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Student Handbook : Honours : Program Group : CQ18

CQ18 - Bachelor of Information Technology

Compulsory courses:
Course Code Course Name
COIS13064 Information Systems Project Management
COIT11118 Conceptual Foundations of Computing
COIT11133 Programming Fundamentals
COIT11134 Procedural Programming *
COIT11166 Systems Analysis and Design
COIT11221 Software Fundamentals
COIT11223 Workplace Issues
COIT12140 Object-Oriented Programming *
COIT12167 Database Use and Design
COIT12168 Analysis and Specification
COIT12170 Data Communications
COIT13211 Information Security
COMM11003 Professional and Technical Communication
ENCO11005 Computer Hardware Fundamentals

* COIT11222 may be taken instead of COIT11134 and COIT12137 may be taken instead of COIT12140.

 

Students who have passed COIT11133 Programming Fundamentals, but not COIT11134 Procedural Programming or COIT11222 Visual Programming, must complete COIT11134 Procedural Programming or COIT11222 Visual Programming the next time their preferred course is available on the student's campus.

 

 

Four specialisations are available:
Course Code Course Name
Systems (4-course specialisation):
COIT13152 Operating Systems
plus 3 from:  
COIT12120 System Simulation
COIT13146 Systems Administration
Systems Integration  
COIT13147 Networks
Applications (4-course specialisation):
COIS12036 Human-Computer Interaction
plus at least 2 from:  
COIT12144 Algorithms and Data Structures
COIT13143 Database Application Development
Internet Application Development  
plus, if only 2 from 3 above, 1 from:  
COIT12137 Java for Object-Oriented Programmers
COIT12141 Computer Graphics
Information Systems (4-course specialisation), any 4 from:
COIS12036 Human-Computer Interaction
COIS13013 Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management
COIS13034 Information Systems Management
COIT12169 Systems Implementation
COIT13143 Database Application Development
Multimedia (5-course specialisation):
MMST11001 Introduction to Multimedia
MMST11002 Web Design and Development
MMST12017 Interactive Animation
plus 2 from:  
MMST12004 Multimedia Design
MMST12019 3D Modelling
Games Design & Production  
Note: For this specialisation, since two of the above courses are Level 1, the student may choose only 2 additional Level 1 electives.
Advanced IT Electives:
Course Code Course Name
COIS13013 Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management
COIS13034 Information Systems Management
COIT12144 Algorithms and Data Structures
COIT12169 Systems Implementation
COIT13143 Database Application Development
COIT13146 Systems Administration
COIT13147 Networks
COIT13148 Special Topic A (Computing)
COIT13149 Special Topic B (Computing)
COIT19209 Computing Project Part A
COIT19210 Computing Project Part B
Systems Integration  
Internet Application Development  

Please note: COIT19209/10 Computing Project Part A and Part B count as one in this list.

 

Rules governing electives:

  • electives may include general electives from other CQU degrees
  • no more than 6 elective courses may be taken outside the Faculty of Informatics & Communication
  • no more than 4 electives may be Level 1 courses
  • due to content overlap, students may not take the following courses:

MATH11161 Elementary Mathematics A

MATH11165 Discrete Mathematics

COIS11014 Engineering Computing

COIS11015 Introductory Computing Applications

COIS11077 Introductory to Computing

MMST12009 Dynamic Web Interfaces

  • students who have completed COIT11125 Computing Skills or COIT11126 Computer Skills may NOT take COIS11011 Foundations of Business Computing.



Please Note: Some courses are yet to have codes allocated.  Please contact your Program Coordinator for information on these courses

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