Diploma in Computing

• Introduction
• Course structure
  • First year
  • Second year
  • Third year
  • Fourth year
  • Elective subjects

Introduction

Course code: CACODG

Course coordinator: Ms Kim Styles

This course is not open to new enrolments.

The Diploma in Computing is based in part on the first two years of the Bachelor of Computing with a major in system development. Students complete a selection of first- and second-level system development subjects. On completion of the diploma students may qualify for the Bachelor of Computing with a major in system development by studying a minimum of a further eight subjects.

On completion students may apply for admission to the Bachelor of Computing. Students who choose their diploma electives appropriately may be able to satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Computing with a major in system development by completing a minimum of a further eight subjects. These will include the core subject GCO3811 (Software engineering) and at least three third-year computing electives from the system development major. The exact study program is dependent upon the subjects already studied in the diploma.

The course is accredited by the Australian Computer Society at level 3.

Course structure

The course for the diploma consists of sixteen subjects to a total value of ninety-six points, with twelve compulsory or core subjects totalling seventy-two points and four elective subjects with a value of twenty-four points.

Subjects studied include programming, computer technology, systems analysis and design, computer organisation and database management. Other compulsory studies in human communications, accounting and mathematics must be completed. The four approved electives will normally include at least one further computing subject.

The course of study is typically as follows, with each subject worth six points:

First year

• MAT1077 Discrete mathematics
• GCO1815 Computer technology
• GCO1811 Computer programming I
• GCO1812 Computer programming II

Second year

• GCO1063 Human communications
• GCO1813 Information systems I
• GCO2812 Computer organisation
• Elective

Third year

• AFG1001 Introductory accounting
• GCO2811 Commercial programming
• GCO2813 Information systems II
• GCO2815 Database management systems

Fourth year

• GCO2819 Computing project
• Three electives

Elective subjects

Students take four elective subjects, normally chosen from the following list:

• GAS2064 Information research methodologies
• GBU1302 Management theory and functions
• GCO2814 Operating systems
• GCO2816 Object-oriented analysis and design
• GCO3812 Data communications and networks I
• GCO3813 UNIX systems programming
• GCO3815 Artificial intelligence
• GCO3816 Information systems management
• GCO3817 Computer graphics