Information Technology

Overview

The world is drawing closer together. As the speed and quality of digital technologies continues to evolve, we need more passionate professionals who can create meaningful solutions and connections.

Along with building a strong set of core IT skills you can choose to major in one of several areas aligned to future industry growth including artificial intelligence, cloud analytics, cybersecurity, network engineering or information systems at the Bachelor of Information Technology from La Trobe University

Broaden your knowledge and capabilities further through a wide range of electives. Combine your core IT skills with business, social sciences, humanities, web engineering, computer technology, security and information systems analysis subjects. Plus you could develop a software program of your own, which you could present at the annual Engineering and IT Showcase to potential employers.

Career outcomes 

After you graduate, you could work across almost any sector – including technology, communications, education, finance, government, healthcare and energy.

Possible roles include:

• Network administrator
  • Develop, install and provide maintenance support across network and computer systems including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), network segments, intranets and other data communication systems.

• Web developer
  • Design, build and maintain websites using both creative and technical skills to continuously improve safety, performance, usability and capacity.

• Network architect
  • Plan and build data communication networks to provide both local and global connections. Analyse and implement new technologies and provide solutions to maintain and improve technical infrastructure.
• Software developer or programmer
  • Design, test and develop software to meet user needs. Write code for programs and applications that adapt and respond to changing business requirements.

• Machine learning engineer
  • Use data science to design and develop machine learning systems that perform statistical analysis and help to drive innovation in artificial intelligence.
• Systems analyst
  • Analyse software, hardware and information systems to ensure they're appropriate for the business or client and help to develop and improve these systems and workflows.