Advice on unit of Study Choice in 2010 for First Year Students: BIT Combined Degrees

This advice applies to students who enrolled in BIT combined degrees in 2010 (BIT/BA, BIT/BCom, BIT/BMedSc, BIT/BSc). If you enrolled in an earlier year, the degree rules that apply to you are different, and you should seek individual advice. If you are in a different degree, you should seek guidance from the advisor responsible for that degree.

Overview
At the start of the year, students enrol in units of study for both semesters.

• The normal load is 24 credit points per semester; a student must enrol in at least 18 credit points per semester to be regarded as "full-time" for youth allowance, scholarship and visa requirements.
• You choose subjects for the whole year when you enrol, but these choices can be changed later.
  - First semester choices can change until shortly after the start of lectures (last day to add a subject for Semester 1 is 12 March, and to drop a subject is 31 March).
  - Second semester choices can then change at the end of Semester 1 or even into the first week or so of lectures during Semester 2! (Last day to add a subject for Semester 2 is 6 August, and to drop a subject is 31 August).

BIT/BCom

 

Year/Sem	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Total Cp
Year 1 Sem 1	INFO1903 Informatics	MATH1001 Differential Calculus and MATH1002 Linear Algebra	ENGG1805 Professionalism in Engineering and IT	ACCT1001 Accounting 1A
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	24cp
Year 1 Sem 2	INFO1905 Data Structures	ECMT1010 Business and Economic Statistics A	INFO1003Foundations of Information Technology	ACCT1002 Accounting 1B
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	24cp
				TOTAL	48cp

 

BIT/BSc

 

Year/Sem	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Total Cp
Year 1 Sem 1	INFO1903 Informatics	MATH1001 Differential Calculus and MATH1002 Linear Algebra	ENGG1805 Professionalism in Engineering and IT	Unit of Study for Science Major
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	24cp
Year 1 Sem 2	INFO1905 Data Structures	MATH1003 Integral Calculus and MATH1005 Statistics	ELEC1601 Foundations of Computer Systems	Unit of Study for Science Major
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	24cp
				TOTAL	48cp

 

BIT/BMedSc

 

Year/Sem	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Total Cp
Year 1 Sem 1	INFO1903 Informatics	MATH1001 Differential Calculus and MATH1002 Linear Algebra	ENGG1805 Professionalism in Engineering and IT	PHYS1002 Physics 1 (Fundamental)
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	24cp
Year 1 Sem 2	INFO1905 Data Structures	MATH1003 Integral Calculus and MATH1005 Statistics	ELEC1601 Foundations of Computer Systems	PHYS1003 Physics 1 (Technological)*
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	24cp
				TOTAL	48cp

 

*student can replace PHYS1003 by two Computational Science subjects, i.e.
- COSC1001 Computational Science in Matlab (3CP)
- COSC1002 Computational Science in C (3CP)

BIT/BA

 

Year/Sem	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Total Cp
Year 1 Sem 1	INFO1903 Informatics	MATH1001 Differential Calculus and MATH1002 Linear Algebra	ENGG1805 Professionalism in Engineering and IT	Unit of study for Arts Major
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	24cp
Year 1 Sem 2	INFO1905 Data Structures	MATH1003 Integral Calculus and MATH1005 Statistics	ELEC1601 Foundations of Computer Systems	Unit of study for Arts Major
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	24cp
				TOTAL	48cp

 

BIT/LLB

BIT/LLB CS Stream

Year/Sem	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Total Cp
Year 1 Sem 1	INFO1903 Informatics	MATH1001 Differential Calculus and MATH1002 Linear Algebra	ENGG1805 Professionalism in Engineering and IT	LAWS1006 Foundations of Law	LAWS1013 Legal Research I (Must be taken in Sem 1)
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	0cp	24cp
Year 1 Sem 2	INFO1905 Data Structures	MATH1003 Integral Calculus and MATH1005 Statistics	ELEC1601 Foundations of Computer Systems	LAWS1012 Torts
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp		24cp
					TOTAL	48cp

BIT/LLB IS Stream

Year/Sem	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Unit/Cp	Total Cp
Year 1 Sem 1	INFO1903 Informatics	MATH1001 Differential Calculus and MATH1002 Linear Algebra	ENGG1805 Professionalism in Engineering and IT	LAWS1006 Foundations of Law	LAWS1013 Legal Research I (Must be taken in Sem 1)
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp	0cp	24cp
Year 1 Sem 2	INFO1905 Data Structures	MATH1003 Integral Calculus and MATH1005 Statistics	STAT2012 Statistical Tests	LAWS1012 Torts
	6cp	6cp	6cp	6cp		24cp
					TOTAL	48cp

Notes on Mathematics unit of study choice

Students should complete 6 credit points of Mathematics each semester during their first year. There are a wide variety of alternative units of study offered, suited to different levels of previous experience:

• "Life Science" units (MATH101x) assume a background equivalent to HSC Mathematics
• "Normal" units assume HSC Mathematics Extension 1, and
• "Advanced" units assume HSC Mathematics Extension 2.
• Many (but not all) of the units are worth 3 credit points each, so the usual pattern is to enrol in TWO Maths units per semester, each worth 3 credit points.

More information can be found at the Junior Mathematics and Statistics website. Students should note that the choice required for students in all of the Engineering degrees, including Engineering Flexible First Year, is

Semester 1
- MATH1001: Differential Calculus
- MATH1002: Linear Algebra

Semester 2
- MATH1003: Integral Calculus and Modelling
- MATH1005: Statistics

Any student who plans to study hardware or telecommunications subjects as electives should follow this choice too.

List of potential free electives

See the Faculty Handbooks website for Arts, Science, and Economics and Business.