Bachelor of Arts (Digital Technology and Culture)

The Bachelor of Arts (Digital Technology and Culture) [formerly Bachelor of Arts (Informatics)] is a specialist four-year degree that combines studies from the Faculty of Arts with others from the School of Information Technology in the Faculty of Science.

The degree was developed in recognition of likely employer demand from two main fields: information technology industries seeking people with the broad critical, analytical and communicative skills of arts graduates, and arts-related industries in need of technologically literate people capable of capitalising on the opportunities offered by new digital technologies.

By combining studies in humanities and social sciences with studies in information technology, the Bachelor of Arts (Digital Technology and Culture) revolutionises traditional approaches to the broad disciplines offered by arts and science.

This innovative program focuses on the human aspect of IT and information systems, including the social, cultural and aesthetic dimensions of information, rather than just the technologies themselves.

To complete the Bachelor of Arts (Digital Technology and Culture), students must complete 192 credit points in total including:

• a minimum of 120 intermediate and senior credit points;
• a minimum of 72 senior credit points from Part A of the Faculty of Arts Table of Units of Study, including a major. A Faculty of Arts major consists of 36 senior credit points in a single subject area, or from pre-approved cross-listing between subject areas;
• core Information Systems units of study (INFO & ISYS coded units) to the value of 42 credit points (6 junior and 36 senior) as may be prescribed annually by the School of Information Technologies (Faculty of Science);
• core Arts Informatics units of study (ARIN coded units) to the value of 36 credit points (6 junior and 30 senior) as may be prescribed annually by the Degree Director;
• a maximum of 72 junior credit points;
• a maximum of 60 senior credit points from any single subject area in the Table of Units of Study.

In 2006 a major in Information Systems consists of 36 intermediate and senior credit points as follows:

Junior pre-requisites for the major:

• INFO 1003 Foundations of Information Technology
• ARIN 1000 History and Theory of Informatics

Intermediate and senior units:

• ISYS 2140 Information Systems
• INFO 2110 Systems Analysis and Modelling
• INFO 2120 Database Systems I
• INFO 3402 Management of IT Projects and Systems
• ISYS 3400 Information Systems Project
• ISYS 3403 Information Technology Systems in Arts and Humanities

Core ARIN units:

• ARIN2610 Web Production
• ARIN2600 Technocultures
• ARIN3620 Research Practice in Arts Informatics
• ARIN3650 Arts Informatics Project 1
• ARIN3660 Arts Informatics Project 2

Consult the 2006 Handbook for confirmation and full details of the units of study available, staff lists and degree rules.

Please note that these resolutions are for students who begin this degree in 2006. For students previously enrolled please consult the Faculty of Arts Handbook for the relevant year.