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Information Technology

What do you get by studying Information Technology?
Information Technology gives you the skills and knowledge to be able to support, monitor and implement systems in various network environments, produce basic program code, interact with clients effectively, evaluate security and understand and use a range of hardware and software for producing media.
What jobs can I get when I graduate and what are the starting salaries?
Systems administrator
Junior programmer
Service and repairs
Help desk support
Multimedia/web designer
Network administrator
Internet administrator
Intranet administrator
Starting salaries for these sorts of roles range from $25-$50k.
What is unique about Information Technology as opposed to other career options?
Information Technology is always changing. You will always be learning new skills, tools, systems and processes; being challenged through interesting work.
Working on products rather than people. Many roles in IT aren’t client-facing so you may not have to worry about dealing with external clients all day. Ah. peace and quiet!
Lifestyle. Studying IT sets you up for either contract work which is well-paid, full-time work that is secure or part-time work which is flexible.
In demand. There is a skills shortage in the IT industry and probably will be for a long time to come. This means you’re likely to have more job options more often.

What do you get by studying Information Technology?

Information Technology gives you the skills and knowledge to be able to support, monitor and implement systems in various network environments, produce basic program code, interact with clients effectively, evaluate security and understand and use a range of hardware and software for producing media.

What jobs can I get when I graduate and what are the starting salaries?

Systems administrator

Systems analyst

Systems designer

Database analyst

Database designer

Database administrator

Help desk support

Multimedia/web designer

Network administrator

Internet administrator

Intranet administrator

Starting salaries for these sorts of roles range from $25-$50k.

What is unique about Information Technology as opposed to other career options?

Information Technology is always changing. You will always be learning new skills, tools, systems and processes; being challenged through interesting work.

Working on products rather than people. Many roles in IT aren’t client-facing so you may not have to worry about dealing with external clients all day. Ah. peace and quiet!

Lifestyle. Studying IT sets you up for either contract work which is well-paid, full-time work that is secure or part-time work which is flexible.

In demand. There is a skills shortage in the IT industry and probably will be for a long time to come. This means you’re likely to have more job options more often.

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