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Bachelor of Engineering Software Engineering Master of Biomedical Engineering

FAQ

• Handbook Entry
  • Understanding the BE SE MBiomedE Program
  • Preferred Biomedical Electives
  • Other Biomedical Electives
  
  
• Staged Program

Handbook Entry

The BE (Software)/Master of Biomedical Engineering concurrent degree program is offered jointly through the School of Computer Science and Engineering and the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering

Students who are enrolled in a joint program are expected to maintain a credit () 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 MBiomedE Program

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

Note

Preferred Biomedical Electives

Other Biomedical Electives

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 School of Biomedical Engineering.

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 BIOM1010 Engineering in Medicine and Biology 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 MATH2859 Probability, Statistics and Information 3 General Education 3 BIOM9420 Clinical Laboratory Science 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 PHPH2121 Principles of Physiology A 6   PHPH2221     BIOM9xxx     Principles of Physiology B     BIOM Elective   6 SE Electives1 152 General Education 3 Total

Stage 4 Course No Course Name S1 S2 Industrial Training SENG4921 Professional Issues and Ethics 6 BIOM5960 Thesis A 6 BIOM9xxx BIOM Electives 18 SE Electives 18 Total

Stage 5
Course No Course Name S1 S2 Industrial Training BIOM5961 Thesis B 12   BIOM9913     BIOM9xxx     Thesis C     BIOM Electives   12 BIOM9410 Regulatory Requirements of Biomedical Technology 6 BIOM9xxx BIOM Electives 12 SE Electives 6 Total

Notes

1. The 7 options (42 uoc) for stages 3, 4 and 5 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 42 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 39uoc of SE electives, so it may have to be 42uoc.
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.

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