BInfoTech

Credit points

240

Minimum duration

3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Blacktown
  • Brisbane
  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney

Note:

*Not offered Blacktown, Brisbane, Melbourne 2026


EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

StatePrerequisites

New South Wales

Assumed knowledge: English (Standard) (Band 2) or English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) (Band 3)

Assumed knowledge: Mathematics Advanced

Victoria

Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English.

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2026 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings:

  • 40 cp from Foundation Units (Part A) 
  • 10 cp from Community Engagement Unit (Part B)
  • 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part C)
  • 40 cp Elective Units from the Schedule of Unit Offerings for any ACU Bachelor degree courses.


AND 130 cp from

  • IT related units (Part D) includes:

-- 110 cp from IT Specified Units (Part D1)

-- 20 cp from IT electives units (Part D2)

OR

  • IT Major related units (Part E) includes:

-- 50 cp from IT Related Major units (Part E1)

-- 80 cp from major (Part E2)

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator. A unit can only be classified as an advanced unit if it has more than one prerequisite in hierarchy. Australian Computer Society (ACS) accreditation requires at least four advanced units.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10 CP
  • ITEC100Information Technology in Action10 CP
  • ITEC105Cybersecurity For Everyone10 CP
  • ITEC201Fundamentals of Information Technology10 CP

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • BIPX202Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities10 CP

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • PHCC102Being Human10 CP
  • PHCC104Ethics and the Good Life10 CP
  • PHCC106Making Sense: Practical Reasoning for Life and Career10 CP
  • THCC100Revolutionary Values: Christianity in History10 CP
  • THCC101People Matter: Catholic Social Thought10 CP
  • TPCC100Life and Meaning: Imagining Ourselves through Art and Cinema10 CP
  • PHCC201The Origins of the Sciences and Contemporary Challenges10 CP
  • THCC200Justice in the World: Catholic Social Ethics in Global Perspective10 CP
  • THCC202Sacred Land: Australian Indigenous Spiritualities and Catholic Thought10 CP
  • TPCC201Ecology and Justice10 CP
  • TPCC202Conflict, Violence and Peace-making10 CP


Part D.1 AND Part D.2

    Part D.1 : IT Specified Units

    Complete exactly 110 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC200Data and Information Management10 CP
  • ITEC202Data Management and Visualisation10 CP
  • ITEC204Introduction to Cyber Security10 CP
  • ITEC210Cybersecurity Policy, Governance and Ethics10 CP
  • ITEC217Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC306Cybersecurity Risk Management10 CP
  • ITEC312Information Technology Project Part A (Project Management)10 CP
  • ITEC313Advanced Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC320Work Integrated Learning10 CP
  • ITEC322Information Technology Project Part B (Software Engineering)10 CP
  • ITEC323Web and Mobile Application Development10 CP

    • Part D.2 : IT elective Units

    Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC102Python Fundamentals For Data Science10 CP
  • ITEC103Introduction to AI in Business Context10 CP
  • ITEC104Artificial Intelligence in Different Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC203Introduction to Data Science and Machine Learning10 CP
  • ITEC207AI in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour10 CP
  • ITEC208Human Computer interaction and User Design Experience10 CP
  • ITEC209Machine Learning for Business Applications10 CP
  • ITEC225Systems Analysis and Design10 CP
  • ITEC305Data Science and AI for Business10 CP
  • ITEC307Design Thinking for Business Strategy10 CP
  • ITEC327Essentials of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning10 CP

Part E.1 AND Part E.2

    Part E.1 : Related Major units

    Part E.1.1 OR Part E.1.2

    Part E.1.1 : Data Science Specified Units

    Complete exactly 50 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC204Introduction to Cyber Security10 CP
  • ITEC312Information Technology Project Part A (Project Management)10 CP
  • ITEC313Advanced Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC322Information Technology Project Part B (Software Engineering)10 CP
  • ITEC323Web and Mobile Application Development10 CP
    • Part E.1.2 : Business information System Specified units

    Complete exactly 50 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC204Introduction to Cyber Security10 CP
  • ITEC217Programming Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC312Information Technology Project Part A (Project Management)10 CP
  • ITEC322Information Technology Project Part B (Software Engineering)10 CP
  • ITEC325Applied Data Mining10 CP

    • Part E.2 : Major units

    Complete exactly 1 of the following:

  • DASCData science80 CP
  • BIFSBusiness Information Systems80 CP

Course map

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Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Course maps are subject to change.


Commencing Semester 1

  • Foundation UnitsITEC100Information Technology in Action

    (Inc: BUSN111, BUSD111, BUSZ111, ITED100, ITEZ100)

    10 cp
  • Foundation UnitsITEC201Fundamentals of Information Technology

    (Inc: ISYS201, ITED201)

    10 cp
  • IT related units - IT Specified UnitsITEC200Data and Information Management

    (Inc: DATA200, ITED200)

    10 cp
  • Foundation UnitsITEC105Cybersecurity For Everyone10 cp
  • IT related units - IT Specified UnitsITEC217Programming Concepts

    (Inc: ISYS217, ITED217)

    10 cp
  • Foundation UnitsBUSN113Managing People and Organisations

    (Inc: MGMT100, BUSD113)

    10 cp
  • Core Curriculum UnitsCore Curriculum Unit 1See the ACU Core Curriculum page for details10 cp

  • Elective 1

    10 cp

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Commencing Semester 2

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in the unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Commencing Semester 1 Business Information System Major

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Commencing Semester 2 Business Information System Major

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in this unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Commencing Semester 1 Data Science Major

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in the unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Commencing Semester 2 Data Science Major

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in the unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

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