Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Bachelor of Arts (Communication)/Bachelor of Information Technology

Course code: 3771 + Course abbreviation: BA(Comn)/BIT + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Arts

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Gippsland)
Off-campus (Gippsland P/T only)
Multimode (Gippsland)

Course description

This double degree caters for the demand within the information technology industry for people with both professional computing and professional communication skills. There is also a demand for graduates with computing expertise in a range of areas that require professional communication skills, including journalism and media-related occupations. The course is directed towards those students who have relevant career goals and who combine ability with high motivation. Potential employers include mainstream and alternative media organisations and a wide variety of public and private organisations.

Course structure

Students must complete 96 points in the Bachelor of Arts (Communication) component and 96 points in the Bachelor of Information Technology component.

Majors and other studies

For information on arts majors and minors offered, refer to the `Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.
Minors can be taken in Australian studies, community studies, history-politics, journalism, Indonesian, Australian Indigenous studies, philosophy, psychological studies, psychology, public relations, social and community welfare, sociology or writing.

Course requirements

Arts (communication) component

(a) a communications major (48 points) - COM1010, COM1020, COM2407/COM3407, COM2409/COM3409, COM2411/COM3411, COM2413/COM3413, COM2423/COM3423 and one of COM2408/COM3408, COM2417/COM3417 or PRL2003
(b) an arts minor (24 points)
(c) arts electives (24 points), including 12 points at first-year level
(d) the prescribed 16-unit computing sequence in systems development, business systems or network technology (96 points)
(e) a total of 192 points.

Information technology component:

System development sequence

• GCO1811 Object-orientated programming 1
• GCO1812 Object-oriented programming 2
• GCO1813 Information systems analysis
• GCO1815 Computer systems and technology
• GCO1821 Multimedia and internet computing
• GCO2811 Commercial programming
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2813 Information systems design
• GCO2814 Operating systems
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO2817 Data structures and algorithms
• GOC3807 Project management
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3819 Computing project*

* Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3800 (Industry project) in place of the six-point unit GCO3819 (Computing project).

plus two elective units to be chosen from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure for electronic commerce
• GCO3812 Data communications and network 1
• GCO3813 UNIX systems programming
• GCO3814 Human-computer interaction
• GCO3816 Information systems management
• GCO3817 Computer graphics
• GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
• GCO3823 Enterprise programming
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2
• GCO3828 Applications of data mining

Business systems sequence

• GCO1810 Business programming
• GCO1813 Information systems analysis
• GCO1815 Computer systems and technology
• GCO1821 Multimedia and internet computing
• MAT1097 Quantitative analysis
• GCO2802 Computer models for business decisions
• GCO2803 eCommerce systems
• GCO2811 Commercial programming
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2813 Information systems design
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO3807 Project management
• GCO3816 Information systems management
• GCO3819 Computing project[dagger]

[dagger] Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3800 (Industry project) in place of the six-point unit GCO3819 (Computing project).

plus two elective units from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure for electronic commerce
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
• GCO3814 Human-computer interaction
• GCO3822 Multimedia concepts and applications
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2
• GCO3828 Applications of data mining

Network technology sequence

• GCO1811 Object-orientated programming 1
• GCO1812 Object-oriented programming 2
• GCO1813 Information systems analysis
• GCO1815 Computer systems and technology
• GCO1821 Multimedia and internet computing
• GCO2811 Commercial programming
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• GCO2815 Database management systems
• GCO3831 Information and network security
• GCO3807 Project management
• GCO3812 Data communications and networks 1
• GCO3824 Data communications and networks 2
• GCO3826 Advanced multimedia technology
• GCO3819 Computing project^**

^**Students may opt to take the 12-point unit GCO3800 (Industry project) in place of six-point GCO3819 (Computing project).

Plus two electives to be chosen from:

• GCO3601 Infrastructure for electronic commerce
• GCO3811 Software engineering
• GCO3813 UNIX systems programming
• GCO3814 Human-computer interaction
• GCO3817 Computer graphics
• GCO3823 Enterprise programming
• GCO3828 Applications of data mining

Students cannot graduate from either degree until they have satisfied the above requirements and successfully completed studies to the value of 144 credit points. Students undertaking the above double-degree program are permitted to count up to 48 credit points of the other faculty's component towards those 144 credit points. Students must also complete at least 36 credit points at third-year level to meet Bachelor of Arts (Communication) requirements.
Note that students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this course.

Contact details

Website: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

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