Program Overview

From the Egyptian pyramids, agricultural mechanisation and cars to TV, mobile phones, space shuttles and mechanical hearts, engineers and their pioneering innovations have been critical to growth and prosperity across the ages.

The flexible Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) has a strong focus on practical learning and offers you the choice of five specialisations. You’ll learn how to identify complex problems and determine how to formulate innovative solutions to today’s complex problems. And you’ll be equipped with the skills you’ll need to mix it with history’s greatest engineers – maybe you’ll have the honour of creating the next lifesaving medical device, a clean water system for remote communities in Africa, or a mobile phone app that keeps children safe.

Specialisation: Software Engineering
Software engineers play a key role in modern society, ensuring computer-controlled systems and processes – including business systems, telecommunications, operating systems, firmware and middleware applications – are designed to operate continuously. They also apply systematic methods to software development, operation and maintenance to produce robust code for an ever-connected world.

The Software Engineering specialisation will equip you with knowledge and skills to program, test and bug-fix software. You’ll develop advanced knowledge of the concepts underlying the design, development and performance of software systems, including mathematical foundations, cybersecurity, programming languages, algorithm design, and data modelling and storage. And you’ll conduct complex software-based projects across the engineering lifecycle by applying industry-standard software development methodologies, practices and tools.