Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons)

This program was created for individuals who plan to take Ontario Tech’s Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) degree program, majoring in Networking and IT Security.

In this joint Durham College and Ontario Tech University (Ontario Tech) diploma-to-degree program, students will earn both a diploma and a degree in only four years. Experience the best of both learning environments while on the journey to a rewarding career in the computer systems technician field.

Courses

• The courses listed below are for incoming students. If you are a current student, please refer to your program of study for the year you began your program. Your program of study can be found on MyDC.

Semester 1

• Communication Foundations (COMM 1100)
• Computer Systems - Hardware (COMP 1116)
• Introduction to Programming (COSC 1100)
• Data Communications and Networking 1 (INFT 1104)
• Introduction to Databases (INFT 1105)
• Mathematics for IT (MATH 1114)

Semester 2

• Computer Systems - Software (COMP 1218)
• Enterprise Client Support (COMP 1219)
• Object-Oriented Programming 1 (COSC 1200)
• Computer Architecture (INFR 2810U)
• Data Communications and Networking 2 (INFT 1205)
• Web Development - Fundamentals (INFT 1206)

Semester 3

• IT Career Essentials (COMM 2109)
• Powershell (COSC 2101)
• General Education Elective (GNED 0000)
• General Elective Credit (GNED 1000)
• Discrete Mathematics (INFR 1010U)
• Network Administration 1 (INFT 2103)
• Linux 1 (INFT 2104)

Semester 4

• General Education Elective (GNED 0000)
• Introductory Calculus (INFR 1016U)
• Introduction to Networking (INFR 1421U)
• Algorithms and Data Structures (INFR 2820U)
• Network Administration 2 (INFT 2204)
• Virtualization (INFT 2205)
• Project Management (PJMT 2200)

Career Options
What you could be:

• Associate network engineer
• Computer support specialist 
• Database security manager
• Data Centre specialist
• Systems support analyst
• Help desk analyst
• IT analyst
• IT security analyst/specialist
• Network administrator
• Network analyst
• Network security engineer
• Service specialist representative
• System/network manager 
• Systems support specialist
• Technical support analyst