Program Administrator +61 7 4930 9511 or email paug-inf-fbi@cqu.edu.au

Recommended study schedule

A recommended study schedule for this program can be obtained from your program administrator. Students may determine their own schedule based upon credit transfers and personal study requirements. It is important to note that full-time students usually enrol in 4 courses per term and part-time students usually enrol in 2 courses per term.

Note: students must check to see when and where a course is offered before enrolling. See the course availability section in this handbook for details.

For Program Planners please refer to the Faculty of Business and Informatics website located at http://fbi.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/view.do?page=1326.

Computing requirements
You will need access to a computer for your studies. Access to the Internet and email is required. A machine of the MS Windows type is required. Hardware and software specifications change, so if you are purchasing a computer for your studies, you should purchase the best quality and highest capacity (RAM, hard drive, monitor) that you can afford.

Offshore delivery sites
Programs available at offshore delivery sites are offered with the support of local agents. Students should note that some programs are subject to articulation arrangements with the local institution and that course and program offerings are subject to availability at that particular delivery site.

Transitional arrangements for pre-2006 students:
Existing students may graduate under pre-2006 rules. Transitional arrangements are as follows:

• following the last offering of COIT13132 Professional Issues in Computing, students should study COIS13064 Information Systems Project Management in place of COIT13132 Professional Issues in Computing;
• following the last offering of COIS12041 Business Programming, students should study COIT11222 Visual Programming in place of COIS12041 Business Programming;
• the 2 new IT Advanced Electives (Systems Integration and Internet Application Development) may be taken as Schedule 2 electives; and
• students may not study COIT11223 Workplace Issues if they have passed COIT13132 Professional Issues.

Continuing BIT students will be able to take the new Computer Graphics course in place of the old Computer Graphics course.

Continuing students will be able to graduate under the 2006 multimedia specialisation rules, subject to availability of courses.

No student will be disadvantaged by changes to the specialisation rules.