Course details

Summary

A professional degree that will prepare you for the workforce in a range of information technology related jobs.

This programme focuses on the theoretical and practical aspects of computers and their application in business and industry and provides entry to postgraduate study.

The NMIT Bachelor of Information Technology is accredited by IT Professionals New Zealand.

The Bachelor programme can be completed in three years of full time study

In your first year you will take eight compulsory courses at Level 5. In years two and three you take specific courses to complete one of the three majors and some elective courses to make up your total of 120 credits.

Choose from one of the following three majors

Information Systems

Learn how to analyse the information needs of clients, design, and develop appropriate IT solutions using a range of data storage and management technologies.

Be able to select, apply and evaluate appropriate project management and systems development life cycle methodologies to the development of complex information systems

Systems Development

Learn how to design, implement and test software systems using appropriate technologies including databases and web based systems.

Be able to select, apply and evaluate appropriate systems development methodologies

ICT Infrastructure

Learn how to analyse, design and implement an ICT infrastructure using network technologies and appropriate software.

Be able to select, apply and evaluate appropriate methods for managing ICT infrastructure to ensure that the ICT requirements of an organization are met.

Entry criteria

Applicants under 20 years of age

Achievement of NCEA Level 3 (60 credits at Level 3 or higher and 20 credits at Level 2 or higher) including:

A minimum of 14 credits at Level 3 or higher in each of three subjects from the list of approved subjects

A minimum of 10 credits at Level 2 or higher in English or Te Reo Maori made up of:

5 credits in reading

5 credits in writing

AND

A minimum of 10 credits at Level 1* or above in Numeracy, made up of: achievement standards - specified achievement standards available through a range of subjects, or unit standards - package of three numeracy unit standards (26623, 26626, 26627- all three required)

for the list of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 standards that contribute to University Entrance requirements

OR

Any qualification (New Zealand or overseas) recognised by NZQA as being equivalent to achievement of NCEA Level 3

A qualification considered to be equivalent to the above

Applicants aged 20 years or above

No academic qualifications are required. Evidence to support an applicant's ability to successfully undertake the degree with a reasonable likelihood of success may be requested.

English language requirements:

All applicants must have a level of English sufficient to be able to study at this level. Those students whose first language is not English should have:

An international English Language Testing System (IELTS) overall academic score of at least 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each band) issued within the last two years, or
A qualification considered to be equivalent to the above.

TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 550 (with an essay score of 5 TWE)

TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) - Score of 60 (with a writing score of 20)