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Note: You must be an Australian Resident to apply for this course.
For International Students please visit International Courses.
Employment Outcomes
Possible job roles include analyst programmer support, assistant programming developer; assistant software applications programmer, assistant software developer, database support programmer, web support programmer.
Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.
Qualifications & Skills Covered
Diploma of Software Development
10 core units; contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an IT environment; apply intermediate programming skills in another language; apply advanced object-oriented language skills; manage a project using software management tools; debug and monitor applications; deploy an application to a production environment; validate an application design against specifications; apply advanced programming skills in another language; apply intermediate object-oriented language skills; apply testing techniques for software development, plus 6 electives.
Note: Students who successfully complete only one or more units of competency within this Qualification will receive a Statement of Attainment.
Credit Transfer
Studying at TAFE SA is one of the easiest pathways towards a University Degree. Credit Transfer is the formal recognition that parts of a TAFE SA course are equivalent in content and level to parts of some University courses.
Find other TAFE SA Credit Transfer Agreements
| Credit Gained |
|---|
| University | University Course | Points | Time Equiv. | Details |
|---|
| Flinders University | Bachelor of Business | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
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| | Bachelor of Information Technology | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
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| | Bachelor of Arts | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
|
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| University of South Australia | Bachelor of Information Technology | 54 points
| 18 months
| Details
|
| | Bachelor of Information Technology (Business Systems) | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
|
| | Bachelor of Information Technology (Cloud Computing) | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
|
| | Bachelor of Information Technology (Games & Entertainment Design) | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
|
| | Bachelor of Information Technology (Networking and Security) | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
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| | Bachelor of Information Technology (Software Development) | 45 points
| | Details
|
| | Bachelor of Information Technology (Systems Administration) | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
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| | Bachelor of Software Engineering | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
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| | Bachelor of Computing (Multimedia) | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
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| | Bachelor of Business (Management of Information Technology) | 31.5 points
| | Details
|
| | Bachelor of Information Technology with Bachelor of Management | 36 points
| 12 months
| Details
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This course is funded through the Government of South Australia's Skills for All initiative. To find out if you may be eligible for this funding please answer the following questions:
This course is funded through the Government of South Australia's Skills for All initiative. To find out if you may be eligible for
this funding please visit the TAFE SA website.
There may be incidental fees for additional expenses to those required to complete the course. For example for equipment,
transport or accommodation.
To help with the payment of your fees, you may be able to pay your fees by instalments. To find out more please visit:
www.tafesa.edu.au/fbi
You may also be eligible for a fee concession if you hold a current:
- Health Care Card
- Pensioner Concession Card
- Veterans Affairs Card
or if you are a prisoner in a South Australian correctional institution.
To find out more please visit: www.tafesa.edu.au/concession