The Information Systems major gives you the knowledge and skills of an IT professional to shape future industries. You will develop expertise in understanding information technology capabilities and implications and proficiency in best-of-breed methods, techniques, and tools to improve and innovate the work of individuals and organisations.
In your first year, you’ll complete your common IT units, introducing you to computer systems, learning design and build principles, and developing databases. You’ll also learn information systems modelling and web application development.
Continuing into your second year, your major will focus on developing systems thinking and skills in a business and management context, including business process modelling, business analysis, project management and enterprise architecture. You will also customise your major with process, data, and technology options. You will have practical, hands-on experiences throughout your course. In addition, you will be able to further specialise by choosing your second major or minor and options units.
Your final year is your opportunity to excel and showcase your skills with a major project. Your project will be for a real-world client and will be unveiled at the IT and Games Showcase, held at the end of the year.
Customise your degree
Foster your passion and shape your career through complementary study areas. As well as choosing a major area of study, your course includes a second study area, which can be either a second major or a double minor.
A second major can complement your major study area, allowing you to develop a significant depth of knowledge and skills in two discipline areas.
IT Second Majors
Computational and Simulation Science
The Computational and Simulation Science second major combines the study of science and mathematical models with computers to provide quantitative analysis and visualisation to gain insight into the solution of scientific problems from a range of scientific application areas. Computational and Simulation Science second major graduates will be in demand to apply the latest computing and computational techniques to specialist application areas.
Computer Science
The Computer Science second major explores a scientific and practical approach to computer-based system design, development and operation. It includes identifying and solving systems design issues associated with achieving critical properties such as correctness, efficiency, robustness, usability and security.
Data Science
The Data Science second major provides the necessary skills to be a data scientist, including statistical methods and data visualisation, computational tools and data management techniques for large datasets, and high-performance computing resources and techniques. This unique skill set in statistics and computing will allow you to cope with sophisticated models applied to complex and large datasets.
Expand the breadth of your studies by adding to your major with one minor. You can choose from the information technology discipline or broaden your studies by completing minors that offer general knowledge and insights in study areas from across the university.
IT Minors
Business Intelligence
Focus on the areas of business, data and process analysis to critically analyse data and make evidence-based decisions.
Business Process Management (BPM)
BPM is a systematic approach to making organisations' workflows more efficient and effective. You will learn to discover, analyse, model, improve, automate and monitor business processes.
Computational and Simulation Science
This minor provides knowledge of modelling, simulation and visualisation used in various scientific application areas.
Computer Science
Develop practical skills in IT system development and an understanding of the basic principles underlying modern computing technologies. Identify and solve systems design issues associated with critical properties such as correctness, efficiency, robustness, usability and security.
Enterprise Systems
Develop an understanding of large-scale application software packages that support business processes and information flows across departments. This minor develops the knowledge and skills required in supporting Enterprise Systems within the modern organisation.
Intelligent Systems
Explore the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning with applications in robotics and other virtual intelligent systems.
IoT and Mobile Technologies
Develops the knowledge and skills to design and distribute applications or games. Examine the role and application of ubiquitous and mobile technologies to individuals and enterprises.
Networks and Security
Develop contemporary electronic communications infrastructure knowledge and skills, concentrating on fundamental networking technologies and information security principles.
Software Development for IS and Games
Develop sophisticated software systems in a variety of environments and problem domains. You will study the development of innovative software-based solutions to domain problems. You will become familiar with various software development techniques, methods, programming languages, and tools.
User Experience
Develop the knowledge and skills needed to engage in user experience design activities involving emerging technologies to create new forms of human-computer interaction.
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