Faculty of Science : Guide to courses

14. Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems (BSc/BIS)

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 14. Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems (BSc/BIS)

The combined Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems course provides a course of study for students who want to combine their training in a scientific discipline with the ability to imagine, design, build, and use information systems applications. As a knowledge-intensive discipline, science increasingly relies on these abilities as well as on specific content knowledge. The graduates of this course will readily find employment across a spectrum of scientific careers, particularly those that involve the collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of data, and the technical and organisational skills to convert that data into useful information.

 14.1. Course objectives

Upon completion of the course, students will:

• have a broad knowledge of science across a range of disciplines, with a higher level of understanding in one or more of those disciplines;

• understand how to use information technology, including hardware, software, databases and networks, as the technical foundation for other organisational systems;

• have a solid theoretical grounding in both information technology and organisations;

• have gained practical experience working both individually and in groups to turn scientific theory into practice;

• be able to combine their knowledge of information technology and science to recognise opportunities for the use of information systems;

• be able to locate, access, use, and add to the information necessary for the solution of scientific problems;

• be able to place a value on the information created, by themselves as individual scientists and by the organisations of which they are a part, so that this information may be appropriately managed; and

• be able to disseminate knowledge as required to their scientific peers, to the members of their organisations, and to the general public.

 14.2. Duration

The Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems combined course usually requires five years of full-time study.

 14.3. Course requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 500 points. Within the 500 points students must ensure that they satisfy the requirements of both the Science component and the Information Systems component as specified below.

 14.3.1. Science component

A minimum of 237.5 science points is required, which must include:

• between 75 and 125 science points at the 100 level;

• completion of 50 points of a prescribed science major at the 300-level.

There are no specific requirements at the 200-level.

Students who first enrolled in the BSc/BIS before 1999 must complete the requirements set out above with the exception that they do not need to complete a prescribed science major, but rather 50 science points at the 300-level of subjects of their choice.

Students should refer to Course planning information for the BSc, BASc and BSc combined courses for more information about majors and what constitutes science points.

 14.3.2. Information Systems component

A minimum of 212.5 points of Information systems subjects must be completed.

The Information Systems subjects must include the core BIS subjects, see Core studies, or approved alternative subjects.

 14.3.3. Balance of points

Students may select any Faculty of Science subjects to complete the remaining 50 points. Subject selection requires the completion of prerequisites and, in the case of quota restricted subjects, the offer of a place in the subject.

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