The Bachelor of Computing currently is accredited with the Australian Computer Society at Professional Level.
Assumed knowledge required: HSC Mathematics and any two units of HSC English.
Applications from Australian and New Zealand citizens and holders of permanent resident visas must be made via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).
International applicants must apply directly to the University of Western Sydney via UWS International.
Applicants who have undertaken studies overseas may have to provide proof of proficiency in English. Details of minimum English proficiency requirements and acceptable proof can be found on the Universities Admissions Centre website (UAC).
Overseas qualifications must be deemed by the Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR) to be equivalent to Australian qualifications in order to be considered by UAC and UWS.
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 only available to 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
