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Overview

The Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Engineering offer a dual degree program leading to the award of the degrees Bachelor of Science (Advanced Mathematics)(Honours) and Bachelor of Science (Computer Science). The typical duration of this program is 5 years full-time. The Advanced Mathematics (Honours) and Computer Science degrees … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Program
3956
Advanced Mathematics (Honours)
Program
3778
Computer Science

Double Degree Structure
240 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 240 UOC.

1. An approved Advanced Mathematics (Honours) major and
2. SCIF1131;
3. 48 units of credit Honours Year; and
4. Science elective courses
5. 96 UOC of Computer Science courses

  • 3781 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours) / Computer Science
  • 3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)
  • 3778 - Computer Science

Major Specialisation Requirements
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

Students must complete at least one of the specialisations below.

MATHA1
90 UOC
Applied Mathematics
MATHP1
90 UOC
Pure Mathematics
MATHU1
84 UOC
Advanced Statistics

Honours Specialisation Requirements
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

Students must complete at least one of the specialisations below.

MATHAH
48 UOC
Applied Mathematics
MATHPH
48 UOC
Pure Mathematics
MATHTH
48 UOC
Statistics

Majors
3778 - Computer Science

COMPA1 is the default stream, and will be used if no other stream is selected.

COMPA1
96 UOC
Computer Science
COMPD1
96 UOC
Computer Science (Database Systems)
COMPE1
96 UOC
Computer Science (eCommerce Systems)
COMPI1
96 UOC
Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)
COMPJ1
96 UOC
Computer Science (Programming Languages)
COMPN1
96 UOC
Computer Science (Computer Networks)
COMPS1
96 UOC
Computer Science (Embedded Systems)
COMPY1
96 UOC
Computer Science (Security Engineering)

Level 1 Core Course
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

Students must take the following course.

SCIF1131
6 UOC
Introductory Skills for Science

Level 2 Maturity Requirements
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

Students may commence Level 2 courses upon successful completion of 30 UOC of Level 1 courses.

Level 3 Maturity Requirements
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

Students may commence Level 3 courses upon successful completion of 72 UOC.

Maximum Level 1 UOC
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

A maximum of 72 UOC of Level 1 courses can be taken, including any General Education or mainstream Level 1 course taken to fulfil either the General Education or the Free Elective requirement.

Minimum Level 1 Science Courses
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

Students must complete a minimum of 24 UOC of the following courses.

Minimum Level 3 Science Courses
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

Students must complete a minimum of 30 UOC of the following courses.

Maximum Level 1 Electives UOC
3778 - Computer Science

Students may only undertake a maximum of 60 UOC of the following courses.

COMP COURSE RULE

Students may not count 'COMP' courses towards their Science requirements unless they are specified as core courses in their major (i.e. for these students 'COMP' courses will not count as 'Science' courses).

Major Declaration
3956 - Advanced Mathematics (Honours)

Students must complete exactly one approved Bachelor of Science (Advanced Mathematics) (Honours) major, and this must be declared before enrolling in Level III courses. Students cannot undertake a double major in this program.

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program.

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