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Combined Program in Software Engineering and Science
Example BE SE BSc Physics Program

Understanding the BE SE BSc Physics Program

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

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 and the School of Physics.

Stage 1 Course No Course Name S1 S2 COMP1917 Higher Computing 1 6   MATH1131     MATH1141     Mathematics 1A     Higher Mathematics 1A   6 MATH1081 Discrete Mathematics 6 INFS1603 Business Data Management 6 SENG1031 Software Engineering Workshop 1 6   MATH1231     MATH1241     Mathematics 1B     Higher Mathematics 1B   6 COMP1927 Higher Data Structures & Algorithms 6 Level 1 Science electives 6 Total

Stage 2 Course No Course Name S1 S2 SENG2010 Software Engineering Workshop 2A 3 SENG2020 Software Engineering Workshop 2B 3 COMP2111 System Modelling and Design 6 COMP2911 Engineering Design in Computing 2 6 COMP2121 Microprocessors and Interfacing 6 COMP3711 Project Management 6 INFS2603 System Analysis & Design 6 PHYS1121 Physics 1A 6 PHYS1221 Physics 1B 6 Total

Stage 3 Course No Course Name S1 S2 SENG3010 Software engineering Workshop 3A 3 SENG3020 Software Engineering Workshop 3B 3 COMP3141 Software System Design & Implementation 6   COMP3331     INFS2607     Computer Networks and Applications     Infrastructure and Security   6 MATH2011 Several Variable Calculus 6 MATH2120 Mathematics Methods for Differential Equations 3 MATH2859 Probability, Statistics and Information 3 PHYS2030 Laboratory A 3 PHYS2040 Quantum Physics 3 PHYS2050 Electromagnetism 3 PHYS2060 Thermal Pyhsics 3 SE Electives 6 Total

Stage 4 Course No Course Name S1 S2 Level 3 Physics electives 18 Level 2 or 3 Physics electives 12 SE Electives 18 Total Stage 5 Course No Course Name S1 S2 Industrial Training SENG4910 Thesis part A 6 SENG4911 Thesis part B 12 SENG4921 Professional Issues and Ethics 6 SE Electives 24 Total

Note: Physics electives could contain:

Notes

1. The SE Electives (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. As set out in this staging, stage 2 will have one semester with 27uoc and one semester of 21uoc, requiring overloading by 3uoc. Standard 24uoc semesters can be achieved by moving courses between stages.
3. The chosen courses must form a major Physics sequence of 42 units at stages 2 and 3.
4. To satisfy prerequisites it may be necessary to use a different arrangement of courses than shown above.
5. It will almost certainly be desirable to move courses around between stages 3, 4 and possibly 5 shown above.

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