Bachelor of Applied Information Technology
BI1601
Course details
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Feb 2025Jul 2025
- Three years
- Full-time or Part-time
- $8,508* per year
- You may qualify for fee-free study under Fees Free Policy
- Level 7
- Available for International Students. International Fee Guideline
- Hamilton City Campus
Summary
In this programme, students will gain a strong foundation of knowledge across a broad range of different information technology skills, as well as an advanced level of expertise in a selected specialisation.
Students will undertake core modules that cover the fundamental skills required for a career in IT, for example, software engineering, database architecture, web development, business analysis, communications technology, operating systems, systems administration, and network engineering. Students will also gain practical, industry-aligned skills that employers demand from our graduates as well as new and emerging fields including cloud computing, big data and analytics, DevOps, business intelligence, agile development, web and mobile app development, games development, AR/VR, intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, and security.
Our degree is also designed to provide students with a broad skill-set and holistic understanding of the wider context of the IT business domain and the global IT industry, as well as specialist knowledge in a specific area. Technologies and tools used within the degree are ever-updating but currently include python, C#.net, Visual Studio, Java, Android development, MS Server, Active Directory, Godot, Cisco, Fortinet, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Laravel, PHP, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Power BI, AWS, Azure, Hadoop, and much more.
Specialisations
Students will gain a strong foundation of knowledge across a broad range of different IT skills in the first three semesters. After that, they will gain an advanced level of expertise in one of four selected specialisations, each of which is aligned to the four most in-demand IT employment pathways, specialisations are:
- Network Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Database Architecture*
- Web Development*
The Wintec Bachelor of Applied Information Technology is also accredited with IT Professionals NZ (TPNZ) under the Seoul Accord, which confirms the programmes' quality and supports global recognition. Our students are also eligible for membership to ITPNZ.
Students in this programme are encouraged to bring their own device (a laptop). Specifications can be found here.
* Please note that these pathway options are subject to sufficient student numbers and may not be available.
"I knew software engineering was what I wanted to do, so I decided to try a degree in IT again, but this time at Wintec – I am so happy I made this move. The environment isn’t at all intimidating, and I’ve met some great people in my course. I wish there had been more focus on IT subjects at school to encourage girls to pursue this field. Longer-term, my ambition is to use my programming skills in the field of mental health."
View programme modules
Group A – Compulsory modules for all specialisations
| Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMP501 | Information Technology Operations | 5 | 15 | ||
| COMP502 | Fundamentals of Programming and Problem Solving | 5 | 15 | ||
| COMP503 | Introduction to Networks | 5 | 15 | ||
| COMP504 | Operating Systems and Systems Support | 5 | 15 | ||
| COMP506 | Interactive Digital Media | 5 | 15 | ||
| INFO507 | Fundamentals of Information Systems | 5 | 15 | ||
| INFO503 | Database Principles | 5 | 15 | INFO507 | |
| INFO504 | Technical Support | 5 | 15 | ||
| COMP601 | Object Oriented Programming | 6 | 15 | COMP502 | |
| INFO601 | Database Modelling and SQL | 6 | 15 | INFO503 | |
| MATH601 | Mathematics for Information Technology | 6 | 15 | ||
| COMP602 | Web Development | 6 | 15 | COMP502 and COMP506 | |
| INFO602 | Business, Interpersonal Communications and Technical Writing | 6 | 15 | ||
| BIZM701or INFO701 | Business Essentials for IT Professionals or Project Management | 7
7 | 15 15 | INFO602 |
Group B – Compulsory modules for Network Engineering specialisation
| Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFO603 | Systems Administration | 6 | 15 | ||
| COMP604 | Routing and Switching Essentials | 6 | 15 | COMP503 | |
| COMP615 | Data Centre Infrastructure | 6 | 15 | ||
| COMP701 | Advanced Networking | 7 | 15 | INFO603 | |
| COMP702 | Scaling Networks | 7 | 15 | COMP503
COMP604 | |
| COMP704 | Network Security | 7 | 15 | COMP604 | |
| COMP705 | Connecting Networks | 7 | 15 | COMP702 | |
| INFO702 | Cyber Security | 7 | 15 | COMP504 or
INFO603 or COMP601 | |
| COMP716 | Virtualisation Essentials | 7 | 15 | COMP503
INFO603 | |
| COMP714
INFO710 | Network Engineering Project or
Industry Placement/Internship | 7 7 | 30 30 | COMP701 and COMP702 |
Group C – Compulsory modules for Software Engineering specialisation
| Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMP605 | Data Structures and Algorithms | 6 | 15 | COMP601 and MATH601 | |
| MATH602 | Mathematics for Programming | 6 | 15 | MATH601 | |
| COMP609 | Application Development | 6 | 15 | COMP601 and MATH601 | |
| INFO703 | Big Data and Analytics | 7 | 15 | COMP605 and MATH601 | |
| COMP707 | Principles of Software Testing | 7 | 15 | COMP605 | |
| COMP706 | Game Development | 7 | 15 | COMP601 and COMP605 and MATH602 | |
| COMP709 | Mobile Applications Development | 7 | 15 | COMP601 | |
| INFO702 | Cyber Security | 7 | 15 | COMP405 or INFO603 or COMP601 | |
| COMP715
INFO710 | Software Engineering Project or Industry Placement/Internship | 7 7 | 30 30 | COMP707 |
Group D – Compulsory modules for Database Architecture specialisation
| Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMP605 | Data Structures and Algorithms | 6 | 15 | COMP601 and MATH601 | |
| COMP606 | Web Programming | 6 | 15 | COMP602 | |
| INFO604 | Database Systems | 6 | 15 | INFO503 | INFO601 |
| INFO706 | Database Front-End Applications | 7 | 15 | INFO601 and INFO604 | |
| INFO707 | Cloud Server Databases | 7 | 15 | INFO601 and INFO604 | |
| INFO703 | Big Data and Analytics | 7 | 15 | COMP605 and MATH601 | |
| COMP709 | Mobile Applications Development | 7 | 15 | COMP601 | |
| INFO704 | Data-Warehousing and Business Intelligence | 7 | 15 | INFO601 | |
| INFO712
INFO710 | Database Architecture Project or Industry Placement/Internship | 7 7 | 30 30 | INFO707, INFO704 and INFO706 |
Note: Database Architecture specialisation modules may not be available each semester due to staff availability and class sizes.
Group E – Compulsory modules for Multimedia and Web Development specialisation
| Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMP606 | Web Programming | 6 | 15 | COMP602 | |
| INFO605 | Human Computer Interaction | 6 | 15 | COMP602 | |
| COMP616 | Front-End Web Development | 6 | 15 | ||
| INFO708 | Data Visualisation | 7 | 15 | COMP606 | |
| COMP710 | Web Applications Development | 7 | 15 | COMP602 and COMP606 | |
| INFO702 | Cyber Security | 7 | 15 | COMP504 or COMP601 or COMP601 | |
| COMP709 | Mobile Applications Development | 7 | 15 | COMP601 | |
| COMP717 | Advanced Web Technologies | 7 | 15 | COMP606 | COMP710 |
| COMP713
INFO710 | Web Application Project or Industry Placement/Internship | 7 7 | 15 15 | COMP606 and COMP710 |
Note: Multimedia and Web Development specialisation modules may not be available each semester due to staff availability and class sizes.
Group F – Option
| Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFNZ701 | Design Factory 1 | 7 | 30 |
The 30 credit module DFNZ701: Design Factory 1 can be offered as an option within any Wintec degree programme, wherever the degree programme structures allows such an option. Admission into the Design Factory module is on negotiation with the Centre Director or delegated authority and selection into the module is in line with the Design Factory process.
Group G – Transition modules
| Module code | Module title | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMP603 | Network Engineering Project | 7 | 15 | INFO603 and COMP702 | COMP701 |
| COMP606 | Software Engineering Project | 7 | 15 | COMP605 and MATH602 | |
| COMP607 | Database Architecture Project | 7 | 15 | INFO601 and INFO604 | |
| INFO708 | Web Development Project | 7 | 15 | COMP602 and COMP606 |
Graduate profile
Third-year Wintec IT student, Adric Lloyd, is a perfect example of how internships can benefit both the student and business.
Since completing his internship at Gallagher this year, Lloyd has been offered and accepted a permanent job with the innovative New Zealand company as a junior software engineer in its mobile team.
Thirty-year-old Lloyd recently completed the Wintec Bachelor of Applied Information Technology, specialising in Software Engineering, and says he’s stoked about getting a job at Gallagher.
Design Factory NZ
In their third year of study, students can apply to study the 30 credit Design Factory NZ module. This experience teaches a range of problem-solving methodologies, which students will apply to a real-world challenge provided by an industry
partner. Students will work in a multi-disciplinary team alongside students from engineering, business, IT, sport and exercise science, media arts, and more.
Joining Design Factory NZ will provide students with the opportunity
to learn and work in new ways, prototype solutions to complex problems, and develop their soft skills of creativity, empathy and communication - all in high-demand for the workplace of the future.
Read more about Design Factory NZ here.
Career/further opportunities
The Bachelor of Applied Information Technology prepares graduates for employment in the Information Technology environment. Employment opportunities include:
- Network engineers
- Software engineers
- Multimedia and web developers
- Database architects
- Business/Systems analysts
- IT project managers
- IT managers
- Network/Cyber-security professionals
Graduates may also go onto higher levels of study at postgraduate level.
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Disclaimers
Entry criteria
Candidates are required to have:
i) NCEA Level 3 comprised of 60 credits at NCEA Level 3 or above and 20 credits at NCEA Level 2 or above, including:
(1) 14 credits each at NCEA Level 3 in three approved subjects; and
(2) UE Literacy (10
credits at NCEA Level 2 or above made up of 5 credits each in reading and writing); and
(3) UE Numeracy (10 credits at NCEA Level 1 or above) made up of specified achievement standards or a package of specified
unit standards; or
ii) 72 credits at NCEA Level 2 including:
(1) A minimum of 14 credits in each of four subjects; and
(2) UE Literacy (10 credits at NCEA Level 2 or above made up of 5 credits each in reading and writing); and
(3) UE Numeracy (10 credits at NCEA Level 1 or above; or
iii) A relevant qualification at Level 3 on the NZQF or above and the equivalent of UE Literacy and UE Numeracy; or
iv) The New Zealand Certificate in Information Technology (Level 5); or
v) The New Zealand Diploma in Information Technology Technical Support (Level 5); or
vi) Equivalent.
UE 2020
Applicants who achieved University Entrance through NCEA in 2020 will be assessed under separate NZQA entry requirements that take into account the impacts of COVID-19. Candidates are required to have:
- NCEA Level 3 comprised of 60 credits at NCEA Level 3 or above and 20 credits at NCEA Level 2 or above, including:
- 12 credits each at NCEA Level 3 in three approved subjects; and
- UE Literacy (10 credits at NCEA Level 2 or above made up of 5 credits each in reading and writing); and
- UE Numeracy (10 credits at NCEA Level 1 or above) made up of specified achievement standards or a package of specified unit standards.
Special admission
Domestic applicants aged 20 years or above who have not met the General Admission or entry requirements for a programme but whose skills, education or work experience indicate that they have a reasonable chance of success may be eligible for Special Admission. Special admission will be granted at the discretion of the relevant Head of School/Centre Director or designated
Provisional entry
Domestic applicants aged under 20 years who have not met the general academic admission and entry criteria for a programme but who can demonstrate a reasonable chance of success through other educational attainment and/or work or life experience may be eligible for provisional entry at the discretion of the relevant Head of School/Centre Director or designated nominee. Provisional entry places restrictions on re-enrolment to be lifted if the applicant’s performance is deemed satisfactory by the relevant Head of School/Centre Director or designated nominee.
English language requirements
Candidates who have English as a second language are required to have an International English Language Test System (IELTS) score of 6.0 with no individual band score lower than 5.5; or equivalent
Pathways
To check what you need to gain direct entry to a course, review the entry criteria available on each programme page. These assist you in understanding what qualifications or experience are typically required to gain entry. You can contact our team at info@wintec.ac.nz or 0800 2 Wintec at any time for further guidance.
Your first day
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Semester 1 2025
Date: Thursday 13 February 2025
Time: 9am-12pm
Venue: The Long Room, City Campus
On your first day (induction), you will be introduced to your tutors and new classmates, be given an overview of this programme, and receive a timetable.
Returning students
Please check your timetable for your first class details.
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