Program Overview

Curtin's Bachelor of Engineering offers you an industry-connected university experience in which you will learn how to create solutions to societal challenges, to improve the quality of life for communities around the world.

Your studies will begin with the Engineering Foundation Year (EFY). Designed in extensive consultation with industry, the EFY will teach you the fundamental concepts and skills required by all areas of engineering. Importantly, the EFY allows you to explore Curtin's range of engineering majors before choosing your preferred major.

Major: Software Systems Engineering
This course sits within the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree.

Software engineers create the computer-based systems that underpin the function of devices, machines and operations used in everyday life and across diverse industries. These range from mobile apps to electric vehicles, medical robotics and warehouse logistics.

In this major you will learn the principles of software systems design, measurement and analysis, to develop software-based systems.

You’ll use current and emerging technologies to develop and communicate engineering solutions to complex problems.

You’ll also gain a strong foundation in the related disciplines of computer science and electrical and computer engineering, with emphasis on topics relevant to software requirements, design, implementation, industrial and embedded systems and software testing.

What you'll learn

• Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of fundamental science, mathematics, data analytics, information science, and computing underpinning the broad field of engineering, GC1
• Make decisions related to the design and implementation of solutions to engineering problems in a safe, ethical and climate-responsible manner adhering to legal and professional standards and through respectful partnerships with local First Peoples and other diverse cultures as globally responsible citizens, GC4, GC5
• Select and use current and emerging technologies to develop and communicate effective and innovative engineering solutions to complex problems, GC3
• Demonstrate lifelong learning habits, teamwork and leadership abilities, and project management skills and the ability to identify opportunities for career-wide professional growth, necessary for advancing a career in engineering and beyond, GC6
• Solve complex software systems engineering problems of industrial and societal significance through the application of discipline-specific and integrated bodies of knowledge, design and sustainability principles, GC1
• Apply systems thinking for innovative solutions to global software systems engineering challenges, discern knowledge and undertake applied research in a discipline of software systems engineering, GC2