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Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Computer Science

Course code: 3517 + Course abbreviation: BSc/BCompSc + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time + Managing faculty: Science

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

The course aims to provide students with the opportunity to combine the strong communication skills, critical analysis and problem-solving ability of a science degree with numeracy and complex IT skills.

Course structure

Areas of study

The course comprises 96 points of science units and 96 points of computer science units. At most, 60 points of level-one units can be taken overall. For the purposes of this course, computer science units are not counted as science units. For details of available science minor and major sequences, consult the section ‘Science areas of study and sequences’ for the Clayton campus.

Course requirements

Students must satisfy the core requirement for the Bachelor of Science as part of their science studies by completing SCI2010 and MTH1030.

Overall students must complete the three core 6-point level-one computer science units from the Faculty of Information Technology and at least two sequences from the Faculty of Science (one of which must be mathematics).

Students will then go on to complete the 11 additional core and two elective units in computer science plus appropriate science units to satisfy the requirements for at least one major and one minor sequence in science (one of which must be a minor sequence in mathematics) plus science elective units. Within the science component, students may not complete more than 36 points of level-one units and overall must complete at least 24 points of level-three science units.

Stage one
Stage two

At the end of stage two, students should have completed two minor sequences (one in mathematics) and one in another science area not including computer science.

Stages three and four
  • FIT2008, FIT2010, FIT3086, FIT3085, FIT3077, FIT3014, either FIT3036 or FIT3038
  • Two level-three approved computer science elective units
  • 24 points of science units to complete a major sequence in a science area of study, in either mathematics or the area of the minor sequence completed at stage two
  • Three elective* science units, including SCI2010 if that was not already completed

    * Students who have not completed the prerequisite requirements for MTH1030 should complete MTH1020 and MTH1030 at stage one, complete MTH2010 instead of SCI2010 at stage two, and complete SCI2010 instead of one of the science elective units at stage three.

Note that SCI2010 substitutes for core requirement FIT1003 in the Bachelor of Computer Science degree.

The maximum time for completion of the course is 10 years, including intermissions.

Course progression requirements

Students who wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Science, or undertake honours in science, prior to the completion of the BSc/BCompSc course must have completed at least 144 points of studies including all of the science requirements for the course. Students who wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Computer Science, or undertake honours in computer science, prior to the completion of the BSc/BCompSc course must have completed at least 144 points of studies including all of the computer science requirements for the course.

Contact details

Email: enquiries@sci.monash.edu.au

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