Program Requirements

The Bachelor of Advanced Computing requires the completion of 192 units of courses including:

1. 42 units of fundamental computing courses consisting of:
   • COMP1130 Introduction to Advanced Computing
   • COMP1140 Introduction to Advanced Computing II
   • COMP2300 Introduction to Computer Systems
   • COMP2310 Concurrent and Distributed Systems
   • COMP2600 Formal Methods in Software Engineering
   • COMP3600 Algorithms
   • COMP3630 Theory of Computation
2. 24 units of software development courses consisting of:
   • COMP2100 Software Construction
   • COMP2150 Software Design and Analysis
   • COMP3100 Software Project
3. 18 units of mathematics courses consisting of:
   • MATH1013 Mathematics & Applications 1 (or MATH1115)
   • MATH1014 Mathematics & Applications 2 (or MATH1116)
   • STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics
4. 18 units of professional development courses consisting of:
   • ENGN1211 Discovering Engineering
   • MGMT3027 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
   • COMP3120 Managing Software Development
5. A further 24 units of 4000-level COMP courses including either COMP4550 Advanced Computing Research Project or COMP4560 Advanced Computing Project.
6. A further 66 units of electives, of which no more than 30 units may be 1000-level courses, and at least 18 units must be courses offered by the School of Computer Science. These may include a 42-unit Major in an advanced area of the computing discipline with a cognate interdisciplinary area from science, mathematics, arts or engineering.

Majors

 A major comprises of 7 courses from one of the following specified lists, of which at least three must e offered by the School of Computer Science. Compulsory courses for the respective Major are starred. 

 

Computer Engineering:

• COMP3300 Operating Systems
• COMP3310* Computer Networks
• COMP3320 High Performance Scientific Computation
• COMP3610 Principles of Programming Languages
• COMP4300 Parallel Systems
• COMP4320 Multicore Computing
• COMP4330 Real-Time and Embedded Systems
• ENGN2218 Electronic Systems & Design
• ENGN3213* Digital Systems and Microprocessors
• ENGN3226 Digital Communications
• ENGN4536 Wireless Communications

 

Human-Centric Computing:

• ARTV2100* Contemporary Media Studies I
• COMP1710 Web Interface Design
• COMP2720* Art and Interaction in New Media
• COMP3650 System Architectural Understanding & the Human Brain
• COMP3900* HCI and Usability Engineering
• COMP4610 Computer Graphics
• COMP4420 Bio-inspired Computing: Applications & Interfaces
• ENGN4528 Computer Vision
• PSYC1003 Understanding Mind, Brain and Behaviour
• PSYC2008 Visual Perception and Cognition
• PSYC3011 Perception

 

Information-Intensive Computing:

• BIOL2151 Introductory Genetics
• BIOL3157 Advanced Genetics and Bioinformatics
• COMP2400* Relational Databases
• COMP2410 Networked Information Systems
• COMP3420* Advanced Databases and Data Mining or
  COMP4400* Algorithms & Techniques for Data Mining
• COMP3410 Information Technology in Electronic Commerce
• ENVS2015 Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
• MATH2307* Bioinformatics and Biological Modelling
• MATH3346 Data Mining Honours
• MATH3353 Topics in Bioinformatics Honours

 

Intelligent Systems:

• COMP3620* Artificial Intelligence
• COMP3650 System Architectural Understanding & the Human Brain
• COMP4670 Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning
• COMP4620 Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence
• COMP4630* Overview of Logic in Computing
• COMP4420 Bio-inspired Computing: Applications & Interfaces
• COMP4650 Advanced Topics in Statistical Machine Learning
• ECON2141 Strategic Thinking: An Introduction to Game Theory
• PSYC1003* Understanding Mind, Brain and Behaviour
• PSYC2007 Biological Basis of Behavior
• PSYC3016 Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience

 

The information published on the Study at ANU 2010 website applies to the 2010 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2009 website.