Changes to programmes in CSSE for 2008

The School has reviewed its offerings in its degree programmes and we are excited to announce innovative changes to the curriculum offered by our School starting 2008.

We have trimmed some units by necessity and have deleted units that have served us well but reached their use by date. New units in both popular and academically relevant fields have been introduced. We have taken this opportunity to revamp our course offerings and present new majors covering a variety of exciting new fields and technologies.

For students in the Bachelor of Computer Science or the Bachelor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences there are four new majors in which you are able to graduate as of 2008.

The new majors are,

• Systems
• Web Technologies
• Entertainment Technologies, and
• Computation

In the Bachelor of Science degree there is only a Computer Science major available.

The Level 3 and Level 4 unit list that constitutes each major is given here. The minimum sequence of study required for each major is listed here.

The current suite of majors will not be available to new students as from the end of 2007.

However if you have already begun your course you will still be able to graduate with an existing major if you so choose, but your study plan needs to be discussed with a course advisor.

The course advisors are listed here.

The first suite of new units available from 2008 is

• CITS1231 Web Technologies Level: 1 Semester: 1
  • Prerequisites: TEE Discrete Mathematics or TEE Applicable Mathematics or TEE Calculus
• CITS4242 Game Design and Multimedia Level: 4 Semester: 2
  • Prerequisites: CITS2231 Introduction to Graphics
• CITS4230 Internet Technologies Level: 4 Semester: 2
  • Prerequisites: CITS1200 Java Programming and CITS2200 Data Structures and Algorithms
• CITS4211 Artificial Intelligence Level: 4 Semester: 1
  • Prerequisites: CITS1200 Java Programming and CITS2200 Data Structures and Algorithms
• CITS3231 Security and Privacy Level: 3 Semester: 2
  • Prerequisites: CITS2230 Operating Systems or CITS3230 Computer Networks
• CITS7212 Computational Intelligence Level: 7 Semester: 2
  • Prerequisites: CITS2200 Data Structures and Algorithms (available to Honours and Masters students only)

You should reconsider your choice of units for second semester 2007 in the light of these new units, their prerequisites and the following changes to the 2008 schedule.

• CITS2200 Data Structures and Algorithms: available only in Semester 1 2008.
• CITS3200 Professional Computing: available only in Semester 2 2008.

Both the above units are core to all majors and you will need to carefully reconsider your study plan to complete the requirements of the course with minimum disruption.

Please note that the following units will no longer be offered in the foreseeable future.

• CITS1230 Foundations of Information Technology: withdrawn
• CITS4210 Neural Computation: withdrawn
• CITS7219 Advanced Topics in Computer Science (Mobile and Wireless Computing): not available in 2007

Also note that the following units will not be offered in 2008 and for the foreseeable future. They are scheduled for Semester 2 2007 so will run for the final time this coming semester.

• CITS3201 Human Computer Interaction: withdrawn for the foreseeable future after Semester 2 2007
• CITS3211 Functional Programming: withdrawn for the foreseeable future after Semester 2 2007
• CITS4221 Formal Methods for Software Engineering: withdrawn for the foreseeable future after Semester 2 2007
• CITS4241 Visualisation: withdrawn for the foreseeable future after Semester 2 2007

We look forward to discussing any questions you may have.