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Computer Science / Arts - 3968
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Program Description
Program Objectives
Program Structure
Honours
Academic Rules
Fees
Professional Recognition
Area(s) of Specialisation

Program Summary

 
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
Contact: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Typical Duration: 4 Years
 
 
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
 
 
Min UOC Per Semester: 3
 
 
Max UOC Per Semester: 27
 
 
Min UOC For Award: 192
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Science (Major)
 
 

Program Description

The concurrent degree of BSc (Computer Science) BA enables students to complete the requirements of the BSc (Computer Science) and a Bachelor of Arts program from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

For admission to the program, students must satisfy the entry requirements for both the BSc (Computer Science) and the BA in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Students in this program must complete 192 units of credit of study.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

Please contact the School of Computer Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Arts & Sciences for information on the Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes.

Program Structure

With this concurrent degree program, students take the 96 units of credit core of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Program3978 and the 96 units of credit core of the Bachelor of Arts Program 3403

Honours

The award of Honours in either the Arts and Social Sciences or the Computer Science component requires at least a further year of study, and the Honours year is subject to the admission requirements of the corresponding Arts and Social Sciences program or the Honours program in Computer Science.
This degree is administered by the School of Computer Science and Engineering.

Academic Rules

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science of Computer Science in concurrent mode

The 92 units of credit for the BSc component consists of all of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Compuer Science) except for the 12 units of credit General Education requirement and 36 units of free electives.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in concurrent mode
  1. Students may not count more than 60 units of credit of level 1 courses in this 168 units of credit;
  2. Students may only commence Level 2 courses once 30 units of credit of Level 1 courses have been successfully completed;
  3. Students may only commence level 3 courses once 72 units of credit have been successfully completed.
Details of majors and minors available, and the Prescribed Faculty elective, can be found at Program 3403

Fees

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

Professional Recognition

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

Area(s) of Specialisation

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