Program Overview

Explore the design and construction of software systems alongside the latest business information systems when you choose UC’s Bachelor of Software Engineering/Bachelor of Business Informatics double degree.

You’ll get to pursue your interests while completing an industry-accredited qualification. Recognised by the Australian Computer Society, this cutting-edge course offers the ability to choose subjects from a range of specialty areas, such as computer security, network computing, games development, cloud computing, digital  skills, data science and intelligence systems.

Helping you to become an exceptional software engineer will be work placement opportunities with UC’s industry partners, and the final year research project that will see you produce and implement a real-world engineering solution for a real business.

Study a Bachelor of Software Engineering/Bachelor of Business Informatics at UC and you will:

• Understand the methodology of software systems engineering using analysis and specification methods such as UML, XML, structured and soft systems methodologies
• Learn to design and build systems and software using specialist engineering tools
• Work within modern development environments that include Windows, Linux, mobile and cloud computing
• Gain knowledge in business processes and associated work practices, requirements and information needs
• Acquire theoretical knowledge to reflect critically on professional practice in the areas of business analysis, change management and implementation, project management and business strategy, and the planning of information systems
• Analyse and evaluate complex problems in a range of different information systems situations
• Acquire a range of software engineering and business informatics research frameworks and skills.

Specialist Major: Software Engineering
The major in Software Engineering equips graduates with knowledge and skills of programming of complex, large-scale software systems, and will make them proficient in the technology building and development of software specification, design, coding, configuration management, version control, testing and maintenance, with a solid foundation in computer science, operating systems and hardware-software interaction, and know how to use modern languages and tools to create cutting-edge applications. Students in the BSE course can choose to specialise in cloud computing and IoT, cyber security and system administration, data science applications development, robotics and artificial intelligence etc., with a high-level awareness of professional ethics, responsibilities, values and standards.
Students will have the opportunity for an intensive, extended work-integrated learning experience or an in-depth major, with a capstone project allowing them to practice their software engineering skills. The Bachelor of Software Engineering graduates may seek roles as software engineers, applications software developers and system designers.