More than 8000 apps are uploaded every day across android and Apple stores. It’s expected that more than five million jobs in Australia will be automated by 2030. Having the skills to program and develop web and mobile applications will be imperative to staying on top of changing job trends. 

In this major, you’ll learn how to apply in-depth knowledge to solve complex and realistic web and app design challenges. You’ll learn how the web provides the underlying technical framework for all modern mobile applications. You’ll gain a variety of technical skills, including in JavaScript programming for the web, networking for web and mobile applications, as well as skills in state-of-the-art web design practice. You’ll study emerging topics such as cloud computing or the web as a big-data platform. And you’ll become proficient in communicating with clients and end users, and advising on best practices in security and the privacy of information on the web and for mobile applications.

Key Features

• The mix of theoretical and technical components will prepare you to use current technologies,and adapt to and create new technologies in the workforce. 
• You’ll build real web and mobile apps that will increase in complexity throughout your studies, and you’ll use these to explore the fundamentals of web and mobile design and development. 
• Access to the latest technologies and the option to choose complementary subjects in artificial intelligence, computer graphics, processing and management will prepare you for the jobs of the future. 
• In your final year, you’ll undertake a work-integrated learning activity with a partner organisation to help prepare you for real workplace scenarios.  
• Your learning experience will be enhanced by our location in Australia’s largest high-tech precinct, which is brimming with collaborative, internship and employment opportunities. 
• This major meets the Australian Computer Society professional standards for ICT courses. 
• Macquarie is ranked number one in Sydney for overall graduate employment in information technology (QILT, 2017).

• App designer 
• App developer 
• Computer and information systems manager 
• Computer support specialist 
• Computer systems analyst 
• Content developer 
• E-business manager 
• Programmer 
• Self-employed entrepreneur 
• Software developer 
• Web developer