Bachelor of Engineering (Computer and Software Systems)

Overview

• Combines integrity and logic to create computer intelligence, offering you huge career opportunities.
• Graduate with an internationally recognised qualification.

Details

Computer and software engineers create and modify software programs such as operating systems, applications software, communications software, and software embedded in devices ranging from mobile phones to GPSs, satellites and aircraft flight systems. Software plays a central role in the modern world—in banking and finance, government, education, transportation, entertainment, science, medicine and law. Many applications of software are safety critical, or involve large and expensive systems that have major impact on people’s lives, livelihoods and the economy. The effectiveness of these applications depends on the skills of software engineers. The discipline combines principles of computer science with the rigour and problem-solving skills of engineering.

If you are interested in computer programming, technical design and solving complex problems, then software engineering may be for you.

Explore your options

Your engineering degree features a common first year that combines broad foundation principles with a wide range of specialisation choices, giving you flexibility and options before you choose your career specialisation.

Why choose this specialisation?

This unique course will provide you with a background in electrical engineering with an embedded systems specialisation, along with software design and implementation skills.

Career outcomes

There is a wide variety of industries where software engineers may be employed. Software engineers can work in engineering/information technologyspecific industries, as well as in other organisations requiring software engineering expertise.

Professional recognition

This course has professional accreditation from Engineers Australia (EA) and the Australian Computer Society (ACS). EA is a signatory to the Washington Accord, and ACS is a signatory to the Seoul Accord, which permits graduates to work in various countries across the world. This course is recognised internationally in the engineering profession, giving QUT graduates more career opportunities overseas.

Units

Work Integrated Learning unit

Bachelor of Engineering students are required to complete at least 60 days of industrial experience in an engineering environment approved by the course coordinator as part of the Work Integrated Learning unit.

Your course

Year 1

Common first-year units include the foundations of engineering mathematics, basic principles of sustainability, electrical engineering, engineering mechanics, engineering design and engineering materials. These units provide a strong, fundamental overview of the three engineering streams: civil, electrical and mechanical.

Year 2

You expand your knowledge of software development, and cover the fundamentals of analogue and digital electronics, and the approach to writing software to solve engineering problems. A mathematics unit is completed. Semester two expands on electronics circuit design, introduces fundamentals of telecommunications and networking protocols, and broadens computer programming skills.

Year 3

You build on your knowledge of software engineering principles, covering topics such as formal software engineering processes with an emphasis on agile methodologies, data structures and algorithms and modern software engineering practices. Microprocessors and embedded digital systems are explored. Principles of systems engineering and project management are introduced and applied through a real-world project.

Year 4

You undertake a major project which may be industry based, in which principles of software engineering learnt to date are brought together. Study also covers embedded systems and security. You also have the opportunity to take one or two electives.

Entry requirements

Minimum academic requirements

Did you complete secondary school in Australia?

Course fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.

Scholarships and financial support

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

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