2672 - Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Computer Science

This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course

Abbreviated title	BA/BCompSc
CRICOS Code	037843G
Managing faculty	Arts
Study location and mode	On-campus (Clayton) Students may select limited units from any campus, but should be aware of the teaching location as this may require travel to another campus. Students may also select units offered in off-campus mode.
Total credit points required	204
Duration (years)	4.5 years FT, 9 years PT Students are required to overload in some semesters to complete this course in four years full-time. Students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this course.
Contact details	http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/contact_us/

Description

The Bachelor of Arts is a general, flexible degree which allows students to match academic interests with career aspirations to create a personalised course progression. Studying humanities will develop general knowledge and specific intellectual skills relating to human thought and relations, such as the way we communicate or how the past has affected the present. Social science analyses and explains societies and the relationships of individuals within those societies.

Computer science is concerned with the science of computing, and the scientific design and use of computer hardware and software. Computer science is a broad discipline, encompassing software design and programming, the actual computing machinery, the theoretical foundations, and all of the applications of computing which pervade our modern society. This course provides an in-depth study of computing with an emphasis on the software, hardware and theory of computation to solve commercial, scientific and technical problems. It also explores software design and programming, computer hardware, the theoretical foundations of computing and its present and potential applications.

Objectives

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.

Structure

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

Areas of study

For information on majors and minors, refer to the 'Areas of study' section in this Handbook at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html.

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)

(a.) an arts major (48 points)

(b.) a second arts major (48 points)

In the 96 points of arts, students must undertake one of the following units which will substitute for the 'discipline context' unit FIT1003 (IT in organizations) in the computer science core:

CHB1010 Ethics, biotechnology and genetics: current issues in bioethics
EIL1020 Introduction to English as an international language: form and structure (for non English speaking background students)
ENH1260 Professional writing (for students with English language background)
LIN2490/LIN3490 Literacies and communication: education, media and cyberspace
PHL2001 Ethics at work: ethical issues in professional life
PHL2210 Thinking about science
PSY2112 Organisational psychology

Computer science component

(a.) FIT common core units (36 points):

FIT1001 Computer systems
FIT1002 Computer programming
FIT2001 Systems analysis and design
FIT2008 Networks and data communications
FIT2010 Database
FIT3086 IT project management

(b.) computer science core units (42 points):

FIT1008 Computer science
FIT2004 Algorithms and data structures
FIT2014 Theory of computation
FIT2022 Computer systems II
FIT3014 Analysis and design of algorithms
FIT3077 Software engineering: architecture and design
one of FIT3036 Computer science project, or FIT3038 Software engineering project

(c.) two core mathematics units (12 points):

MAT1841 Mathematics for computer science II
MAT1830 Mathematics for computer science I

(d.) 18 points of Bachelor of Computer Science electives comprising no more than six points of second-year-level electives and no less than 12 points of third-year-level electives.

Approved course variations of the BArts/BCS course structure

Students transferring from other faculty programs and students entering with credit for prior studies or learning will be permitted the following course variations:

FIT1004 (Database) may be substituted for FIT2010 (Database)
FIT1005 (Networks and data communications) may be substituted for FIT2008 (Networks and data communications)
FIT2002 IT (Project management) may be substituted for FIT3086 (IT project management), in which case all three computer science elective units must be taken at level three.

Alternative exit(s)

Students cannot graduate from either degree until they have satisfied the requirements the single degree and successfully completed studies to the value of 144 points. Students are permitted to count up to 48 points of the other faculty's component towards those 144 points. To meet Bachelor of Arts requirements students must also complete at least 36 points at third-year level.

Award(s) received on completion ^*

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Computer Science

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

13 October 2017 18 May 2024