Program Overview

Diploma in Information and Communications Technology

This program is designed to provide a tertiary level foundation for further study in the Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology and Bachelor of Information Systems degrees. It has been developed to provide students with a base understanding of core information and communications technology theory and concepts.

Students successfully completing the Diploma in Information and Communications Technology will be granted entry into the second year of a Bachelor of Computer Science course at Western Sydney University.

Leading to: Bachelor of Computer Science
Western offers a specialist Computer Science degrees to equip you with the skills you need to be career-ready by specialising in different applications of computer science and computer systems.

This is a three-year degree with distinct majors which allow you to specialise in different applications of computer science and computer systems.

Major: Artificial Intelligence
Advanced development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics has resulted in increased AI applications in many industries as well as our everyday life. This major aims to introduce students to the foundations of AI as well as its modern practical applications.

The major delivers solid knowledge, skills, techniques and practical applications in robotic programming, problem solving, expert systems, logic reasoning, knowledge representation, data visualization, data mining and machine learning. The objective of this major is to equip the students with AI capabilities that are in high demand in many aspects of modern industries and modern living.