• Offered by Research School of Computer Science
  • ANU College ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Classification Advanced
  • Course subject Computer Science
  • Areas of interest Computer Science, Software Engineering
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Clive Boughton
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Autumn Session 2014
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This course is intended to cover the major issues surrounding the determination of safety criticality and how such a determination affects the various systems and/or software project activities. Techniques for determining hazardous requirements and how to deal with them, together with techniques for establishing the safety faults within design and code will be described and demonstrated.

Other Information

Further information about the purpose, content, assessment and scheduling of COMP8180 can be found at  http://cs.anu.edu.au/student/comp8180/

Indicative Assessment

Class participation and assignment ()

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Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying Master of Computing 7705 or Master of Computing 7706 or Master of Engineering 7710 or Master of Engineering 7711 or Master of Engineering 7709.

Assumed Knowledge

The knowledge and skills that come from a bachelor degree in some branch of engineering, including software engineering.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $2916
2014 $2952
2013 $2946
2012 $2946
2011 $2946
2010 $2916
2009 $2916
2008 $2916
2007 $2916
2006 $2916
2005 $2916
2004 $2916
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $3450
2014 $3762
2013 $3756
2012 $3756
2011 $3756
2010 $3750
2009 $3618
2008 $3618
2007 $3618
2006 $3534
2005 $3450
2004 $3450
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.

The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Autumn Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4342 01 Apr 2014 18 Apr 2014 18 Apr 2014 30 Jun 2014 In Person N/A

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