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18 September 2017 26 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Area of Study

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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All areas of study information should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. The units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Information Technology component of any bachelors double degrees.

Managing facultyFaculty of Information Technology
Offered byCaulfield School of Information Technology
Campus(es)Caulfield
CoordinatorDr Jeff Tan

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

The information and communication technologies major focuses on the hardware and network infrastructure on which computer systems are run. It covers topics such as networks and data communications, web-based technologies, database, security, and IT infrastructure management.

Sequence requirements

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems with a major in information and communication technologies, students must complete the major requirements outlined below:

Five core units:

  • FIT1005 Networks and data communications
  • FIT1038 Introduction to information technology
  • FIT2065 Operating systems and the Unix environment
  • FIT2077 Database design
  • FIT2078 Introduction to security

Three elective units chosen from:

  • FIT2076 Web-database interface
  • FIT3003 Business intelligence and data warehousing
  • FIT3031 Information and network security
  • FIT3056 Secure and trusted software systems
  • FIT3130 Computer network design and deployment
  • FIT3148 Cases in information and technology
  • FIT3149 Network administration

Contact details

Website: visit http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/bits

Relevant courses

3334 Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems