Course Levels

Course availability is subject to timetabling and teaching resources. Extended versions of any course may be used instead.

Courses may have a number of prerequisites. Students should plan ahead to make sure that the prerequisites of the courses they are interested in are satisfied, and that appropriate substitutions are made for non-CSE courses which form part of the above majors. See section on Exemption and Substitution for more information.

Level 0 - Courses with no prerequisite

BINF9010	Bioinformatics Methods & Applns
COMP9020	Foundations of Comp. Science
COMP9021	Principles of Programming
COMP9032	Microprocessors & Interfacing
COMP9311	Database Systems (COMP9021 is a corequisite)
COMP9414	Artificial Intelligence (COMP9021 is a corequisite)
COMP9416	Knowledge Based Systems
COMP9511	Human Computer Interaction
COMP9514	Advanced Decision Theory
GSOE9210	Engineering Decision Structures
GSOE9820	Engineering Project Management

Level 1 - Non-level-0 courses with chains of one prerequisite at most

COMP4411	Experimental Robotics (plus special conditions)
COMP4416	Intelligent Agents (plus special conditions)
COMP4418	Knowledge Representation
COMP9024	Data Structures & Algorithms
COMP9031	Internet Programming
COMP9041	Software Construction
COMP9222	Digital Circuits and Systems
COMP9321	e-Commerce Impl. Infrastruct. (COMP9311 is a corequisite)
COMP9324	Mobile Enterprise Applications (COMP9321 is a corequisite)
COMP9331	Computer Networks & Applications (COMP9024 is a corequisite)
COMP9415	Computer Graphics (COMP9024 is a corequisite)
COMP9517	Computer Vision (plus special conditions)

Level 2 - Non-level 1 courses with chains of two prerequisites at most

COMP4001	Object-Oriented Software Dev
COMP4003	Industrial Software Development
COMP4141	Theory of Computation
COMP4511	User Interface Design & Constr (COMP4001 is a corequisite - plus special conditions)
COMP9008	Software Engineering
COMP9101	Design &Analysis of Algorithms
COMP9102	Programming Lang & Compilers
COMP9018	Advanced Graphics (plus special conditions)
COMP9151	Foundations of Concurrency
COMP9161	Concepts of Programming Lang.
COMP9152	Comparative Concurrency Semantics
COMP9153	Algorithmic Verification
COMP9171	Object-Oriented Programming
COMP9201	Operating Systems
COMP9211	Computer Architecture
COMP9314	Next Generation Database Systs (plus special conditions)
COMP9315	Database Systems Implementat'n
COMP9317	XML and Databases
COMP9318	Data Warehousing & Data Mining
COMP9322	e-Commerce Systems Engineering
COMP9323	e-Enterprise Project (COMP9322 is a corequisite)
COMP9332	Network Routing and Switching
COMP9333	Advanced Computer Networks
COMP9334	Systems Capacity Planning
COMP9335	Wireless Mesh&Sensor Networks
COMP9336	MobileNet
COMP9337	Securing Wireless Networks
COMP9417	Machine Learning & Data Mining
COMP9431	Robotic Software Architecture (plus special conditions)
COMP9441	Cryptography and Security
COMP9444	Neural Networks (plus special conditions)
COMP9519	Multimedia Systems

Level 3 - Non-level 2 courses with chains of three prerequisites at most

COMP4121	Advanced & Parallel Algorithms
COMP4132	Advanced Functional Programming
COMP4211	Advanced Architectures & Algorithms
COMP4412	Introduction to Modal Logic
COMP4415	First-order Logic
COMP9009	Adv Topics in Software Eng
COMP9116	S'ware Dev: B-Meth & B-Toolkit
COMP9117	Software Architecture (plus special conditions)
COMP9242	Advanced Operating Systems (plus special conditions)
COMP9243	Distributed Systems
COMP9245	Real-Time Systems

Approved Substitutions

BIOT7160	Genomics & Proteomics
GBAT9117	E-Business: Strategy and Management
GMAT9023	Innovations in Spatial Information 1
GMAT9024	Innovations in Spatial Information 2
GMAT9201	GPS Receivers and How They Work
GMAT9202	Satellite Navigation: Receivers and Systems
GMAT9205	Fundamentals of Geopositioning
GMAT9210	Geopositioning Tech for Infomobility Applications
GMAT9220	Principles of GPS Positioning
INFS5731	Strategic Management of Business Info Systems
INFS5732	Management of Business Info Systems Operations
INFS5733	Information Technology Quality and Project Management
INFS5848	Information Systems Project Management
INFS5885	e-Business Applications and Technology
INFS5905	Information Systems Auditing
INFS5926	Advanced Data Management
INFS5927	Knowledge Management Systems and Technology
INFS5953	Information Systems Management
INFS5978	Accounting Information Systems
INFS5984	Information Systems Security
INFS5989	Information Systems Development
INFS5991	Business Intelligence and Decision Support
LEGT5421	E-Business and the Law
MATH5846	Introduction to Probability and Stochastic Processes
MATH5856	Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Computations
TELE9751	Internet Design and Equipment Architectures
TELE9752	Network Operations and Control
TELE9753	Advanced Wireless Networks
TELE9754	Coding and Information Theory

Exemption and Substitution

Any student who has received credit may choose to forego those credits in favour of completing additional courses from the course list. This will not shorten the duration of the program.

GradDipIT (5543) and MIT (8543) students are permitted to substitute up to three non-CSE courses provided they are relevant to the discipline of Computing and IT. Some majors are required to make such substitutions in order to satisfy the major (eg. Bioinformatics). Students with Advanced Standing may not be eligible for substitutions, seek advice from the CSE Student Office before enrolling.

MIT (8543) students may also substitute one course for a non-advanced postgraduate UNSW free elective.

MIT (8543) students are also permitted to substitute one, two or three courses with a project of equal value provided they meet the following criteria: