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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Computer Science

Course code: 2672 + Course abbreviation: BA/BCompSc + Total credit points required: 204 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Arts

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

Students graduating from this double-degree program will have the talents of a computer technologist along with highly developed verbal, communication and visual skills. This degree will therefore give graduates an edge in a wide range of employment opportunities related to the areas of information technology and the arts, humanities or social sciences.

Course structure

Students must complete 96 points in the Bachelor of Arts component and 108 points in the Bachelor of Computer Science component.

Majors and other studies

For information on arts majors and minors offered, refer to the `Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/.

Course requirements
Arts component

(a) an arts major (48 points)
(b) an arts minor (24 points)
(c) another first-year sequence (12 points)
(d) further arts (12 points)
or
(a) an arts major (48 points)
(b) a second arts major (48 points)

Computer science component

(a) 60 points of core units: CSE1301 and CSE1303, CSE2303 and CSE2302, CSE2304 and CSE2305, CSE3308, two of CSE3305 or CSE3322 or CSE3323, and one of CSE3301 or CSE3302
(b) two core maths units: MAT1841 and MAT1830
(c) 36 points of computer science electives comprising no more than 12 points of first-year-level electives and no less than 12 points of third-year-level electives.
Students cannot graduate from either degree 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 the other faculty's component towards those 144 points. Students must also complete at least 36 points at third-year level to meet Bachelor of Arts requirements.
Note that students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this course.

Contact details

Website: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

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