Handbook

The Bachelor of Science (Honours) program in Computer Science and Engineering is a 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time award undertaken by eligible students after completion of a 3 year Bachelor of Science program in a relevant discipline and offers students an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the discipline through the completion of advanced coursework and a research thesis.

The goals of the program are to:

• Provide advanced training to enable graduates to competently undertake sophisticated computing tasks in industry and commerce.
• Provide investigative academic training in preparation for undertaking postgraduate research, through Masters and PhD programs.

In attaining these goals the following objectives are considered important:

• To expand the scope and depth of training, by coursework, in chosen areas.
• To foster the development of personal initiative and group interaction by encouraging individual and cooperative investigation of topics of interest.
• To foster the development of creativity and project management by the planning and undertaking of significant project work in the form of a research thesis.
• To promote the development of verbal and written presentation skills.
• To provide an environment for open and free enquiry based on the accepted tenets of academic scepticism.
• To expose students to the rigour and excitement of novel enquiry.