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Program Summary

   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Typical Duration: 5 Years
 
 
Typical UOC Per Session: 24
 
 
Min UOC Per Session: 3
 
 
Max UOC Per Session: 27
 
 
Min UOC For Award: 240
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Arts (Major)
 
 
Bachelor of Engineering (Major)
 
  

Program Description

Day to day administration of this program is conducted through the Computer Science and Engineering Student Office, to which enquiries should be directed.

It should be noted that it is possible to adapt the program by moving courses, subject to prerequisite requirements. Approval should be obtained for changes.

Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Program Structure

Please refer to the Academic Rules below and contact the School of Computer Science & Engineering for information.

Honours

Honours will be awarded to students who have achieved superior grades in courses over the whole program including the successful completion of a thesis at sufficient standard. Weighted average marks required for Honours grades are given below: The School of Computer Science and Engineering uses an internal method for calculating this average, the information provided by New South Student is not used for this purpose.

Honours Class 1: WA greater than or equal to 75

Honours Class 2: Division 1: WA equal to 70 up to and including 74

Divison 2: WA equal to 65 up to and including 69

Academic Rules

1. In addition to the BE program, students must complete 60 units of credit in the BA program with no more than 24 units of credit obtained at Level 1 (i.e. courses designed for students in their first year of study). Of these 24 Level 1 units of credit, no more than 12 units of credit may be from any one sequence of study.

2. Students must complete a major sequence (42 units of credit) in one of the following areas:
  • Australian Studies
  • Chinese Studies
  • Development Studies
  • Education
  • English
  • Environmental Engineering*
  • European Studies
  • Film
  • French
  • German Studies
  • Greek
  • History
  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Indonesian Studies
  • Japanese Studies
  • Korean Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Media, Culture & Technology
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Policy Studies
  • Political Economy
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Russian Studies
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Spanish & Latin American Studies
  • Theatre & Performance Studies
  • Women's and Gender Studies
*Students completing an Environmental Studies major sequence must complete, in addition to the 30 Upper Level units of credit specified, 6 level 1 units of credit in an approved course. Students must also complete a minor sequence of 24 units of credit on one of the other areas listed above.

3. Except for courses completed as part of the Environmental Studies major sequences, no more than 12 units of credit may be obtained from courses in the BA program which are offered by schools outside the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

4. No course included for credit in the BE programs can be included in the 60 units of credit required at Rule 1 for the BA program.

5. Students must complete the full requirements of the program 3648 BE in Software Engineering except that they are exempt from the General Education requirement of the BE program. However, students will not be eligible for graduation for the BE until a minimum of 12 units of credit of the BA have been successfully completed.

6. Students who complete the requirements for the BA program and the first two years of the BE BA program may proceed to graduation with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

7. Students may be awarded Honours in the BA by successful completion of an Honours year. It should be noted that entry into a particular BA Honours program will require completion of courses additional to those specified under rules 1-4.

8. The total units of credit in the combined program is 5 x 48 = 240.

For academic rules relating to the Bachelor of Engineering component of this combined degree, please refer to http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/rules/

Fees

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following web-page:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Industrial Training

All students in the BE in Computer Engineering, Bioinformatics Engineering and Software Engineering programs must complete at least 60 days of approved Industrial Training before the end of Year 4.

Further Requirements

1. An HSC Maths mark of 145-150 is required in 2 & 3 units Maths or 186-200 in 3 & 4 units Maths or a UAI > 97 in order to do COMP1711.

2. A mark of at least 75DN is required in COMP1011 or COMP1711 in order to do COMP1721.

3. A mark of at least 75DN is required in COMP1021 or COMP1721 in order to do COMP2711.

4. The chosen courses must form a major sequence of 42uoc.

5. To satisfy prerequisites it may be necessary to use a different arrangement of courses than shown above.

6. To accommodate particular sequences of Arts electives it may be necessary to change the distribution of SE electives between stages 3, 4 and 5.

7. All students in the BE/BA Software Engineering/Arts program must complete at least 60 days of approved Industrial Training before the end of Year 5 to fulfill the requirements of SENG4903 in stage 5.


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