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Combined degree programs
The School of IT offers five combined degrees, where students work towards completing two degrees. In most cases, this normally takes seven years; by combining the degrees students complete the requirements for both in five years.
Combined degrees allow students to add another area of study to the technology-based IT degrees. By adding a second qualification students broaden their career opportunities. Studies for both degrees are fully integrated.
Bachelor of IT/Bachelor of Arts
UAI 2009 97.05, ATAR equivalent 97.25
In this combined degree students study IT whilst adding skills from humanities, social sciences and languages. In addition to an IT stream (Computer Science or Information Systems), students can complete one major and one minor study in Arts areas if study, for example linguistics, anthropology, cultural studies, film studies, digital culture or a language.
Graduates will have the technical expertise to shape and manage current and emerging technology. Complemented with the lifelong communication, research and critical thinking skills that are acquired from an Arts degree, graduates from the BIT/BA degree will be well positioned to take on a career in a wide variety of fields.
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Bachelor of IT/Bachelor of Commerce
2009 UAI 94.20, ATAR equivalent 94.65
In this combined degree students undertake one major from the Faculty of Economics and Business (for e.g., Accounting, Finance, Economics) and a stream from IT. Students will learn skills and vocabulary from both disciplines and have the opportunity to practise their combined skills in project-based courses and through industry internships.
The aim is to produce graduates with exceptional skills in both IT and business and help shape them into the future captains and leaders of the industry.
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Bachelor of IT/Bachelor of Law
New degree in 2009
The Bachelor of Information Technology/Bachelor of Law is a 6-year award course. The degree will produce graduates who have an extensive technical understanding of both IT and Law.
Graduates from this degree will be well equipped to tackle legal issues that have become more prevalent as technology has progressed, such as copyright, privacy, data collection, and censorship and could help shape policy in these areas. Similarly, IT professionals could benefit greatly from a working knowledge of law when dealing with contracts, patents, share holders or working in international markets.
Bridging the gap between these two domains will be vital in the future, and graduates from this combined degree will be highly sought after in both professions.
Bachelor of IT/Bachelor of Medical Science
UAI 2009 91.80, ATAR equivalent 92.45
This combined degree provides students with a structured program of study, adding skills from Medical Science, Biomedicine, and Bioinformatics to their IT degree. All students undertake core units in areas including computer science, information systems, and selected medical science areas.
The demand for graduates qualified in IT and medical science is expected to soar as medical science research becomes increasingly dependent on IT.
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Bachelor of IT/Bachelor of Science
UAI 2009 91.10, ATAR equivalent 91.80
There is natural synergy between information technology and science: all areas of Science have made significant advancements using IT. In this combined degree students undertake core units in areas including computer science, information systems, and selected Science areas such as mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, geography or psychology.
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