Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (Honours)

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (Honours) is an advanced degree that builds upon the undergraduate ICT degree. It equips students with advanced research skills, critical thinking abilities, and the ability to apply ICT principles to solve complex problems. Graduates are highly sought after by employers and can pursue careers in research, development, or academia. The program includes compulsory units in ICT Research Methods and a research dissertation, as well as a selection of elective units in specialized ICT areas.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This honours degree is an optional continuation of the Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology allowing students to pursue advanced studies in a particular area of interest in ICT. The degree exposes students to research and advanced topics in ICT beyond what is offered in the three-year undergraduate degree. It provides high achieving students with an opportunity to cultivate research and development skills appropriate to the ICT discipline and to understand the fundamentals of ICT-related research.

Course objectives

BICT(Hons) graduates should be ICT professionals with the additional attitudes, abilities and skills to: select, adapt and effectively apply research processes, methodologies, tools, and techniques to plan, conduct and manage and independent ICT-related research project; critically analyze research literature to conduct a literature review; be aware of the social consequences of ICT-related research and respond appropriately to ethical considerations and act in accordance with best practice and industry standards; analyze, synthesize and evaluate factors to answer a research question, and to defend a research approach; document and communicate effectively the research techniques used and the results of the research both orally and in a written thesis; evaluate and communicate the likely utility of emerging or advanced ICT to an individual or organization; apply abstraction and computational, creative and critical thinking to a problem, identify and define the ICT requirements, apply knowledge of advanced ICT principles and technical skills to develop and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of potential solutions; and continue lifelong learning.

Outline:

In the BICT(Hons) candidates will do the equivalent of eight 12.5% units. Candidates must satisfactorily complete two coursework 12.5% units. Candidates must also satisfactorily complete ICT Research Methods (25%) (KIT401), and a research dissertation over two 25% units (KIT402, KIT403).

Compulsory units

• KIT401: ICT Research Methods
• KIT402: ICT Research Dissertation A
• KIT403: ICT Research Dissertation B

2 units selected from the following list:

• KIT304: Server Administration and Security Assurance
• KIT305: Mobile Application Development
• KIT306: Data Analytics
• KIT307: Computer Graphics and Animation: Principles and Programming
• KIT308: Multicore Architecture and Programming
• KIT312: Information Systems Management
• KIT313: Human Computer Interaction
• KIT315: Machine Learning and Applications
• KIT317: Internet of Things and Distributed Artificial Intelligence
• KIT318: Big Data and Cloud Computing
• KIT324: Business Process Innovation

Careers:

The honours degree opens a range of career opportunities. Students with honours are particularly sought after by leading employers, and can choose from more interesting research and development positions because of their extra skills and proven abilities. Honours is an ideal pathway for high-achieving graduates to enter a doctoral program (PhD), which provides a wider range of career opportunities, including research, analytic or academic positions.