 Information Security
CP3046:03 Project Management I
CP3047:03 Project Management II
CP3300:03 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Plus elective subjects from business and IT
Disclaimer
This course information page is intended as a general guide. Information is correct at the time of the last update. Prospective students should contact the University to confirm admission requirements and the availability of courses. James Cook University reserves the right to alter any course or admission requirement without prior notice. It is the responsibility of students to confirm the specific details of courses, subjects and enrolment.
