Course code: 3083* Administered by the Faculty of Arts
This combined course for the arts and network computing degrees 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.
Please refer to `Entry requirements' under `Arts regulations and definitions' in the Arts faculty entry. In addition to the standard requirements, applicants must also have achieved a study score of at least 20 in mathematics (any), or equivalent.
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:
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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