• Offered by Research School of Computer Science
  • ANU College ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Course subject Computer Science
  • Areas of interest Software Engineering
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Shayne Flint
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2016
    Second Semester 2016
    See Future Offerings

Industrial Experience gives the student exposure to current professional practice. It consists of 60 days of work, organised by the student. Of those 60 days, 20 must be in a software engineering context, 20 must be in a professional context, and the remaining 20 may be in any employment.Industrial Experience is usually undertaken outside study periods, and is graded satisfactory or unsatisfactory.

Students must fulfil the requirements during the course of their degree; they normally enroll in COMP4800 in their final year and need to have satisfied the requirements by October in order to graduate at the ceremony the following December.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

On completion of this unit the student will be able to:

  1. describe and interpret a basic range of industrial workplace issues,
  2. describe and interpret the main responsibilities of a software engineer and
  3. describe the main working modes of a software engineer, such as client focus, communication skills, and teamwork practices
Professional Skills Mapping
Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment and Professional Competencies

Other Information

http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP4800/

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Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed COMP3500.

Fees

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Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
0 units

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Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2360 15 Feb 2016 26 Feb 2016 31 Mar 2016 27 May 2016 In Person N/A

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
7341 18 Jul 2016 29 Jul 2016 31 Aug 2016 28 Oct 2016 In Person N/A

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