Last updated 14.01.09

Combined Program in Software Engineering and Commerce

Program code: 3653
Plan: SENGA13653

Handbook Entry

The BE(Software Engineering) BCom combined program requires the following:

• at least 96 units of credit from the courses offered by the Faculty of Commerce and Economics (FCE), including:
  • ACCT1501, ACCT1511, ECON1101, ECON1102; and,
  • completion of a major of at least 48 units of credit in an FCE approved disciplinary stream and a minor of 24 units of credit in INFS courses of which no than 12 units of credit may be Level 1 courses;
• no more that 60 units of credit of level 1 FCE courses;
• 6 units of credit of first year mathematics courses as required for the Software Engineering program and at least 6 units of credit in statistics and mathematics chosen from ECON1203, MATH1041, MATH1141, MATH1081, MATH1241, MATH2859, MATH2801, MATH2901, MATH2841, or alternative statistics and mathematics courses approved by the program advisor.

Students who are enrolled in a combined program are expected to maintain a credit (at least 65%) 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 below. 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 the FCE.

All programs should be approved by the Faculty of Commerce and Economics

Understanding the BE SE BCom Program

Programs are usually listed in the handbook as sequence of stages, or years. The BE SE BCom generic program will be listed that way a little later, but it is perhaps easier to understand the requirements for the program in terms of core requirements and elective requirements as shown in the following table.

1. Since the revision in 2003, Project Management has changed from a 3uoc course (COMP3710) to a 6uoc course (COMP3711). Consequently the SE electives have had to be cut from 48uoc to 45uoc.
2. In order to meet the requirement for 96uoc of FCE content, at least 3uoc of SE electives must be from INFS.

In the handbook entry, the Core and Electives are arranged in stages. However, courses may be arranged in any suitable order, subject to satisfaction of prerequisites and corequisites. It makes some sense to take the courses shown in stages 1&2 in the first two years. Of course, some arrangements may produce timetable conflicts.

Staged Program

Possible stages of the combined program are shown below. Courses may be arranged in any suitable order, subject to satisfaction of prerequisites and corequisites. It makes some sense to take the courses shown in stages 1&2 in the first two years. Of course, some arrangements may produce timetable conflicts.

All programs should be approved by the Faculty of Arts and Social Science.

Notes

1. The 8 options (48 uoc) for stages 3 and 4 are chosen from a list that includes all third and fourth stage COMP, INFS courses and some MATH courses. See SE electives.
2. SE electives are nominally 48 uoc, but because Project Management changed from 3uoc to 6uoc we have had to take 3uoc out of the SE electives. In practice it may not be easy to choose 45uoc of SE electives, so it may have to be 48uoc.
3. As set out in this staging, stage 2 will have one semester with 27uoc and stage 3 will have one semester of 21uoc. Standard 24uoc semesters can be achieved by moving MATH2859 to stage 3.
4. In order to meet the requirement for 96uoc of FCE content, the program must contain 24uoc of INFS courses. This will require some INFS courses to be taken as SE electives.

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