Undergraduate
Following a course review in 2021 and 2022 and after undergoing the Australian Computer Society (ACS) re-accreditation process in 2023, the Faculty of Information Technology has made changes to undergraduate course offerings for students commencing in 2024.
The course changes will apply to students commencing in 2024. You can find details of the changes here.
Transitional arrangements for re-enrolment for 2024
- Students who commenced their IT course in 2023 should follow their course map from 2023 (noting that a few elective units may no longer be offered or have changed prerequisites for 2024).
- Students who commenced prior to 2023 should refer to the below for transition arrangements in place for your major as we transition to the new course structure.
Teach out of pre-2023 majors
Interactive media
- FIT1046 Interactive media foundations is no longer offered. If you have not completed FIT1046, you will need to contact the Faculty for advice.
- You can complete EITHER FIT2087 3D character animation OR FIT2098 Virtual and augmented reality towards the major requirements (rather than only FIT2087).
- FIT2091 and FIT2092 are no longer offered.
- If you have not completed FIT2091, we recommend you transfer to the 2024 Game and immersive media major. Contact the Faculty for further advice.
- If you have not completed FIT2092, you should replace it with whichever of FIT2087 or FIT2098 you have not completed towards the major.
Games development
- FIT1048 is no longer offered. If you have not completed FIT1048, we recommend you transfer to the 2024 Games and immersive media major. Contact the Faculty for further advice.
- FIT2073 is no longer offered. You should replace this with FIT1073.
- FIT2097 is no longer offered. You should replace this with FIT3097.
Computer networks and security
- FIT3142 Distributed computing is no longer offered. You can replace FIT3142 with FIT3168 IT forensics in the major (your choice becomes one of FIT2081, FIT3142 or FIT3168).
Software development
- Following changes to BEX3134 in 2023, we will now also accept BEX3311 Entrepreneurial mindsets and capabilities as an approved Software development elective. You can count ONE of FIT3134, BEX3134 or BEX3311 as one of your two approved Software development electives.
Further changes will be made in 2025 onwards as we teach out old courses and major structures.
Please refer to the below for a summary of unit changes for 2024:
Unit Code | Unit Title | 2024 change | Replacement unit and prerequisite changes |
FIT1008 | Fundamentals of algorithms | Renamed | |
FIT1013 | Digital futures: IT for business | No longer offered | No longer prerequisite to IBL for BIS major students |
FIT1046 | Interactive media foundations | No longer offered | Contact the Faculty for advice |
FIT1048 | Fundamentals of C++ | No longer offered | FIT1045 |
FIT1052 | ICT transforming society | Renamed | |
FIT1054 | Fundamentals of algorithms (Advanced) | Renamed | |
FIT1056 | Introduction to software engineering | Renamed | |
FIT1057 | Introduction to cybersecurity | NEW | |
FIT1093 | Cybersecurity tools and techniques | NEW | |
FIT2014 | Theory of computation | Prerequisite change 2024 | New prerequisite: (One of FIT1008, FIT1054, FIT2085, MTH2021, MTH2025, MTH2140, MTH3140, MTH2141, MTH3141) AND (one of MAT1830 or MTH1035 or ATS2866) |
FIT2073 | Game design studio 1 | No longer offered | FIT1073 |
FIT2087 | 3D Character animation | Final offering 2024 | FIT3087 in 2025 |
FIT2091 | Interactive media studio 1 | No longer offered |
If you have not completed both of FIT2091 and FIT2092, a) consider moving to 2023 course version b) replace with FIT1073 and the other one of FIT2087 or FIT2098 (not already completed) |
FIT2092 | Interactive media studio 2 | No longer offered | The other one of FIT2087 or FIT2098 (not already completed) |
FIT2093 | Cybersecurity tools and techniques | Renamed | FIT1093 in 2025 |
FIT2095 | Full stack development | Renamed | |
FIT2097 | Games programming 2 | Final offering 2023 | FIT3097 |
FIT2145 | Games prototyping | NEW | |
FIT2169 | Immersive environments | NEW | |
FIT3031 | Network security | Prerequisite change 2025 | New prerequisite: FIT1047 and FIT1093 |
FIT3094 | Artificial life, artificial intelligence and virtual environments | Final offering 2024 | TBC |
FIT3097 | Technical art | NEW | |
FIT3145 | Game design studio 2 | Final offering 2024 | FIT2145 in 2025 |
FIT3152 | Data analytics | Prerequisite change 2024 | New prerequisite: FIT2094 or FIT3171 and one of FIT1006, FIT2086 |
FIT3158 | Business decision modelling | Prerequisite change 2024 | New prerequisite: One of FIT1006, ETC1000, ETF1100, ETS1102, ETW1102, or STA1010 and 24 points of FIT level 2 or 3 units |
FIT3168 | IT forensics | Prerequisite change 2025 | New prerequisite: FIT2100 and (one of FIT1093 or FIT2093) |
FIT3169 | Immersive environments | Final offering 2024 | FIT2169 in 2025 |
FIT3173 | Software security | Prerequisite change 2025 | New prerequisite: FIT1045 and FIT2100 |
FIT3174 | IT strategy and governance | Final offering 2025 | |
FIT3175 | Usability | Final offering 2025 | FIT2175 in 2026 |
FIT3176 | Advanced database design | Final offering 2025 | |
FIT3178 | iOS app development | Prerequisite change 2024 | New prerequisite: FIT1045 or FIT2085 and 24 pts level 2 or 3 FIT units |
FIT3179 | Data visualisation | Prerequisite change 2024 | New prerequisite: One of FIT1045, FIT1053, FIT1008, FIT1054 or FIT2085 and 24 pts level 2 or 3 FIT units |
FIT3182 | Big data management and processing | No longer offered | |
FIT3187 | 3D character animation | NEW |
Course version transfers
If you are interested in transferring to the new course structure in 2024 you will need to contact the Faculty to discuss.
Requests to transfers to the new course structure in 2024 will be considered on a case-by-case basis and normally only approved where there are course progression issues related to the changes to the Games development and Interactive media majors.
If you receive an offer to transfer (via internal transfer) into the BIT in 2024, your transfer offer will advise which version of the degree you should transfer into (this will be based on your credit and what units you have completed so far) and which course map you should follow.