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Overview

Students may seek to undertake a five-year full-time dual degree program leading to the award of the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) (BE (Hons) BSc). The Faculty of Engineering administers the program, and delegates administration to the School which offers the Engineering discipline … For more content click the Read More button below. With this dual degree program, students take the 168 units of credit core of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) 3707 and the 96 units of credit core of the Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) program 3778. Because of the overlap of 24 units of credit of Science courses in both core, the total units of credit required for completion is 240 UOC, rather than 264 UOC (please see Academic Rules below for more details).

Stand Alone Programs

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Program
3707
Engineering (Honours)
Program
3778
Computer Science

Double Degree Structure
240 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 240 UOC.

  1. 168 UOC plus at least 60 days of approved Industrial Training experience
  2.  At least 48 UOC Disciplinary Knowledge and Enquiry-based Courses
  3. 30-42UOC Introductory Knowledge core courses
  4. At least 12 UOC of elective courses
  5. The balance of stream to consist of Foundation Disciplinary Knowledge Courses
  6. 96 UOC Computer Sciences courses

 

For the Eng (Hons)/BSc (Comp Sc) dual award program 3785, the following rules apply:

  1. BINFAH and COMPBH and SENGAH are not allowed in this dual
  2. Students MUST take COMP1511 as their first year Engineering computing course
  3. COMP1521 is counted towards the BE as a first year elective
  4. COMP4920 is waived in the BSc in favour of the management or ethics course in the BE
  5. Students instead take 12 UOC General Education in place of COMP1521 and COMP4920
  • 3785 - Engineering (Honours) / Computer Science
  • 3707 - Engineering (Honours)
  • 3778 - Computer Science

Majors
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must complete at least one of the specialisations below.

AEROAH
168 UOC
Aerospace Engineering
BINFAH
168 UOC
Bioinformatics Engineering
CEICAH
168 UOC
Chemical Engineering
CVENAH
168 UOC
Civil Engineering
CVENBH
168 UOC
Environmental Engineering
COMPBH
168 UOC
Computer Engineering
ELECAH
168 UOC
Electrical Engineering
GMATEH
168 UOC
Geospatial Engineering
MTRNAH
168 UOC
Mechatronic Engineering
MECHAH
168 UOC
Mechanical Engineering
MANFBH
168 UOC
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
MINEAH
168 UOC
Mining Engineering
NAVLAH
168 UOC
Naval Architecture
PETRAH
168 UOC
Petroleum Engineering
SOLAAH
168 UOC
Photovoltaics and Solar Energy
SOLABH
168 UOC
Renewable Energy Engineering
TELEAH
168 UOC
Telecommunications
GMATDH
168 UOC
Surveying
SENGAH
168 UOC
Software Engineering
CEICDH
168 UOC
Chemical Product Engineering

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)

General Education
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Note: Students completing the dual award Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Science in Computer Science complete 12 UOC of General Education courses in place of 12 UOC free electives from the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

General Education
3778 - Computer Science

Students must take at least 6 UOC of the following courses.

Level 3 Maturity Requirements
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must have completed 42 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

any level 3 course

Level 4 Maturity Requirements
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must have completed 102 UOC before taking any of the following courses.

any level 4 course

Maximum Level 1 Electives UOC
3778 - Computer Science

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

any level 1 course

Industrial Experience Requirement
3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Students must each complete at least 60 days approved industrial training concurrent with enrolment in the program.

Excluded Majors
3778 - Computer Science

Students enrolled in the dual award Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Science in Computer Science are not permitted to declare a Bioinformatics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering major in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).

General Education
3778 - Computer Science

Students completing the dual award Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Science in Computer Science complete 12 UOC of General Education courses in place of 12 UOC free electives from the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

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.

Program Fees

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