Bachelor Of Information Technology (Honours)

Honours in Information Technology is a program offered within the Research School Computer Science that offers students who have excelled in their undergraduate studies a challenging but rewarding year of study in computer science. 

We seek outstanding students who are keen to undertake independent research with the guidance from academic staff, and who wish to be prepared for exciting careers as computing professionals or who wish to pursue further study.

Note that students may also pursue an honours year in Computer Science through the ANU Bachelor of Science honours program.

Career Options:

• ANU ranks among the world's very finest universities. Our nearly 100,000 alumni include political, business, government, and academic leaders around the world.
• We have graduated remarkable people from every part of our continent, our region and all walks of life.

Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate a sound knowledge and critical understanding of research design and methods
• Apply that knowledge to the development of a research proposal and research plan
• Develop the capacity to perform high-level independent research
• Exhibit in-depth knowledge of their chosen research topic
• Demonstrate a high level of ability to critically analyse and evaluate computer science research questions and communicate the results.

Admission Requirements:

• At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to ANU is on a competitive basis as the number of places available in a program is limited. Admission to Honours is also subject to supervisory capacity and approval from the relevant Delegated Authority within the Academic College.
• An AQF Level 7 Bachelor degree or equivalent, completed within the last two years, in a cognate discipline, and with a weighted average mark equivalent to an ANU 70 per cent calculated from the 36 units (i.e. 0.75 EFTSL) of courses in cognate disciplines, excluding 1000-level courses (i.e. introductory undergraduate courses), with the highest marks.