Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Network Computing

• General information
• Objectives
• Entry requirements
• Course structure

General information

Course code: 3083 + Peninsula + Administered by the Faculty of Arts

Objectives

This is a combined course for the arts and network computing degrees which enables students to take out both degrees after four years of study.

As the use of computer networks and distributed systems becomes widespread, there is an increasing need both for IT professionals who have sound written and verbal communications skills, and for graduates with a broad educational background who also understand networks and the tools, techniques, methods and technologies required to build distributed applications.
Graduates who can offer knowledge and skills in both the arts and computer networking fields are likely to be in demand by public and large private sector organisations of all types. Double-degree graduates from this course would be able to offer employers broad analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, combined with the technical knowledge required to understand, design, and construct distributed applications, operating on local area networks, wide area networks, intranets, extranets and the internet.

Entry requirements

Please refer to `Entry requirements' under `Arts regulations and definitions' earlier in this section. In addition to the standard requirements, applicants must also have achieved a study score of at least 20 in mathematics (any), or equivalent.

Course structure

Students complete 192 points of study in core arts and network computing components. To satisfy the arts component of the double degree, students must complete 96 arts points (studies drawn from disciplines offered by schools in the Faculty of Arts) including, a major, a minor, another first- year sequence and a further 12 points.

To satisfy the network computing component of the double degree, students must complete 96 computing points:

• CPE1001 Object-oriented programming in Java
• CPE1002 Computer equipment and operating systems
• CPE1004 Object-oriented design and programming
• CPE1006 Distributed information systems
• CPE1003 Web page development
• CPE 2001 Concurrent programming techniques
• CPE 1005 System modelling and simulation techniques
• CPE 2005 Database systems in networked environments
• CPE2002 Data communications and networks
• CPE2003 Analysis and design of distributed systems
• CPE2004 Engineering distributed software applications
• CPE2006 Managing distributed system development
• CPE3100 Industrial project
• Third-year electives (12 points)

Note that students cannot graduate from the Bachelor of Arts until they have satisfied the above requirements and successfully completed studies to the value of 144 points. Students undertaking the above double degree program are permitted to count up to 48 points of network computing units towards those 144 points. Students must also complete at least 36 points at third-year level. No more than 60 points at first-year level may be counted.

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