2. Requirements

1. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) are required to gain credit for 192 credit points from the units of study set out including: (a) No more than 72 credit points of units at 1000-level and (b) at least 90 credit points from 3000-level and above units, including 78cp of listed core and recommended electives .

2. Candidates in the BIT degree must maintain a credit average in each year of enrolment. If this level of result is not achieved candidates will be transferred to the BCST degree program.

3. Students enrolled in the Computer Science/Information Systems double stream must also complete ISYS2140 Introduction to Information System and ISYS3401 Analytical Methods and Information Systems as a core unit of study from the CS stream.

4. The BIT may be awarded as an honours degree. Students may enrol in the Honours course after completion of 144 credit points, if they meet the specified entry conditions. To qualify for admission to the honours year a candidate should (a) have qualified for the pass degree or equivalent, (b) have an ISWAM of at least 65 and (c) have Head of School permission. Students in BIT(Honours) must complete 24 credit points of honours core units plus 24 credit points from the Year 4 Recommended elective list.

5. The Bachelor of Information Technology is governed by the course resolutions of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, available at http://cusp.sydney.edu.au/resolutions/infotech2012/

3. Semesters

Year 1 - Semester 1

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	ENGG1805: Professional Engineering and IT
Core	6	INFO1103: Introduction to Programming
Year 1 Recommended Electives	6	Select from Unit Block: Year 1 Recommended Electives
Junior Maths	6	Select from Unit Block: Junior Maths Note: MATH1001 and MATH1002 are recommended for first semester.

Year 1 - Semester 2

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	ELEC1601: Introduction to Computer Systems
Core	6	INFO1105: Data Structures Note: INFO1905 (advanced version) can be taken as an alternate core unit to INFO1105.
Year 1 Recommended Electives	6	Select from Unit Block: Year 1 Recommended Electives
Junior Maths	6	Select from Unit Block: Junior Maths Note: MATH1003 and MATH1005 are recommended for second semester.

Year 2 - Semester 1

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	COMP2129: Operating Systems and Machine Principles
Core	6	INFO2120: Database Systems 1 Note: INFO2820 (advanced version) can be taken as an alternate core unit to INFO2120.
List	12	Select from Unit Blocks: Intermediate Maths Year 2 Recommended Electives A Year 2 Recommended Electives B or other units. Note: For BIT single degree, at least 6 credit points must be completed from the two Year 2 Recommended A alternatives (either COMP2022 in Semester 1 or COMP2121 in Semester 2) and at least 6 credit points from 2000-level Mathematics and/or Statistics. We suggest choosing from MATH2069, MATH2063, STAT2012 and/or STAT2912). For BIT combined degree students, at least 6 crpts must be completed from 2000-level COMP, INFO, ISYS units

Year 2 - Semester 2

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	COMP2007: Algorithms and Complexity Note: COMP2907 (advanced version) can be taken as an alternate core unit to COMP2007.
Core	6	INFO2110: Systems Analysis and Modelling
List	12	Select from Unit Blocks: Intermediate Maths Year 2 Recommended Electives A Year 2 Recommended Electives B or other units. Note: At least 6 credit points must be completed from the two Year 2 Recommended A alternatives (either COMP2022 in Semester 1 or COMP2121 in Semester 2) and at least 6 credit points from 2000-level Mathematics and/or Statistics. We suggest choosing from MATH2069, MATH2063, STAT2012 and/or STAT2912).

Year 3 - Semester 1

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	INFO3220: Object Oriented Design
Core	6	INFO3402: Management of IT Projects and Systems
Year 3 Recommended Electives A	6	Select from Unit Block: Year 3 Recommended Electives A
List	6	Select from Unit Blocks: Year 3 Recommended Electives A Year 3 Recommended Electives B or other units.

Note: For the Computer Science stream, students must take at least 18 credit points from Year 3 Recommended Units across the year as a whole including at least 6 credit points from Year 3 Recommended A. Students enrolled in the Computer Science/Information Systems double stream must take 12 credit points of Year 3 Recommended units, replacing the other 6 credit points with ISYS3401.

Year 3 - Semester 2

Type	CP	CP From
Core	12	INFO3600: Major Development Project (Advanced)
Year 3 Recommended Electives A	6	Select from Unit Block: Year 3 Recommended Electives A
List	6	Select from Unit Blocks: Year 3 Recommended Electives A Year 3 Recommended Electives B or other units.

Year 4 - Semester 1

Type	CP	CP From
Year 4 Recommended Electives A	18	Select from Unit Block: Year 4 Recommended Electives A
List	6	Select from Unit Blocks: Year 4 Recommended Electives A Year 4 Recommended Electives B

Note: The Bachelor of Information Technology requires at least 48 credit points of Year 4 electives including at least 36 credit points from the Year 4 Recommended A list. The remaining 12 credit points may be taken either from these units or from Year 4 Recommended B Electives. Students in the BIT Honours program select INFO5993, INFO4991, INFO4992, INFO4999 across two consecutive semesters in place of 24 credit points of Year 4 Recommended Electives.

Year 4 - Semester 2

Type	CP	CP From
Year 4 Recommended Electives A	18	Select from Unit Block: Year 4 Recommended Electives A
List	6	Select from Unit Blocks: Year 4 Recommended Electives A Year 4 Recommended Electives B

4. Pathways

BIT Honours

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	INFO4991: IT Research Thesis A
Core	12	INFO4992: IT Research Thesis B
Core	0	INFO4999: Computer Science Honours Result
Core	6	INFO5993: IT Research Methods
List	24	Select from Unit Blocks Year 4 Recommended Electives A Year 4 Recommended Electives B

Note: Students may enrol in the Honours course after completion of 144 credit points, if they meet the specified entry conditions. To qualify for admission to the honours year a candidate should (a) have qualified for the pass degree or equivalent, (b) have an ISWAM of at least 65 and (c) have Head of School permission. Students in BIT(Honours) must complete 24 credit points of honours core units plus 24 credit points from the Year 4 Recommended elective list.

Computer Science/Information Systems Double Stream

Type	CP	CP From
Core	6	ISYS2140: Information Systems
Core	6	ISYS3401: Information Technology Evaluation

Note: Students enrolled in the Computer Science/Information Systems double stream must complete ISYS2140 in Year 2 Semester 1 and ISYS3401 in Year 3 Semester 1 in addition to other core units INFO3220, INFO3402 and INFO3600. Elective requirements in Year 3 are correspondingly reduced from 18 to 12 credit points.

5. Unit Blocks

Block 1 - Junior Maths (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 15)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
MATH1001	Differential Calculus	3	Semester 1 Summer Main
MATH1002	Linear Algebra	3	Semester 1 Summer Main
MATH1003	Integral Calculus and Modelling	3	Semester 2 Summer Main
MATH1004	Discrete Mathematics	3	Semester 2 Summer Main
MATH1005	Statistical Thinking with Data	3	Semester 2 Summer Main

Note: Other Level-1000 Maths or Stats units may be taken depending on availability. See Science Faculty handbook for full list of MATH and STAT units at http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks

Block 2 - Year 1 Recommended Electives (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
BUSS1001	Understanding Business	6	Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Late
BUSS1002	The Business Environment	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
ELEC1103	Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	6	Semester 1
INFO1003	Foundations of Information Technology	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
INFO1903	Informatics (Advanced)	6	Semester 1
PHIL1012	Introductory Logic	6	Semester 2

Note: At least 12 credit points must be completed from these units or from additional MATH1xxx units.

Block 3 - Intermediate Maths (Min CP: 6,Max CP: 18)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
MATH2063	Math Computing and Nonlinear Systems	6	Semester 1
MATH2069	Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory	6	Semester 1
STAT2012	Statistical Tests	6	Semester 2
STAT2912	Statistical Tests (Advanced)	6	Semester 2

Note: Other Level-2000 Maths or Stats units may be taken depending on availability. See Science Faculty handbook for full list of MATH and STAT units at http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks

Block 4 - Year 2 Recommended Electives A (Min CP: 6,Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP2022	Models of Computation	6	Semester 2
COMP2121	Principles of Distributed Systems and Networks	6	Semester 2

Note: At least one of these units must be taken.

Block 5 - Year 2 Recommended Electives B (Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
INFO2315	Introduction to IT Security	6	Semester 2
INFS2020	Business Process Modelling & Improvement	6	Semester 2
ISYS2140	Information Systems	6	Semester 1

Note: Up to 12 credit points may be taken from this group. The group comprises INFS2020 and all level-2000 ELEC, COMP, INFO, ISYS units. See Faculty of Engineering/IT Unit of Study page at http://cusp.sydney.edu.au/students/view-units-page/did/742 for full list of ELEC2xxx, COMP2xxx, INFO2xxx, ISYS2xxx units of study.

Block 6 - Year 3 Recommended Electives A (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 18)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP3109	Programming Languages and Paradigms	6	Semester 2
COMP3308	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	6	Semester 1
COMP3419	Graphics and Multimedia	6	Semester 2
COMP3520	Operating Systems Internals	6	Semester 2
COMP3530	Discrete Optimization	6	Semester 2
COMP3608	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Adv)	6	Semester 1

Note: For BIT single degree, the Computer Science stream requires 18 credit points of electives across Year 3, including at least 12 credit points from Year 3 Recommended A units. The remaining 12 credit points must be selected from either Year 3 Recommended A or B lists. Students enrolled in the Computer Science/Information Systems double stream are required to take 12 credit points from Year 3 Recommended A or B.

Block 7 - Year 3 Recommended Electives B (Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
INFO3315	Human-Computer Interaction	6	Semester 2
INFO3404	Database Systems 2	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
INFO3406	Introduction to Data Analytics [not offered in 2020]	6	Semester 2
INFO3504	Database Systems 2 (Adv)	6	Semester 2
INFS3040	Enterprise Systems & Integrated Business	6	Semester 1
ISYS3400	Information Systems Project	6	Semester 2
ISYS3401	Information Technology Evaluation	6	Semester 1

Note: Year 3 Recommended B elective units also include any COMP, INFO, ISYS unit of study at level-3000 and any ELEC unit at level-3000 or above. See Faculty of Engineering/IT Unit of Study page at http://cusp.sydney.edu.au/students/view-units-page/did/742 for full list of ELEC, COMP, INFO and ISYS units of study. Up to 12 credit points may be taken from these units.

Block 8 - Year 4 Recommended Electives A (Min CP: 36,Max CP: 48)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP5045	Computational Geometry	6	Semester 1
COMP5046	Natural Language Processing	6	Semester 1
COMP5047	Pervasive Computing	6	Semester 2
COMP5048	Visual Analytics	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
COMP5318	Machine Learning and Data Mining	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
COMP5338	Advanced Data Models	6	Semester 2
COMP5347	Web Application Development	6	Semester 1
COMP5348	Enterprise Scale Software Architecture	6	Semester 1
COMP5415	Multimedia Design and Authoring	6	Semester 2
COMP5416	Advanced Network Technologies	6	Semester 2
COMP5424	Information Technology in Biomedicine	6	Semester 1
COMP5425	Multimedia Retrieval	6	Semester 1
COMP5426	Parallel and Distributed Computing	6	Semester 1
COMP5456	Introduction to Bioinformatics [not running]	6	Semester 2
INFO5991	Services Science Management and Engineering	6	Semester 2
INFO5992	Understanding IT Innovations	6	Semester 1 Semester 2
INFO6010	Advanced Topics in IT Project Management	6	Semester 2
INFO6012	Information Technology Strategy & Value	6	Semester 1
ISYS5050	Knowledge Management Systems	6	Semester 1

Note: Students in the BIT Pass degree must complete at least 48 credit points of electives including at 36 credit points from 5000-level or above COMP, INFO, ISYS units of study. The remaining 12 credit points may be taken either from these units or from Year 4 Recommended B list below.

Block 9 - Year 4 Recommended Electives B (Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
ELEC5508	Wireless Engineering	6	Semester 2
ELEC5509	Mobile Networks	6	Semester 1
ELEC5514	Networked Embedded Systems	6	Semester 2
ELEC5614	Real Time Computing	6	Semester 1
ELEC5616	Computer and Network Security	6	Semester 1
ELEC5618	Software Quality Engineering	6	Semester 1
ELEC5619	Object Oriented Application Frameworks	6	Semester 2
ELEC5620	Model Based Software Engineering	6	Semester 2

Note: Up to 12 credit points may be taken from these units.

Block 10 - Advanced alternatives

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP2907	Algorithms and Complexity (Advanced)	6	Semester 2
INFO1905	Data Structures (Advanced)	6	Semester 2
INFO2820	Database Systems 1 (Advanced)	6	Semester 1

Note: These units are advanced versions of core undergraduate units and are taken in place of them. INFO1905, INFO2820 and COMP2907 are advanced alternatives to INFO1105, INFO2120 and COMP2007 respectively. Department permission is required for enrollment each case.

Course:	Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Science) 2014 and earlier (2014)
CP Required:	192
Min FT Duration:	4.00 Years
Min PT Duration:	N/A
Faculty/School:	University Archive
Years Offered:	2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

University Archive

Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Science) 2014 and earlier (2014)

1. Overview