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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - BE (Hons)3707 - Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - BE (Hons)Master of Biomedical Engineering - MBiomedE3768 - Engineering (Honours)/Biomedical Engineering

Specialisation Structure
168 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 168 UOC.

Level 1 Core Courses

Students must take 60 UOC of the following courses.

BABS1201
6 UOC
Molecules, Cells and Genes
COMP1511
6 UOC
Programming Fundamentals
COMP1521
6 UOC
Computer Systems Fundamentals
COMP1531
6 UOC
Software Engineering Fundamentals
ENGG1000
6 UOC
Introduction to Engineering Design and Innovation
MATH1081
6 UOC
Discrete Mathematics

Level 2 Core Courses

Students must take 48 UOC of the following courses.

BINF2010
6 UOC
Introduction to Bioinformatics
BIOC2201
6 UOC
Principles of Molecular Biology (Advanced)
COMP2041
6 UOC
Software Construction: Techniques and Tools
COMP2511
6 UOC
Object-Oriented Design & Programming
COMP2521
6 UOC
Data Structures and Algorithms
DESN2000
6 UOC
Engineering Design and Professional Practice

Level 3 Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

BABS3121
6 UOC
Molecular Biology of Nucleic Acids
BINF3010
6 UOC
Applied Bioinformatics
COMP3121
6 UOC
Algorithms and Programming Techniques
COMP3311
6 UOC
Database Systems

Level 4 Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

BINF6112
6 UOC
Computational Biology Engineering Design Workshop
COMP4920
6 UOC
Management and Ethics
COMP4951
4 UOC
Research Thesis A
COMP4952
4 UOC
Research Thesis B
COMP4953
4 UOC
Research Thesis C

Discipline Electives

Students must take 12 UOC of the following:
Level 3 or higher COMP courses.
Level 3 BABS, BIOC or MICR courses

ENGG3060
3 UOC
Maker Games

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