An IT Bachelor Degree Using Modern Technologies to Illustrate Core Concepts and Principles and Building Generic Skills

Authors:
A. Goscinski;M. Campbell;R. Dew;P. Horan;D. Newlands;J. Rough;J. Silcock;W. Zhou
Affiliations:
School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia;School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia
Venue:
Education and Information Technologies
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Information Technology (IT) changes very quickly and influences business, industry and the public in an enormous manner. Outsourcing of IT jobs to cheaper overseas labor and globalization of IT companies become a common practice. Graduates of IT university courses must be well prepared to address the needs and expectations of business, industry and every day life. Many factors in an Information Technology curriculum influence graduates' professional preparation and image. The most important of them is to reflect technology change, the current state of knowledge of computing, business and industry demands and students' expectations. The aim of our project was to develop a new Bachelor of IT curriculum that satisfies these requirements. In this report we concentrate our attention on two critical aspects of IT curriculum content, the modern technologies to be used to illustrate basic concepts and principles of computing, and the generic skills that each graduate is expected to acquire to get a job in Australia.