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Computer Science - COMPAH3983

Stream Summary

Faculty: ENG - Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Computer Sci & Eng

Contact: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au

Program: 3983 - Science/Computer Science

Award(s):

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Stream Outline

The Computer Science Honours program is a one year full-time or two year part-time program. It is typically undertaken after completing the requirements for the single or combined Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and applying for entry to the Computer Science Honours Coordinator. Applicants from other universities who have majored in computer science and obtained the equivalent of a 65 average are also eligible.

Normally, students are expected to have attained a weighted average mark (WAM) of 65 to qualify for entry to the honours year. Students who do not meet this expectation may be admitted in special circumstances. Further details about the program can be viewed here.

Stream Structure

The honours year has two components:

thesis project
coursework

Thesis Project

COMP4910 Thesis Part A (3 UOC)
COMP4911 Thesis Part B (15 UOC)

Thesis topics can be viewed on the CSE thesis website:

www.cse.unsw.edu.au/thesis

Coursework

Students complete 30 units of credit (5 courses) in Computer Science electives. At least 18 units of credit (3 courses) must be level 4 - COMP4 or COMP9.

Suitable courses include:

COMP3111 Software Engineering (6 UOC)
COMP3121 Algorithms & Programming Tech (6 UOC)
COMP3131 Programming Languages & Compil (6 UOC)
COMP3141 Software Sys Des&Implementat'n (6 UOC)
COMP3151 Foundations of Concurrency (6 UOC)
COMP3161 Concepts of Programming Lang. (6 UOC)
COMP3211 Computer Architecture (6 UOC)
COMP3222 Digital Circuits and Systems (6 UOC)
COMP3231 Operating Systems (6 UOC)
COMP3241 Real Time Systems (6 UOC)
COMP3311 Database Systems (6 UOC)
COMP3331 Computer Networks&Applications (6 UOC)
COMP3411 Artificial Intelligence (6 UOC)
COMP3421 Computer Graphics (6 UOC)
COMP3431 Robotic Software Architecture (6 UOC)
COMP3441 Cryptography and Security (6 UOC)
COMP3511 Human Computer Interaction (6 UOC)
COMP3901 Special Project A (6 UOC)
COMP3902 Special Project B (12 UOC)
COMP4001 Object-Oriented Software Dev (6 UOC)
COMP4111 Distributed Object Sys & Tech ( UOC)
COMP4121 Advanced & Parallel Algorithms (6 UOC)
COMP4131 Programming Language Semantics ( UOC)
COMP4132 Adv. Functional Programming ( UOC)
COMP4133 Advanced Compiler Construction ( UOC)
COMP4151 Algorithmic Verification ( UOC)
COMP4161 Advanced Verification (6 UOC)
COMP4211 Adv Architectures & Algorithms (6 UOC)
COMP4314 Next Generation Database Systs (6 UOC)
COMP4317 XML and Databases ( UOC)
COMP4335 Wireless Mesh&Sensor Networks (6 UOC)
COMP4336 MobileNet (6 UOC)
COMP4337 Securing Wireless Networks ( UOC)
COMP4411 Experimental Robotics (6 UOC)
COMP4412 Introduction to Modal Logic ( UOC)
COMP4415 First-order Logic ( UOC)
COMP4416 Intelligent Agents (6 UOC)
COMP4418 Knowledge Representation (6 UOC)
COMP4511 User Interface Design & Constr (6 UOC)
COMP9242 Advanced Operating Systems (6 UOC)
COMP9243 Distributed Systems (6 UOC)
COMP9315 Database Systems Implementat'n (6 UOC)
COMP9316 eCommerce Implementation ( UOC)
COMP9318 Data Warehousing & Data Mining (6 UOC)
COMP9321 e-Commerce Impl. Infrastruct. (6 UOC)
COMP9322 e-Commerce Systems Engineering (6 UOC)
COMP9332 Network Routing and Switching (6 UOC)
COMP9333 Advanced Computer Networks (6 UOC)
COMP9334 Systems Capacity Planning (6 UOC)
COMP9416 Knowledge Based Systems (6 UOC)
COMP9417 Machine Learning & Data Mining (6 UOC)
COMP9515 Pattern Classification ( UOC)
COMP9517 Computer Vision (6 UOC)
COMP9519 Multimedia Systems (6 UOC)

Honours Assessment

Honours grading is based on the weighted average mark (WAM) of all courses either in your honours year or over your whole degree (whichever is greater). Note that both calculations include your thesis marks and courses are weighted by their unit of credit value.