The Computer Science Foundations minor provides principles, theories and practical skills which are required to complete demanding, practical Computer Science tasks or to build a further, deeper Computer Science understanding by adding further Computer Science advanced courses afterwards. This could for instance be a major in Cyber Security. Students will learn how to design and analyze Computer Science Systems from first principles. The minor spans the whole width of Computer Science in terms of theory, physical implementations (hardware), programming as well as foundations of computer networks and a selection of current, common, practical algorithms.

Learning outcomes

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

1. Understand the basic principles of Computer Science across all major Computer Science areas including theory, hardware and software.
2. Design and analyze basic Computer Science systems from first principles.
3. Understand and apply a selection of current, common algorithms to a variety of practical problems.
4. Be able to migrate in analysis and design between all abstraction levels of Computer Science systems - from mathematical models to execution on hardware, including all the intermediate stages.

Relevant Degrees

• Bachelor of Advanced Computing (Honours) (AACOM)
• Bachelor of Advanced Computing (Research and Development) (Honours) (AACRD)
• Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT)
• Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours) (ASENG)