Future Undergraduates

COMPA13982 - Computer Science/Bachelor of Digital Media

Program Structure

This program has been discontinued and replaced with the Bachelor of Media Arts/ BSc (Computer Science) 3969 program for students commencing in S1 2013 or later. The

The BSc(Computer Science) BDM dual program provides both a technical and creative foundation to the development and use of computer graphics. It also allows specialisation in the final semester in either the technical or creative strand of computer graphics and associated fields.

UOC denotes Units of Credit, a measure of the amount of work required in a course.

YEAR 1   S1 UOC S2 UOC
COMP1917 Computing 1 6 -
COMP1927 Computing 2 - 6
MATH1081 Discrete Mathematics - 6
MATH1141
MATH1131		 Higher Mathematics 1A or
Mathematics 1A		 6 -
SOMA1600 Language of Digital Media 6 -
SOMA1604 Introduction to Digital Media 6 -
SOMA1608 Digital Composite 1 - 6
SOMA2602 Sound Media 1 - 6
    24 24

YEAR 2   S1 UOC S2 UOC
COMP2911 Engineering Design in Computing 6 -
COMP2041 Software Construction: Techniques and Tools - 6
MATH1231 Mathematics 1B - 6
SOMA1603 Digital Video 1 6 -
SOMA2607 Intro to Interactive Media Arts 6 -
SOMA2609 3D Graphics & Modelling 1 6 -
SAHT3614 Screen Culture - 6
  SMA or CSE elective * - 6
    24 24

* 6 uoc to be selected from a list of courses to be approved by the School of Media Arts OR the School of Computer Science and Engineering

YEAR 3   S1 UOC S2 UOC
COMP4920 Management and Ethics  - 6
COMP3421 Computer Graphics - 6
SAHT3613 Digital Theory and Aesthetics 6 -
  Level 3/4 Computer Science Elective 6 6
  SMA or CSE elective ** 6 6
  Open elective *** 6 -
    24 24

 

* COMP3711 has been replaced with COMP4920 from s2, 2012 onwards.

** 6 uoc to be selected from a list of courses to be approved by the School of Media Arts OR the School of Computer Science and Engineering

*** 6 uoc to be selected from any course offered by UNSW

YEAR 4   S1 UOC S2 UOC
SOMA3610 Digital Studio 6 -
SOMA3616 Professional Practice 6 -
SOMA3612 Professional Portfolio - 6
  Level 3/4 Computer Science Elective 6 12
  SMA or CSE elective * 6 -
  Open elective ** - 6
    24 24

* 6 uoc to be selected from a list of subjects to be approved by the School of Media Arts OR the School of Computer Science and Engineering

** 6 uoc to be selected from any course offered by UNSW

Electives

Full list of COMP courses available here.

Streams

The flexibility of the Computer Science Program allows specialisations within the program such as Robotics and Computer Games as well as combining it with minors such as Commerce and Japanese. You can specialise in the following areas:

COMPA1 Computer Science
COMPG1 Computer Game Design & Construction
COMPI1 Artificial Intelligence
COMPH1 Human Computer Interaction
COMPR1 Robotics
COMPE1 Electronic Commerce
COMPN1 Computer Networks
COMPD1 Database Systems

Full details of these streams can be found here.

With the approval of the Program Director, students in this program wishing to fulfil the requirements for a major in a second science discipline, as well as the Computer Science requirements, may substitute a course from the other discipline for one of the level 3/4 computing electives.

The selections for secondary streams in the Computer Science program are the same as for a straight Bachelor of Science and can be found here in Table A.

Honours (optional)

Computer Science Honours takes one year full-time or two years part-time of study. Normally, students are expected to have attained an average mark of 65 (according to the myUNSW calculations) to qualify for entry to the honours year. Students who do not meet this expectation may be admitted in special circumstances.

Students who have graduated with a three year computer science degree from the University of NSW or another university can apply for admission to honours.

Detailed information about the program is available on the Honours website.

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