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Accreditation

Accreditation at Professional level will be sought with the Australian Computer Society.

Admission

HSC Mathematics and any two units of HSC English.

Potential students normally apply for admission to the course through the Universities Admission Centre (UAC). International applicants should contact UWS International for details of admission. Contact information for the International Office is available via the UWS website.

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points which include the units listed in the recommended sequences below.

Non-recent school leavers who have not studied mathematics, or those students who have completed HSC General Mathematics, or some students who have undertaken HSC Mathematics but have only achieved bands 2 or 3 may benefit from taking the following unit as an elective:

Mathematical Reasoning

This unit will cover basic mathematical concepts, such as algebraic, graphical, trigonometric and arithmetic skills that are needed in a variety of contexts. In any one semester, six areas on content will be considered from the following - Basic Numerical Operations, Basic Algebraic Operations, Functions and Graphs, Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations and Quadratic Functions, Basic Trigonometry, Financial Mathematics and Basic Statistics. In addition to the mathematical content, students will be exposed to strategies that will help them to learn to study mathematics effectively and also to lessen any mathematical anxiety problems that they may experience.

Please seek further advice from the Head of Program.

Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems)

Information Systems

Majors

The following majors are available to only those students enrolled in the Bachelor of Computing and Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology courses

Advanced Programming

Computer Systems

The following major is available to all students except those enrolled in the Networks or Information Systems key programs within the Bachelor of Computing course, and the Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology course

Information Technology

The following major is available to all students except those enrolled in the Health Informatics key program within the Bachelor of Computing course

Health Informatics

The following major is available to all students except those enrolled in the Bachelor of Computing or the Bachelor of Computer Science or the Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology courses

Web Systems Development

The following majors are available to all students

Computational Decision Making

Entertainment Computing

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

Mathematics

Statistics

Sub-majors

The following sub-majors are available to only those students enrolled in the Bachelor of Computing or Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology courses

Applied Mathematics

Computer Systems

Formal Systems

Systems Administration

Systems Programming

Systems Security

Two sub-majors in Web Development are available, one for computing students, the other for non-computing students.

Computing students only (that is, students enrolled in the Bachelor of Computing or Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology courses):

Web Application Development (for Computing Students)

Non-computing students only:

Web Application Development (for Non-Computing Students)

The following sub-major is available to all students except those enrolled in the Bachelor of Computing (Networks)

Networking

The following sub-majors are available to all students except those enrolled in the Health Informatics key program within the Bachelor of Computing course

Health Information Applications

Health Information Management

The following sub-majors are available to all students

Computational Decision Making

Entertainment Computing

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

Mathematics

Statistics

Bachelor of Computing


The Bachelor of Computing course is a three year course accredited by the Australian Computer Society. The course focuses on Information Systems being computing and information technology in the context of local, national and global business. Sample careers include: analyst programmer, system developer or architect, information systems manager, and web systems developer.

According to ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), the world’s oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society, ‘from its inception just half a century ago, computing has become the defining technology of our age, changing how we live and work’. Computers are integral to modern culture and are a primary engine behind much of the world’s economic and social change. The knowledge and skills required to be competitive in the computing industry are ever increasing. Today, practising professionals need to not only have knowledge and skills in computing, they also need to understand the context in which computer technology is applied in society, and be able to work collaboratively with people in all sorts of professions and industries.

Course Details

UAC Code Campus  ATAR
704625 Parramatta  63.80

Duration

3 years full-time.

A Career in Computing

You’ll be able to choose from a range of roles including:
»» analyst programmer
»» systems developer
»» network developer
»» systems architect and information systems manager
»» web systems developer
»» Chief Information Officer (CIO) of an organisation

Assumed Knowledge

Mathematics

Application Information

To lodge an application for the course of your choice check the Application Information.

Do you need more information?

Request a course and application information pack:
Course Enquiry Form
International Course Enquiry Form

For further assistance contact the UWS Course Information Centre.