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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.

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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