Global Studies and Information Technology

Design a game for social change or develop a cybersecurity system that supports a non-profit across the world. Combining your international communication skills with the technical expertise to shape and manage current and emerging technologies, you’ll have the background and understanding to work with NGOs and big business alike with this highly practical double degree.

In this course, you’ll learn how the application of computer-based technologies meets individual and organisational information needs, while developing communication across cultural borders and formulating innovative solutions for social change.

This course leads to two separate degrees:

• Bachelor of Global Studies
• Bachelor of Information Technology

You will gain all the benefits of each degree course (see Bachelor of Global Studies/Bachelor of Information Technology) and be fully equipped to pursue a career in either field or a combination of both. The Bachelor of Global Studies is a unique course tackling the most important challenges that the world’s communities face including: climate change; peace and conflict; the rich-poor gap; and crime and justice. Global studies is an interdisciplinary field drawing on politics, economics, sociology, history, medicine and science. You will apply your knowledge and skills to real life scenarios through leadership, culture and globalisation core units; and an overseas study component. The Bachelor of Information Technology will enable you to gain the knowledge and skills needed to use IT effectively and to develop and manage IT-based systems. The course covers a wide range of aspects of IT – from technical computing, games and immersive media to business information needs and the way in which IT can be used to support them.

Integral to the double degree is a compulsory overseas study component and you have a huge range of countries and international opportunities to choose from through the Global Immersion Guarantee, study tours, or by studying at one of our prestigious partner universities. Between overseas experiences and professional placement programs, with core units focusing on leadership development and IT practical and analytical skills, you will be prepared for an international career working with businesses, NGOs, government and industry.

At the time of enrolment in a course at Monash University, you must be at least 17 years of age.

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All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score. Most Monash faculties generally use your most recent studies for admission however other guidelines may apply where your prior qualification may be considered.