The honours program consists of a coursework component and a project component, of equal weight. The coursework component involves courses in advanced aspects of the computing discipline, which in recent years have been drawn from: architecture of parallel systems, artificial intelligence, computational logic, algorithms, object oriented databases, programs for parallel computer systems, formal aspects of software engineering, software engineering project, document technologies and automated reasoning. The project component involves a substantial individual project under detailed academic supervision. A formal thesis is submitted (nominally 10,000 words), and a seminar is presented.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Learning objectives of this course will be to:
- Expand the student's knowledge base in computer science and information technology emphasising present trend.
- Learn how to search and summarize scientific literature.
- Learn how to master research training procedures under individual supervision.
- Learn how to write scientific papers and reports.
- Learn how to conduct experiments to evaluate hypotheses, ideas etc.
- Build a bridge between undergraduate course study and postgraduate research study.
On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have:
- An enhanced knowledge base in state-of-the-art computer science and information technology.
- An understanding of the basic procedures for scientific research.
- The ability to analyze relevant background literature.
- The ability to demonstrate technical mastery of all relevant skills.
- The ability to show an appreciation of the limitations of experimental design and techniques.
- The ability to outline future research directions that are feasible.
- The ability to demonstrate, to see, and take the next logical step without excessive `prodding'.
- The ability to act independently without the supervisor's immediate direction and presence.
- Ability to write scientific reports and papers.
- Training for postgraduate research study or future R & D leadership in IT industries.
Work Integrated Learning
Projects
Indicative Assessment
Courses (50%); Project (50%)
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Workload
Full Year
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Computing to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 12 to 24 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
| 13.00 | 0.27083 |
| 14.00 | 0.29167 |
| 15.00 | 0.31250 |
| 16.00 | 0.33333 |
| 17.00 | 0.35417 |
| 18.00 | 0.37500 |
| 19.00 | 0.39583 |
| 20.00 | 0.41667 |
| 21.00 | 0.43750 |
| 22.00 | 0.45833 |
| 23.00 | 0.47917 |
| 24.00 | 0.50000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $830 per unit |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $1060 per unit |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4190 | 19 Feb 2024 | 26 Feb 2024 | 05 Apr 2024 | 24 May 2024 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9205 | 22 Jul 2024 | 29 Jul 2024 | 31 Aug 2024 | 25 Oct 2024 | In Person | N/A |
