Bachelor of Information Technology
at Southern Cross University, New South Wales.
Southern Cross offers its three-year Bachelor of Information Technology with an Artificial Intelligence or a Cybersecurity specialisation, accredited by the Australian Computer Society, on the Gold Coast and online. Fewer than five ATAR-based offers were made, so no lowest selection rank is published. Assumed knowledge: Mathematics Advanced.
Lowest selection rank
SCU has not published a lowest selection rank for this course for recent intakes. That usually means too few ATAR-based offers were made to report one, or that selection also uses a portfolio, audition, interview or other criteria. Check the current entry requirements on the official course page.
Prerequisite Year 12 subjects
No formal Year 12 subject prerequisites; assumed knowledge may still apply.
What you will study
Students specialise in artificial intelligence or cybersecurity, and both versions can be combined with a Bachelor of Business as a double degree. The course includes a 12-week professional placement.
Placement and industry experience
Students complete a 12-week professional placement as part of the degree, applying their AI or cybersecurity skills in a workplace.
Career outcomes
- Graduates work as software developers, data analysts and cybersecurity analysts across financial services, government and technology firms.
- Common destinations include graduate developer programmes at the major banks, Atlassian, Canva and federal-government technology agencies.
- Many alumni progress into product management, solutions architecture and engineering management roles within five years.
Professional accreditation
- Australian Computer Society (full professional accreditation)
Typical first jobs
- Software developer or graduate engineer at the major banks and tech firms
- Cyber security analyst at consultancies, government and large enterprises
- Data analyst at retail, finance, government and tech
- Business analyst at consulting firms and corporates
- Cloud or DevOps engineer at AWS, Microsoft and partner consultancies
- Solutions consultant at SaaS and enterprise software vendors
Graduate starting salary
$65,000 - $85,000 per year
Source: qilt.edu.au. Last reviewed 2026-05-21.
After graduation
The course has full professional accreditation from the Australian Computer Society. Graduates work in AI, data, cybersecurity and software roles.
Is this the right degree for you?
You probably thrive here if
- Students who like building things and shipping working code
- Those who enjoy team-based software projects
- People comfortable picking up new tools and languages independently
- Students aiming for industry roles rather than research careers
- Those willing to do unpaid internships to build a portfolio
It is probably not for you if
- Students wanting deep theoretical computer science (consider a BCompSc or BSc Adv with computer science)
- Those who hate group work or pair programming
- Anyone unwilling to learn outside the formal curriculum
Sources
Course details are summarised by ExamExplained, not copied from the university. Confirm course content and selection ranks on the Southern Cross University website and on UAC before applying.