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Undergraduate majors offered by the School Since 1998, the School of Computer Science & Software Engineering has offered three majors: Computer Science Information Technology Systems Information Technology Applications All three majors would be suitable for someone contemplating a career in CS or IT education, a research career either in academia or in industry, or a career in programming. As of 2002 there was a change to the third year structure and to the units required to complete the majors in some of our degrees. To complete any one of these majors, a student must undertake and pass Professional Computing 307, and three (3) units from one of the appropriate lists (units in each major are listed below) To complete a double major, a student must undertake and pass Professional Computing 307, and three (3) units from one of the appropriate lists, and four (4) more units taken from a major offered by our School, or from any of the following majors, assuming all pre-requisites have been met (details of the units in these majors can be found in the The University of Western Australia Undergraduate Handbook Mathematics Majors Information Management Major Electronic Commerce Major Other, as approved by the Head of School No unit may be counted towards more than one major. Computer Science Major CS focuses on the design of algorithms, programming languages and computational models. Important issues include algorithmic complexity, the expressiveness and conciseness of languages, and the matching of computational models to classes of applications. Important application areas include artificial intelligence, theorem-proving and system design. CS would be an ideal major for a career in research. The units available in CS are: Algorithms Artificial Intelligence & Logic Programming Concurrent Programming Functional Programming Human Computer Interaction Neural Computation Top Information Technology Systems Major IT Systems focuses on aspects of programming that are related to computer systems and their function, with emphasis on database systems and computer networks. IT Systems would be an ideal major for a career as a computer programmer or a systems administrator, or in the communications industry. The units available in IT Systems are: Computer Networks Computer & Network Security Concurrent Programming Databases Human Computer Interaction Software Requirements & Project Management Top Information Technology Applications Major IT Applications focuses on modern applications of the computational model, with emphasis on scientific and industrial applications such as vision, visualisation and robotics. IT Applications would be an ideal major for a career as an applications programmer or as a research programmer. The units available in IT Applications are: Computer Vision Databases Human Computer Interaction Robotics Software Requirements & Project Management Visualisation Top