Undergraduate courses


General information

The Faculty of Information Technology offers a wide range of undergraduate degree courses covering different aspects of computing. The courses are designed to equip students to enter the computing profession in a variety of areas including the application of computer technology to information systems in commerce and industry, and the design, construction and programming of computer equipment.
Students who satisfy the academic requirements and who wish to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of their area of major study may choose to take a fourth or honours year. The normal qualification for admission to honours is a credit grade or better in the area of major study.

Pass degrees

The degree courses offered by the faculty reflect the diversity of studies in business systems, computing and computer science, digital systems, information management and systems, multimedia, network computing and software engineering that are available at the Monash campuses.

Table 1: Undergraduate degrees

Bachelors degrees

Campus

Bachelor of Business Systems

Clayton

Bachelor of Business and Information Technology

Malaysia

Bachelor of Computer Science

Clayton, Malaysia

Bachelor of Computing

Caulfield

Bachelor of Computing, with major studies in system development, business systems

Gippsland, distance education

Bachelor of Digital Systems

Clayton

Bachelor of Electronic Commerce

Berwick

Bachelor of Information Management and Systems

Caulfield

Bachelor of Information Systems

Caulfield

Bachelor of Multimedia

Berwick

Bachelor of Network Computing

Peninsula

Bachelor of Software Engineering

Clayton

Honours degrees

Study for honours degrees is available in each of the schools of the faculty. Students thinking of undertaking honours study should contact the relevant school coordinator to discuss their potential honours study. Students should be aware that the minimum academic requirement for admission to the faculty's honours program is a pass at credit standard or above in all computing subjects at the third stage of the relevant degree. Students who undertake a major in computer science in either the Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Economics are eligible to apply for entry to the honours program in computer science. Applications for entry to the honours program must be made to the faculty administration office by 31 December each year. Application forms can be obtained from any of the faculty's administration offices.

Table 2: Honours degrees of the faculty

Honours degrees

Campus

Bachelor of Business Systems (Honours)

Clayton

Bachelor of Computing (Honours)

Caulfield, Gippsland, Peninsula, distance education

Bachelor of Digital Systems (Honours)

Clayton

Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)

Clayton

Bachelor of Information Management and Systems (Honours)

Caulfield

Combined and double degrees

There are a number of double degrees offered in conjunction with the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Law and a combined degree in conjunction with the Faculty of Engineering.

Table 3: Combined and double degrees

Degrees from this faculty

Degrees from other faculties

Bachelor of Business Systems

Bachelor of Commerce

Bachelor of Business Systems

Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Computing

Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts (Communication)
Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)

Bachelor of Computer Science

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Computer Science*

Bachelor of Engineering

Bachelor of Information Management

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Information Management and Systems

Bachelor of Arts (Policy Studies)

Bachelor of Information Management and Systems

Bachelor of Education

*The four-year Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering (BCSE) combined degree.