Anyone who meets the entry requirements for both Computer Engineering and Arts is eligible for the combined program. Students may enter directly in first year or may apply to transfer from the normal Engineering program later, although with late transfer it might not be possible to complete the program in minimum time.

The BE in Computer Engineering BA combined program requires the completion of 240 UOC, including at least 60 UOC of Arts courses, and must contain a major sequence of 42 UOC at stages 2 and 3 in a single Arts discipline. Students in this combined program are exempt from the General Education requirement.

The major Arts discipline may not be Computer Science.

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences must approve the Arts component while the School of Computer Science & Engineering will approve the final program and schedule.

In the Faculty of Engineering, Honours are awarded for superior performance in the standard program. In the Faculty of Arts, the award of Honours requires a separate program involving at least one further year of study.

Students wishing to enrol in, transfer into, or continue in a combined program shall have complied with all the requirements for prerequisite study, sequencing and academic attainment (a credit average, i.e. 65%) of both the program authorities concerned.

Students who commence a combined program, but subsequently do not wish to proceed with both areas of study, or who fail to maintain a credit average performance, should revert to a single degree program with appropriate credit for courses completed.

Students in a combined degree program are exempt from all General Education requirements. However, if the student reverts to the single degree program, the usual General Education requirements for that program apply.

There will be a testamur for each part of the combined degree program.

Students who complete the BE program first may proceed to graduation with the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in the usual way.

Please see http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/rules/

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

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

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:

*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 3645 BE in Computer Engineering except that they are exempt from the General Education requirements 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/

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

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.

Computing Requirements
Information regarding recommended computing equipment and software for the program is available from the School of Computer Science and Engineering Student Office.

Institution of Engineers (Australia), and the Australian Computer Society.