C10143v8 Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op)
Award(s): Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) (BIT(Co-op))UAC code: 603210 (Co-op) (Autumn session)
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 144
Course EFTSL: 3
Location: City campus
Notes
This course is only offered to local students.
This course is intended for domestic current school leavers.
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Inherent requirements
Assumed knowledge
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Rules and regulations
Levels of award
Honours
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This is a cooperative education scholarship program in computer information systems, developed by UTS in cooperation with a group of leading organisations. It differs from other cooperative education courses in that, during the industry-based sessions, students follow a structured program designed jointly by UTS and the employer group, including formal coursework delivered by industry.
There are a limited number of places available in this course according to the number of industry sponsors each year. If selected for this course, students receive a total scholarship of around $49,500 for the duration of the course.
This intensive course includes two six-month industry-based sessions with different industry sponsors. Industry sponsors are heavily involved in the curriculum design to ensure graduates are not only highly qualified but also have the knowledge and skills relevant to the needs of industry.
Students normally secure graduate employment before completion of the course. Sponsors also actively recruit graduates from the course but students are not obliged to take up employment with a sponsor.
Course aims
Students gain an understanding of both business practice and technical skills in IT and computing, and learn how to apply IT solutions to business challenges.
Career options
Career options include business analyst, systems analyst, information systems manager, project manager, commercial manager and roles in social media/digital marketing.
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Transdisciplinarity and Innovation at UTSAll UTS students have the opportunity to develop distinctive capabilities around transdisciplinary thinking and innovation through the TD School. Transdisciplinary education at UTS brings together great minds from different disciplines to explore ideas that improve the way we live and work in the world. These offerings are unique to UTS and directly translate to many existing and emerging roles and careers.
Diploma in InnovationThe Diploma in Innovation (C20060) teaches innovation, supports personal transformation and provides the hard skills needed to support the inventors and inventions of the future. Students come out of the Diploma in Innovation, with the hard skills to create and support sectoral and societal transformation. Graduates are able to fluently integrate ideas, across professional disciplines and are inventors of the future.
All UTS undergraduate students (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) can apply for the Diploma in Innovation upon admission in their chosen undergraduate degree. It is a complete degree program that runs in parallel to any undergraduate degree. The course is offered on a three-year, part-time basis, with subjects running in 3-week long intensive blocks in July, December and February sessions. More information including a link to apply is available at https://dipinn.uts.edu.au.
Transdisciplinary electives programTransdisciplinary electives broaden students' horizons and supercharge their problem-solving skills, helping them to learn outside, beyond and across their degrees. Students enrolled in an undergraduate course that includes electives can choose to take a transdisciplinary subject (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation). More information about the TD Electives program is available here.
Course intended learning outcomes
| A.1 | Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) graduates critically reflect on ethical principles of stakeholder engagement to work effectively with and for Indigenous Australians across the IT profession. |
| B.1 | Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) graduates are socially responsible professionals, able to engage with diverse stakeholders, to assess personal, organisational, social, ethical, and environmental needs and impacts of IT systems.? |
| C.1 | Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) graduates translate external stakeholder requirements and use design principles and methodologies to contribute to the development and implementation of a workplace IT solution.? |
| D.1 | Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) graduates apply a range of discipline fundamentals, tools, and techniques to design, implement, and evaluate IT systems to deliver value to the organisation.? |
| E.1 | Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) graduates communicate effectively and collaborate using appropriate disciplinary communication methods with diverse teams and stakeholders to achieve workplace outcomes. |
| F.1 | Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) graduates engage in reflective practices, recognise and respect differing perspectives, and respond to feedback from diverse sources to improve their performance and deliverables. |
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
This is an intensive scholarship course intended for current school leavers, although applications are accepted from non-current school leavers who completed Year 12 one year prior to application. Special application and selection procedures apply. Applicants must submit a Bachelor of Information Technology application questionnaire.
Applicants must demonstrate leadership potential and involvement in extracurricular activities, and it is expected that they achieve a minimum ATAR of 85. Short-listed applicants are interviewed, and final selection is based on ATAR and interview performance.
The English proficiency requirement for local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
Inherent requirements
Inherent requirements are academic and non-academic requirements that are essential to the successful completion of a course. For more information about inherent requirements and where prospective and current students can get assistance and advice regarding these, see the UTS Inherent requirements page.
Prospective and current students should carefully read the Inherent Requirements Statement below and consider whether they might experience challenges in successfully completing this course.
UTS will make reasonable adjustments to teaching and learning, assessment, professional experiences, course related work experience and other course activities to facilitate maximum participation by students with disabilities, carer responsibilities, and religious or cultural obligations in their courses.
For course specific information see the Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology Inherent (Essential) Requirements Statement.
Assumed knowledge
HSC Mathematics Advanced and any two units of English. Mathematics Extension 1 and English Advanced are recommended.
Recognition of prior learning
Recognition of prior learning is not available for this course.
The substitution of core subjects to an alternative/advanced undertgraduate subject in a similar field of study may be granted.
Course duration and attendance
The course is of three years' duration and involves four sessions of full-time study at the university and two sessions of full-time industry-based study and practical experience. The industry-based sessions are of 23 weeks' duration.
Course structure
Students are required to complete 144 credit points, comprising core (48 credit points), software development studios (12 credit points), work integrated learning (36 credit points), sub-major (24 credit points), and electives (24 credit points).
There are special conditions relating to students enrolled in this course. Leave of absence and re-admission after withdrawal are not normally granted to students, except under extraordinary circumstances and subject to satisfactory arrangements being possible.
Industrial training/professional practice
Students spend two six-month, full-time sessions in industry.
Course completion requirements
| STM90651 Core subjects (Information Technology) | 48cp | |
| STM91312 Software Development Studios | 12cp | |
| STM91313 Work Integrated Learning | 36cp | |
| CBK91786 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| CBK90571 Electives | 24cp | |
| Total | 144cp |
Course diagram
Course program
The program below shows the suggested sequence of subjects. It is intended as a guide only and does not take into account such factors as recognition of prior learning, changes in attendance mode and subject availability, or satisfactory academic progress. Students should consult the Timetable Planner to confirm the availability of subjects in the current academic year.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 31265 Communication for IT Professionals | 6cp | |
| 31016 Career Management for IT Professionals | 6cp | |
| 48023 Programming Fundamentals | 6cp | |
| 31268 Web Systems | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 41120 Work Integrated Learning (BIT) | 6cp | |
| 41049 Industry Experience 1 (BIT) | 9cp | |
| 31271 Database Fundamentals | 6cp | |
| 41092 Network Fundamentals | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 41025 Introduction to Software Development | 6cp | |
| 43030 Professional Practice in Computing | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91786 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| 31269 Business Requirements Modelling | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 41113 Software Development Studio | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following: | 12cp | |
| CBK91786 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK90571 Electives | 24cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 41123 Work Integrated Learning Capstone | 6cp | |
| 41050 Industry Experience 2 (BIT) | 9cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| CBK91786 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 31272 Project Management and the Professional | 6cp | |
| Select 18 credit points from the following: | 18cp | |
| CBK90571 Electives | 24cp | |
Rules and regulations
UTS: Information Technology does not recommend probation for unsatisfactory academic performance. Instead, it recommends to the Faculty Board in Engineering and Information Technology that a student be excluded under any of the following circumstances:
- a student fails any subject for the second time
- a student gains less than 50 per cent of the credit points for which he or she is enrolled in that assessment period
- a student has a misconduct matter proven
- a student fails any subject that is part of the program of an industry-based session or a student performs unsatisfactorily during an industry-based session, or
- immediately prior to the commencement of an industry-based session, a student has still to complete more than one subject in the normal program of the course to that stage.
As an alternative to exclusion, a student whose performance is unsatisfactory according to the circumstances named above may have their enrolment forcibly transferred from the Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) to the Bachelor of Information Technology course by means of an internal course transfer: continuing. The decision of whether a student is recommended for exclusion or a forced course transfer is at the sole discretion of the faculty and dependent on the individual circumstances of the student.
Appeals against exclusion are dealt with by the university's Appeals Committee (of the Academic Board), which takes into account the recommendation of the Course Steering Committee.
Levels of award
The Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) may be awarded with distinction, credit or pass.
Honours
Students interested in research and who excel in their studies are eligible to undertake one additional full-time year of study in the Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) (C09019) program.
Professional recognition
Graduates are eligible to apply for professional-level membership of the Australian Computer Society.
Other information
Further information is available from:
UTS Student Centre
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