Software Engineering

Part of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Master of Engineering program

Students must complete for the BE(Hons)/ME (Software Engineering Plan code: SOFTEX2350), 80 units comprising:

  1. 48 units for either
    1. (i) 34 units being all courses from part A - compulsory, years 1 to 3 of the 2016 BE(Hons) (Software) list; and
      (ii) 14 units being all courses from part M - compulsory; or
    2. (i) 36 units being all courses from part A - compulsory, years 1 to 3 of the 2017 BE(Hons) (Software) list; and
      (ii)12 units being all courses from part M - compulsory except ENGG4810; and
  2. 26 units from the combination of part N and parts B and C of the BE(Hons) (Software) list including
      (i) a minimum of 12 units from part B - electives of the BE(Hons) (Software) list with at least 8 units at level four; and
      (ii) a minimum of 4 units from part N; and
      (iii) a maximum of 6 units from part C - coverage electives of the BE(Hons) (Software) list; and
  3. balance from electives, being courses on the BE(Hons) list or on the BE(Hons)/ME list or other courses approved by the executive dean, with
      (i) a maximum of 4 units from courses on the BE(Hons) year 1, part D list, and
      (ii) a maximum of 4 units from level one courses not on the BE(Hons) list.

Part M - Compulsory

Year 4, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG4810 2 Team Project II

Year 4, Semester 1 or Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG4900 2 Professional Practice and the Business Environment

Year 5

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7290 8 Engineering Placement Semester

Year 5, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG7701 2 Engineering Grand Challenges

Part N - Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE7610 2 Concurrency: Theory and Practice
ENGG7302 2 Advanced Computational Techniques in Engineering
ENGG7811 2 Research Methods
INFS7410 2 Information Retrieval and Web Search [1]

Courses offered on an occasional basis

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP7000 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 7A
COMP7001 2 Special Topics in Computer Science 7B
CSSE7090 2 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering A
CSSE7091 2 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering B
CSSE7630 2 Principles of Program Analysis
CSSE7640 2 Formal Modelling and Verification
DECO7000 2 Special Topics in Design Computing 7A
DECO7001 2 Special Topics in Design Computing 7B
ENGG7300 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering I
ENGG7301 2 Advanced Topics in Engineering II
ENGG7810 2 Thesis Preparation

End notes

  • [1] Course is offered in even-numbered years only.