Bachelor of Information Technology
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A Bachelor of Information Technology degree is an undergraduate academic degree that generally requires three to five years of study to acquire. While the degree has a major focus on computers and technology, it differs from a Computer Science degree in that students are also expected to study management and information theory. Therefore, while a degree in computer science can be expected to concentrate on the scientific aspects of computing, a degree in information technology can be expected to concentrate on the business and communication applications of computing, although there is more emphasis on these two areas in the e-commerce, e-business and business information technology undergraduate courses. Specific names for the degrees vary across countries, and even universities within countries. Common abbreviations include BIT, BInfTech, B.Tech(IT) or BE(IT).
This is in contrast to a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology which is a bachelor's degree typically conferred after a period of three to four years of an undergraduate course of study in Information Technology (IT). The degree itself is a Bachelor of Science with institutions conferring degrees in the fields of information technology and related fields.
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[edit] Australia
In Australia a BIT is a three-year or four-year undergraduate degree.
At the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), BIT is a three-year co-op scholarship degree with a one-year job placement. At the University of New South Wales BIT is referred to as "Business in Information technology" and is also a co-op scholarship degree that lasts four years.
At the University of Sydney BIT is a four-year technical program, related to degrees such as Computer Science and Software Engineering.
At Swinburne University of Technology, BIT is a three-year co-op scholarship degree incorporating two six-month job placements.[1] An optional fourth-year honours year is also available for students who successfully complete the BIT from Swinburne University.[2]
The state of the BIT program in Australia is unstable, as many universities offer it as a technical program while others as a business, e-commerce related program. The Australian Computer Society recognizes all BIT degrees, however Engineers Australia only recognises BIT degrees that are technical.[3][4][5][6]
[edit] Canada
In Canada a BIT is a four year under graduate degree.
[edit] Namibia
The Polytechnic of Namibia offers a 3 year degree in IT in three areas of specialization: Business Computing, system administration and networks & software development
[edit] India
In India, Bachelor of Information Technology is a 4 year undergraduate course. Course is divided into 8-semesters,the degree is awarded after completion of a 4 year program. The degree is conferred by government and private institutions, as well as a host of other prestigious institutes (both public and privately funded) for their professional engineering programs. However, most other institutions in India use the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) / Bachelors of Engineering (BE)in IT degree.Admission to the program is done through nation-wide entrance test.
[edit] Malaysia
Most of Public Universities and Private University and Colleges in Malaysia offer BIT degrees.
[edit] Netherlands
In the Netherlands Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology degrees are awarded after four years of study and the completion of a thesis with a specialization in a certain field such as Informatics, Computer Engineering, Information Science or Software Engineering.
The formal title awarded to a student after successfully defending his thesis before an examination committee is ingenieur (abbr. ing.) and B.ICT, the former being the Dutch equivalent of a Bachelor of Engineering degree.
[edit] Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) is 3 year undergraduate degree without any specialization, mostly awarded as an external degree, which are often considered lower in standing[7][8] to the traditional internal Bachelor of Science special degrees in computer engineering, computer science and Information Technology, which mostly are 4 years with a specialization or 3 years without a specialization[9].
[edit] References
- ^ http://courses.swinburne.edu.au/courses/Bachelor-of-Information-Technology-I050/local
- ^ http://courses.swinburne.edu.au/courses/Bachelor-of-Information-Technology-%28Honours%29-I051/local
- ^ http://www.coop.unsw.edu.au/content.aspx?URL=programs/science/businessinformationtechnology/businessinformationtechnology.htm#2
- ^ http://it.uts.edu.au/course/scholarship/bit/
- ^ http://www.science.mq.edu.au/undergraduate_programs/degrees_by_name/bachelor_of_information_Technology
- ^ http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/current_students/undergrad/BIT.shtml
- ^ Re-thinking is Necessary on External Degree Programmes of the Universities in Sri Lanka, Prof. Wiswa Warnapala, Minister of Higher Education
- ^ Sri Lanka higher education needs quality upgrade, more investment
- ^ University Grants Commission
[edit] See also
- Bachelor of Computing
- Bachelor of Software Engineering
- Bachelor of Computer Information Systems
- Bachelor of Computer Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
- Bachelor of Mathematics
- Doctor of Information Technology
- Master of Science in Information Technology
- Bachelor's degrees
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