C09019v4 Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Information Technology

Overview

This course provides the opportunity for students to develop research skills, and provides greater breadth and depth in a specific area of information technology.

This course prepares students to be active players in the knowledge economy. The Honours program in IT provides the research skills needed to create knowledge, a much harder and more rewarding task than simply using the knowledge created by other people. Students experience the satisfaction of creating links between the world of cutting-edge knowledge and the IT industry.

Course aims

The Honours program aims to:

• provide students with a sound research methodology
• provide for the in-depth study of particular topics in information technology
• provide students with the experience of undertaking a research-oriented project, and
• provide students with a basis for postgraduate research or a career in industrial research and development.

Career options

This course prepares graduates for a leading role in industry-relevant research.

Additional admission requirements

Internal students (i.e. students within the Faculty of Information Technology at UTS) who are eligible to graduate from any undergraduate degree in the Faculty may apply for the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Information Technology. The admission requirement is a weighted average mark of 65 per cent or higher, normally with no recorded failures in the core subjects after the first year (full time) or Stages 1 and 2 (part time) of the undergraduate degree.

External students (i.e. students from another faculty in the University, or from another university, with qualifications equivalent to the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology) are considered for entry, subject to approval by the Honours Program Leader, on the basis of their potential to complete the Honours degree.

Students can enrol without having organised a supervisor, but must find one by the end of Week 2 of their first semester. Students are strongly advised to 'sound out' a potential supervisor during their final undergraduate semester (or sometime before the application deadline for external students).

Additional assumed knowledge

Most students come from an undergraduate program in IT at UTS, so they are familiar with the three basic topic areas in IT: software engineering, data communications and project management.

Course duration and attendance

The Honours program is offered over one year, full time, or two years, part time.

Course structure

The Honours degree consists of research and advanced coursework.

The research component is spread over the entire course: in the first semester (full time), students undertake a research methods subject and review the research literature in their chosen area; in the second semester (full time), students undertake a formal research project in their chosen area.

Part-time students should undertake the project subjects in the second year of the program.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The example program below is for a student commencing in Autumn semester and undertaking the course full time.

Other information

Further information is available from the Building 10 Student Centre on: