Honours Degree of Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences

This honours degree consists of one year of full-time study including a research component in a specialised area of pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, or computer science.
Academic Program Rules The Calendar is a comprehensive handbook of the University's academic program rules.
  Areas of Specialisation The honours degree allows specialisations in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics or computer science.
Example Study Plan The below study plan is indicative of a semester 1 commencement.
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BACHELOR OF MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES (HONOURS) Year 1 Sem 1 MATHS 4005A Honours Project in Mathematical Sciences A or COMP SCI 4015A Computer Science Honours Research Project Part A(3 units)* MATHS 4005B HonoursProject in Mathematical Sciences B or COMP SCI 4015B Computer Science Honours Research Project Part B (3 units)* Mathematical Sciences Honours Elective or Computer Science Honours (3 units) Mathematical Sciences Honours Elective or Computer Science Honours (3 units) Sem 2 MATHS 4005C Honours Project inMathematical Sciences C* or Computer Science Honours Elective (3 units) Mathematical Sciences Honours Elective or Computer Science Honours (3 units) Mathematical Sciences Honours Elective or Computer Science Honours (3 units) Mathematical Sciences Honours Elective or Computer Science Honours (3 units) *Students must choose either a Computer Science or Mathematical Sciences project, noting the Mathematical Sciences Project consists of Parts A, B & C.
CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING COMPUTER SCIENCE ELECTIVES COMP SCI 4100 Software Architecture ‐ Honours (3 units)^ COMP SCI 4105 Adaptive Business Intelligence ‐ Honours (3 units)^ COMP SCI 4109 Modern Heuristic Methods ‐ Honours (3 units)^ COMP SCI 4110 Special Topics in Computer Science A ‐ Honours (3 units)^ COMP SCI 4122 Computer Vision –Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4123 Software ProcessImprovement ‐ Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4177 Software Engineering Models – Honours (3units) COMP SCI 4191 Commercialising ITResearch – Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4192 Mobile & Wireless Networks – Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4194 Distributed Databases & Data Mining –Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4806 Secure Programming ‐ Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4145 Distributed High Performance Computing ‐ Honours(3 units)^ COMP SCI 4112 Special Topics in Computer Science B ‐ Honours (3units)^ COMP SCI 4141 Language Translators ‐ Honours (3 units)^ COMP SCI 4144 Computer System Security ‐ Honours (3 units)^ COMP SCI 4802 Introduction to Geometric Algorithms ‐ Honours (3units) COMP SCI 4803 Mining Big Data ‐Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4195 Evolutionary Computation ‐ Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4801 Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning ‐Honours (3 units) COMP SCI 4802 Introduction to Geometric Algorithms - Honours (3 units) Note: Courses to the value of 12 units must be completed from the list of Electives.
CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ELECTIVES GROUP A APP MTH 4046 Applied Mathematics Topic A ‐ Honours (3units) APP MTH 4047 Applied Mathematics Topic B ‐ Honours (3units) APP MTH 4048 Applied Mathematics Topic C ‐ Honours(3 units) APP MTH 4049 Applied Mathematics Topic D ‐ Honours (3units) APP MTH 4051 Applied Mathematics Topic E ‐ Honours (3units) APP MTH 4052 Applied Mathematics Topic F ‐ Honours (3units) PURE MTH 4012 Pure Mathematics Topic B ‐ Honours(3 units) PURE MTH 4013 Pure Mathematics Topic D ‐ Honours (3 units) PURE MTH 4038 Pure Mathematics Topic A ‐ Honours (3 units) PURE MTH 4066 Pure Mathematics Topic E ‐ Honours (3 units) STATS 4013 Statistics Topic A ‐Honours (3 units) STATS 4014 Statistics Topic B ‐Honours (3 units) STATS 4008 Statistics Topic D ‐Hons (3 units) GROUP B PURE MTH 4102 Topology and Analysis ‐ Honours (3 units) APP MTH 4102 Fluid Mechanics ‐Honours (3 units) APP MTH 4114 Optimisation ‐Honours (3 units) PURE MTH 4107 Groups and Rings ‐Honours (3 units) APP MTH 4101 Applied Probability‐ Honours (3 units) APP MTH 4121 Modelling withOrdinary Differential Equations ‐Honours (3 units) PURE MTH 4119 ComplexAnalysis ‐ Honours (3 units) STATS 4101 Statistical Modelling ‐Honours (3 units) APP MTH 4116 Random Processes ‐Honours APP MTH 4120 Stochastic DecisionTheory ‐ Honours (3 units) APP MTH 4122 OptimalFunctions and Nanomechanics ‐Honours (3 units) APP MTH 4123 Partial DifferentialEquations and Waves ‐ Honours (3units) MATHS 4112 Financial Modelling:Tools & Techniques ‐ Honours (3units) PURE MTH 4109 Integration and Analysis ‐ Honours (3 units) PURE MTH 4122 Geometry of Surfaces ‐ Honours (3 units) PURE MTH 4123 Fields and Modules ‐ Honours (3 units) PURE MTH 4124 Finite Geometry ‐Honours (3 units) STATS 4103 Sampling Theory and Practice ‐ Honours (3 units) STATS 4105 Time Series ‐Honours (3 units) STATS 4108 Biostatistics ‐ Honours (3 units) STATS 4106 Mathematical Statistics– Honours (3 units) GROUP C APP MTH 4110EX AMSI Applied Mathematics Topic A ‐ Honours (3units) APP MTH 4111EX AMSI Applied Mathematics Topic B ‐ Honours (3units) PURE MTH 4110EX AMSI Pure Mathematics Topic A ‐ Honours(3 units) PURE MTH 4111EX AMSI Pure Mathematics Topic B ‐ Honours (3units) STATS 4110EX AMSI Statistics Topic A ‐ Honours (3 units) STATS 4111EX AMSI Statistics Topic B ‐ Honours (3 units) Note: Courses to the value of 15 units must be completed from the list of Electives, out of which 9 units must be taken from Group A, 6 units may be taken from Group B and 3 units may be taken from Group C.
GUIDE TO ENROLMENT This study plan should be used to guide enrolment for the current academic year.
Some students may need to modify their enrolment based on previous study (e.
g.
students granted advanced standing/credit, students repeating previously failed courses).
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