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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 Engineering (Major)
 
 
Bachelor of Commerce (Major)
 
 
Bachelor of Commerce (Minor)
 
  

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.

The stages of the program are shown below. 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

For further information please visit the school website at http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/seng

Program Structure

Year 1
And ONE of
And ONE of
And ONE of
And ONE of:

Year 2

Year 3
Plus ONE of:
Plus SE Electives (21 UOC)
Year 4

Faculty of Business Electives (48 UOC)

Year 5
Plus Software Engineering Electives (24 UOC)

(At least 3 UOC of the Software Engineering electives must be chosen from INFS courses).

Please Note:
  1. The above staging of the program represents one possible sequence of courses. The staging of the courses may be modified, subject to prerequisites and timetabling. In particular, the Faculty of Business and SE electives may be redistributed.
  2. Further information regarding SE electives can be found at http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/seng/SE-BCom-generic/index.html
  3. Students enrolled in the combined BE/BCom program are not required to undertake Quantative Methods B (ECON1203) as part of their Commerce component. The combination of Maths course taken in the Engineering part of the program covers the material taught in ECON1203 which negates the need to complete statistics in the BCom.

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 myUNSW 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

The Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering Bachelor of Commerce combined program requires the following:
  • at least 96 UOC from the course offered by Faculty of Business including ACCT1501, ACCT1511, ECON1101, ECON1102: and
  • completion of a major of at least 48 UOC in an approved Faculty of Business dsciplinary stream and a minor of 24 UOC in INFS courses, of which no more than 12 UOC may be Level courses.
  • no more than 60 UOC of Level 1 Faculty of Business courses
  • 6 UOCof first year mathematics as required for the Software Engineering program and at least 6 UOC in statistics and mathematics chosen from ECON1203, MATH1041, MATH1411, MATH1081, MATH2400, MATH2859, MATH2801, MATH2901, MATH2841, or alternative statistics and mathematics course approved by the program advisor.
Students who are enrolled in a combined program are expected to maintain a Credit (65% or higher) average across courses taken from each of the composite programs. Students who fail to meet this condition will be counselled about their suitability to remain in the combined program.
The stages of a generic combined program are shown above. In general, it will be necessary to adapt the program by undertaking courses to meet the requirements of particular Commerce majors. This generic program accommodates 96 UOC of courses from Faculty of Business.
The BCom program should be approved by the Faculty of Business.

Fees

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

Industrial Training Requirements

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.

Professional Recognition

Engineers Australia

The professional body for engineering in Australia is Engineers Australia, which has as its first objective the promotion of the science and practice of engineering in all its branches.

Engineers Australia has its national headquarters in Canberra and functions through a series of divisions, the local one being the Sydney Division. Within each division are branches representing the main interests within the profession, e.g. civil, mechanical, electrical, engineering management and environmental engineering.

Students of an approved school of engineering may join the Institution as a student member (StudIEAust). Student members receive the monthly publication Engineers Australia and for a small fee they also receive The Transactions which contains articles on a particular branch of engineering.

Student members are invited to participate in the Excellence Award for Work Experience, the National Young Engineer of the Year Award and to avail themselves of other Engineers Australia services including the Mentor Scheme and industrial experience guidance.

For more information and membership application forms, contact Engineers Australia, Sydney Division, Level 3, 8 Thomas Street, CHATSWOOD NSW 2067 - telephone 02 9410 5600 www.engineersaustralia.org.au

The Australian Computing Society

The peak professional body for computing in Australia is the Australian Computing Society (ACS) - www.acs.org.au

The objectives of the ACS can be found here and include: "advanc[ing] professional excellence in information and communications technology, and further[ing] the study, science and application of information and communications technology."

Again, students who want to join ACS should go to Member Application

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