Academic advice for Bachelor of Information Technology (BInfTech) students

One of your first priorities when commencing the Bachelor of Information Technology is to choose your first courses.

We recommend the following courses if you’re starting in Semester 1:

We recommend the following courses if you’re starting in Semester 2:

*Students intending on undertaking the two-major option must select a program elective in this slot, and should seek academic advice when choosing this course to facilitate a feasible progression plan.

In Bachelor of Information Technology, you'll study a number of compulsory courses, with options to build your chosen areas of study through majors/minors. Depending on your study plan, you'll also have space for elective courses that allow you to expand on the majors/minors or broaden your experience in other areas.

We have provided suggested study plans for most plan options below. You're not required to follow a fixed study plan for Bachelor of Information Technology, but you must ensure you follow the program and course requirements for your program as linked below.

Note, if you're transitioning between pre-2021 and post-2021 programs, you'll need to complete a transition checklist as per this page.

1. Start by referring to the program and course requirements for the post-2021 program.
2. Consider which one or two of the following majors (or minor) you'd like to graduate with:
   • Computer Systems (Minor)
   • Software Design (Major)
   • Software Information Systems (Major)
   • User Experience Design (Major)
3. Consider which plan option you'd like to graduate with:
   • No Major/Minor
   • Single Major
   • Single Minor
   • Major plus Minor
   • Two Majors
4. Find the suggested study plan (PDF) that's closest to your chosen combination:

1. Start by referring to the program and course requirements for the pre-2021 program.
2. Consider which plan option you'd like to graduate with:
   • No Major
   • Single Major
   • Two Single Majors
   • Dual Major
3. Consider which one or two of the following majors you'd like to graduate with:
   • Computer Systems & Networks (Single Major)
   • Enterprise Software Information Systems (Dual Major)
   • Software Design (Single Major)
   • Software Information Systems (Single Major)
   • User Experience Design (Single Major)
4. Find the suggested study plan (PDF) that's closest to your chosen combination:

   Combination	Semester 1 Start	Semester 2 Start
   No Major	Download (PDF, 85.2 KB)	Download (PDF, 79.6 KB)
   Major in Computer Systems & Networks	Download (PDF, 85.5 KB)	Download (PDF, 80.2 KB)
   Dual Major in Enterprise Software Information Systems	Download (PDF, 86.2 KB)	Download (PDF, 80.8 KB)
   Major in Software Design	Download (PDF, 86.2 KB)	Download (PDF, 80.8 KB)
   Major in Software Information Systems	Download (PDF, 85.7 KB)	Download (PDF, 80.3 KB)
   Major in User Experience Design	Download (PDF, 85.2 KB)	Download (PDF, 79.8 KB)

If you can't find the answer to your question here, we have Academic Advisors available to help.

If you have not declared your major of study in the Bachelor of Information Technology, the following Academic Advisor is available:

If you have declared your major of study in the Bachelor of Information Technology, the following Academic Advisor is available:

If you've enrolled in the Bachelor of Information Technology and after a semester or two you've decided it's not for you, there is some flexibility to change to Bachelor of Computer Science (BCompSc) or Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (BE) majoring in Software Engineering.

Many courses are shared between these programs, only requiring that you take additional courses to satisfy the program requirements.

For example, in Software Engineering (BE), you could choose Engineering-focused first-year courses as electives in the Bachelor of Information Technology. Upon satisfying the entry requirements (subject to satisfactory grades), you can proceed to the 2nd year of Software Engineering (BE).

Refer to those programs on my.UQ for further information.