Last updated 14.01.09

Combined Program in Software Engineering and Science

Program code: 3651
Plan: SENGA13651

Handbook Entry

The BE Software Engineering BSc combined program requires the completion of at least 84 uoc (Units of Credit) of Science courses, and must contain a major sequence of 42 uoc at stages 2 and 3, with at least 18 uoc at stage 3 in a single Science discipline. To satisfy the requirement of the combined program, the free electives and the General Education electives of the standard Software Engineering program are assigned to Science electives. The Science content of the generic combined program consists of:

• 18 uoc of Mathematics in stages 1 and 2;
• 6 uoc of Science electives in stage 1;
• 12 uoc of Science electives in stage 2;
• an extra stage of 48 uoc of Science.

There is an extra 6uoc that can be assigned to level 3 Science or SE electives, giving a possible 90uoc of Science or 54uoc of SE electives.

The major Science discipline may not be Computer Science.

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.

Understanding the BE SE BSc Program

Programs are usually listed in the handbook as sequence of stages, or years. The BE SE BSc 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.

Notes:

1. a Mathematics major requires MATH2801/2901, which therefore replaces MATH2859.
2. 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.

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 Science.

Notes

1. The courses, COMP1917 and COMP1927 replace COMP1911 and COMP1921 for Software Engineering.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. As set out in this staging, some semesters will have awkward requirements for 3uoc of some set of electives. This can be overcome by moving courses around and also by overloading by 3uoc, which is generally permitted in our programs.
5. The chosen courses must form a major sequence of 42 units at levels 2 and 3.
6. To satisfy prerequisites it may be necessary to use a different arrangement of courses than shown above.

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