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School of Information Technologies

The School of Information Technologies offers the following programs.

Degrees

The School of IT offers the following three degrees:

  • The Bachelor of Computer Science and Technology (BCST). Its normal duration is three years (144 Credit Points).
  • The BCST (Advanced). Its normal duration is three years (144 Credit Points).
  • The Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT). Its normal duration is four years (192 Credit Points).

In addition, the school offers the following combined degrees:

  • Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Arts (BIT/BA) (240 Credit Points).
  • Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Commerce (BIT/BCom) (240 Credit Points).
  • Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Law (BIT/LLB) (288 Credit Points).
  • Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Medical Science (BIT/BMedSc) (240 Credit Points).
  • Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science (BIT/BSc) (240 Credit Points).
Streams

The School of IT offers these streams in the degrees listed above:

  • Computer Science
  • Information Systems

Students enrolled in BCST, BCST (Advanced) or BIT must complete at least one of the two offered streams.

Students enrolled in the BSc or BSc (Advanced) degrees offered by the Faculty of Science can select Computer Science and/or Information Systems as their major in their senior (third) year.

Honours

The School of IT offers three different honours degrees:

  1. After completing the requirements for a BCST or a pass degree from the Faculty of Science or a degree equivalent to the BCST from another institution, students can apply for enrolment in the honours degree (normal duration 1 year), and upon successful completion they will be awarded a BCST(Honours).
  2. After completing the requirements for a BCST(Adv) or a BSc(Adv) degree from the Faculty of Science or a degree equivalent to the BCST(Adv) from another institution, students can apply for enrolment in the honours degree (normal duration 1 year), and upon successful completion they will be awarded a BCST(Adv)(Honours).
  3. In their fourth year (after completing 144 credit points) students enrolled in the BIT degree, can either pursue the coursework option or the honours option. A successful completion of the honours option will result in an award of a BIT (Honours) degree.
    In addition, students who have completed a pass degree of BSc, or equivalent, can apply for enrolment in the BSc(Hons) with honours in Computer Science or in Information Systems, as offered by the Faculty of Science.
Minors

The School of IT offers a minor in IT. A 'minor' is defined as at least 18 credit points from SIT coded units (COMP, INFO, ISYS), at the Intermediate level (second year) or above.

The school will issue a certificate to all students who have completed the requirements for a degree of the University of Sydney and who complete the requirements for an IT minor, upon application.

An application form is available at www.it.usyd.edu.au/minor.