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Overview

Students may seek to undertake a five-year full-time double 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.

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Program
3707
Engineering (Honours)
Program
3778
Computer Science

Double Degree Structure

In this double degree students take 168 UOC from the Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and 96 UOC from the Bachelor of Computer Science, for a total of 264 UOC. As there are courses required for both degrees, there is an overlap of at least 24 UOC to reduce the total minimum volume to 240 UOC.
 
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) - 168 UOC
 
1. A 168 UOC stream consisting of the following;
- At least 48 UOC Disciplinary Knowledge and Enquiry-based Courses
- 30-42 UOC Introductory Knowledge Core courses
- At least 12 UOC of Disciplinary Elective courses 
- Remaining UOC to consist of (Specialisation/Major) Foundation Disciplinary Knowledge courses
 
2. Students must also complete at least 60 days of approved Industrial Training
 
Bachelor of Computer Science – 96 UOC
 
1. A Bachelor of Computer Science Major
 
BINFAH and COMPBH and SENGAH majors are not available in this double degree.
 
Depending on the chosen combination of Engineering Stream and Computer Science Major there may be more than 24 UOC of overlapping courses. When a student meets all the requirements for both degrees in less than 240 UOC, students must complete additional Elective course/s to bring the total to 240 UOC. Students must take these additional Electives from Faculty of Engineering and/or the School of Computer Science.
 
In certain circumstances, when a course overlaps the student must replace the required course in one program with a more advanced course required in the other program. For example-
 
1. Students MUST take COMP1511 as a Level 1 Core Course, COMP1511 is then double counted towards both degrees.
2. Students are required to complete one of MATH1131 or MATH1141, and one of MATH1231 or MATH1241. The two Maths course are double counted towards both degrees.
3. MATH1081 is a core requirement Bachelor of Computer Science but is replaced by the 2nd Year Math course taken in the BE(Hons) Major.
 

Note: Without following the substitutions above, students may need to take more than 240 UOC to complete the double degree.

Disciplinary Component - 3707 Engineering (Honours)168 Units of Credit:
Disciplinary Component - 3778 Computer Science96 Units of Credit:

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.

Additional Information

Accreditation:

This Engineering component of this dual degree has the same accreditation status as the Bachelor of Engineering (Hons). For details please see Program 3707

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Progression Requirements:

Students must make satisfactory progress while studying in the BE (Hons) program. Students must show cause not to be excluded from the program if any of the following occur:

  • Fail a core course 2 or more times
  • Fail more than half of the courses attempted, after completing 84 UOC or more of the BE(Hons) major
  • Have an overall WAM less than 50.000 with 48 UOC or more of your BE(Hons) remaining.

Students must also satisfy UNSW progression requirements. For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression.

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