Course list for the Software Engineering Single Major

Information valid for students commencing 2010

Software Engineering

Students must complete for the BE (Software Engineering Plan code: SOFTWX2001), #64 comprising -

  1. one of the following -
    • for a major - #50 (#54 for students undertaking the Professional Engineering Placement Semester (PEPS)), comprising #38 (#42 for students undertaking PEPS) being all compulsory courses listed in Part A of the Software Engineering list, plus #12 from Part B Electives list, including at least -
      1. #4 of introductory electives listed in Part B1;
      2. #6 of advanced electives listed in Part B2; and
      3. #2 of electives, to be chosen from introductory (Part B1), advanced (Part B2) or coverage (Part B3) electives; or
    • for a extended major - #60 (#62 for students undertaking PEPS), comprising a major plus an additional #10 (#8 for students undertaking PEPS) as set out in Part B Electives under Extended Major; and

  2. balance from electives -
    • with a maximum of #8 of level one courses;
    • students are encouraged to choose their electives from Part B electives. Selection of courses which are not the BE list require the approval of the Executive Dean.

Part A - Compulsory

Year 1, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
ELEC1000 2 Introduction to Electrical Engineering
ENGG1000 2 Introduction to Professional Engineering [1]

Year 1, Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE1001 2 Introduction to Software Engineering I
MATH1051 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra I [2]

Year 1, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE1000 2 Introduction to Computer Systems
MATH1052 2 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations

Year 1, Semester 2 or Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
CSSE2002 2 Programming in the Large
MATH1061 2 Discrete Mathematics

Year 2, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP2303 2 Network & Operating Systems Principles
ENGG2800 2 Team Project I

Year 2, Semester 1 or 2

Course Code Units Course Title
INFS1200 2 Introduction to Information Systems [3]
MATH2000 2 Calculus & Linear Algebra II

Year 2, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
CSSE2003 2 Software Engineering Studio

Year 3, Semester 1

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP2506 2 Human-Computer Interaction
CSSE3002 2 The Software Process

Year 3, Semester 2

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG3800 2 Team Project II

Year 4

(i) Students not attending the Professional Engineering Placement Semester (PEPS) -

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG4801 4 Thesis Project [4]
ENGG4802 4 Thesis Project [4]

(ii) Students attend the Professional Engineering Placement Semester (PEPS) -

Course Code Units Course Title
ENGG4010 2 Professional Development
ENGG4011 6 Professional Engineering Project

Part B Electives

B1 - Introductory Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP3301 2 Operating Systems Architecture
COMP3702 2 Artificial Intelligence
COMS3000 2 Information Security
COMS3200 2 Computer Networks I
CSSE2000 2 Introduction to Digital Systems
INFS2200 2 Relational Database Systems
INFS3202 2 Web Information Systems

B2 - Advanced Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP4403 2 Compilers and Interpreters
COMP4500 2 Advanced Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP4501 2 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
COMP4702 2 Machine Learning
COMS4200 2 Computer Networks II
COMS4507 2 Advanced Computer and Network Security
CSSE3000 2 Digital System Design
CSSE4003 2 Embedded System Design
CSSE4004 2 Distributed Computing
CSSE4603 2 Models of Software Systems
INFS3200 2 Advanced Database Systems

B3 - Coverage Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP2304 2 Programming for Engineering Systems
ENGG4000 2 Introduction to Systems Engineering
ENGG4020 2 Systems Safety Engineering
ENGG4800 2 Project Management
INFS3204 2 Service-Oriented Architectures
MATH2010 1 Analysis of Ordinary Differential Equations
STAT2201 1 Analysis of Engineering & Scientific Data [5] [6]
STAT2202 1 Probability Models for Engineering & Science [5]

B4 - Other Electives

Course Code Units Course Title
COMP1024 2 Conceptual Foundations of Computer Programming
MATH1050 2 Mathematical Foundations [7]

Extended Major
Students enrolled in the extended major are required to obtain a major, and #10 from Part B electives (#8 for students participating in the PEPS program), including -

    (i)

    Course Code Units Course Title
    COMP2304 2 Programming for Engineering Systems

    (ii) #4 from advanced (Part B2) electives, and
    (iii) an additional #4 from Parts B1, B2 or B3 electives (#2 for students participating in the PEPS program).

End notes

  • [1] BE/BSc students must complete ENGG1000 and are exempt from SCIE1000.
  • [2] Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Senior Maths C are strongly recommended to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051
  • [3] BE/BBusMan and BE/BCom students required to complete INFS1200 for the engineering program must not enrol in, and cannot gain credit for, MGTS1201. A student undertaking INFS1200 is exempted from MGTS1201 and must complete #2 from courses approved by the BEL Executive Dean.
  • [4] This course is offered over more than one semester. Enrol in the same course code in each semester.
  • [5] BE/BSc students required to complete STAT2201 and/or STAT2202 under the engineering course list must not complete STAT1201 under the Science course list. These students are exempt from STAT1201.
  • [6] BE/BBusMan, BE/BCom and BE/BEcon students required to complete STAT2201 towards the engineering major must not enrol in ,and cannot gain credit for, ECON1310. A student undertaking STAT2201 is exempted from ECON1310 and must complete #2 for an ECON course approved by the BEL Executive Dean.
  • [7] MATH1050 is not available for students with a High Achievement or higher in Senior Maths C.