Bachelor of Design Computing
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Table B: Bachelor of Design Computing and Bachelor of Design Computing/Bachelor of Advanced Studies - core units of study |
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Junior units of study |
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| Candidates in the Bachelor of Design Computing and Bachelor of Design Computing/Bachelor of Advanced Studies are required to completed all DECO1000 level units. | |||
| DECO1012 Design Programming |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DECO1006 Design Process and Methods |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DECO1008 3D Modelling and Fabrication |
6 | P DESA1555 |
Semester 2 |
| DECO1013 Physical Computing |
6 | P DECO1006 or DECO2016 |
Semester 2 |
| DECO1014 Digital Media Production |
6 | N DECO1100 |
Semester 1 |
| DECO1015 Visual Communication |
6 | N DECO1100 or DAAE2009 or DECO2101 This unit is for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing only. Students from other programs should enrol in DECO2101. |
Semester 1 |
| DECO1016 Web Design and Technologies |
6 | P DECO1012 N DECO2102 This unit is for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing only. Students enrolled in other programs should enrol in DECO2102. |
Semester 2 |
| DECO1017 Principles of Animation |
6 | N DECO3006 This unit is for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design Computing only. Students enrolled in other programs should enrol in DECO3006. |
Semester 2 |
Senior units of study |
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| Candidates in the Bachelor of Design Computing/Bachelor of Advanced Studies are required to complete 36 credit points of senior DECO units. Candidates in the Bachelor of Design Computing are required to complete 48 credit points of senior DECO units. | |||
| DECO2014 User Experience Design Studio |
12 | P DECO1006 or DECO2016 |
Semester 1 |
| DECO2200 Interaction Design Studio |
12 | P DECO1006 or DECO2016 |
Semester 2 |
| DECO3100 Information Visualisation Design Studio |
12 | P DECO1006 and DECO1012 |
Semester 1 |
| DECO3200 Interactive Product Design Studio |
12 | P DECO1006 and DECO1012 |
Semester 2 |
Electives |
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| Please refer to the 'Requirements for award' section for the number of elective credit points required in your degree. Students who have completed 96 credit points with a WAM of at least 70 may substitute, with the permission of the unit coordinator concerned, graduate units from within the University. | |||
Design Computing electives |
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Junior units of study |
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| DESN1000 Principles of Design |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DESN1001 Design Theory and Culture |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Senior units of study |
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| DECO2010 Designing Social Media |
6 | Intensive June Semester 1 |
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| DECO2015 Design for Innovation |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DECO3101 Innovation Design Studio |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 Winter Main |
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| DESN3000 Design Thinking for Health and Medicine |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DESN3001 Health and Medicine Design Studio |
6 | P DESN3000 |
Semester 2 |
| DECO3665 Graduation Show |
6 | P 48 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| DECO3666 Graduate Internship |
6 | P 48 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3441 Design Computing Independent Study A |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3442 Design Computing Independent Study B |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3443 Design Computing Independent Study C |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3444 Design Computing Independent Study D |
6 | P 48 credit points and WAM of at least 70. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DECO3551 Design Computing General Elective A |
6 | P 48 credit points of units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| DECO3552 Design Computing General Elective B |
6 | P 48 credit points of units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| DECO3553 Design Computing General Elective C |
6 | P 48 credit points of units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| DECO3554 Design Computing General Elective D |
6 | P 48 credit points of units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
School electives |
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Junior units of study |
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| AWSS1001 Architectural Sketching and Drawing |
6 | N DESA1601 or DESA1602 Students may incur costs for materials in some Art Workshops units. |
Semester 1 |
| DESA1004 Designing with Surfaces and Light |
6 | N DESA2612 Due to the high volume of interest in this course, all questions and enquiries will be answered in online discussion forums on eLearning, instead of in face-to-face consultation. No early results are available for this unit. No extensions will be granted because of failed internet access. |
Semester 2 Summer Main Winter Main |
Senior units of study |
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| AWSS2015 Generative Drawing |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| AWSS2020 Object Design (Material and Light) |
6 | C DESA1555 N DESA2643 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AWSS2023 Architectural Photography |
6 | N DESA2629 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| AWSS2026 2D Print Processes in Design |
6 | N DESA2638 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| AWSS2027 Arch + Design Material Processes (Casting) |
6 | N DESA2636 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DESC9011 Audio Production |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
Other electives |
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Junior units of study |
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| ANTH1001 Cultural Difference: An Introduction |
6 | N ANTH1003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July Semester 1 Summer Main Winter Main |
| ARHT1001 Style and Substance: Introducing Art History |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARHT1002 Shock of the Now: Global Art since 1900 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL1011 Introduction to Film Studies |
6 | Semester 1 Summer Main |
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| GCST1601 Introduction to Cultural Studies |
6 | Semester 1 Summer Main |
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| LNGS1002 Language and Social Context |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PHIL1013 Society, Knowledge and Self |
6 | N PHIL1010 |
Semester 2 |
| PRFM1601 Making Theatre: Process and Collaboration |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCLG1001 Introduction to Sociology 1 |
6 | Semester 1 Summer Main |
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| SCLG1002 Introduction to Sociology 2 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July Semester 2 Summer Main Winter Main |
| WRIT1000 Introduction to Academic Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| INFS1000 Digital Business Innovation |
6 | A INFO1000; INFO1003; INFO1903 N ISYS1003 or INFO1000 |
Intensive January Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MKTG1001 Marketing Principles |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ELEC1103 Fundamentals of Elec and Electronic Eng |
6 | A Basic knowledge of differentiation & integration, and HSC Physics |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC1601 Introduction to Computer Systems |
6 | A HSC Mathematics extension 1 or 2 |
Semester 2 |
| INFO1110 Introduction to Programming |
6 | Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| INFO1113 Object-Oriented Programming |
6 | P INFO1110 N INFO1103 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| DATA1002 Informatics: Data and Computation |
6 | N INFO1903 |
Semester 2 |
| MTRX1702 Mechatronics 1 |
6 | A MTRX1701 N ELEC1101 or ELEC2602 or COSC1902 or COSC1002 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC1001 Psychology 1001 |
6 | Intensive June Semester 1 Summer Main |
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| PSYC1002 Psychology 1002 |
6 |
This unit is also offered in the Sydney Summer School. For more information consult the web site: http://sydney.edu.au/summer/ |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| MUSC1503 Fundamentals of Music 1 |
6 | N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1002 or MUSC1003 or MUSC1004 or MUSC1005 or MUSC1501 or MUSC1502 or MUSC2699 or MCGY1008 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MUED1002 Creative Music Technology |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| MUSC1507 Sounds, Screens, Speakers: Music and Media |
6 | N MUSC1000 or MUSC1001 or MUSC1502 |
Semester 1 |
Other electives |
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Senior units of study |
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| ARIN2610 Internet Transformations |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN2100 |
Semester 2 |
| ARIN2620 Cyberworlds |
6 | P 18 junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN2200 |
Semester 1 |
| ARIN2630 Digital Arts |
6 | P 18 junior credit points in any of Anthropology, Art History, Computer Science, Design Computing, English, Gender and Culture Studies, History, Information Systems, Information Technology, Linguistics, Media and Communication, Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN2300 |
Semester 2 |
| ARIN2640 Games and Play |
6 | P 18 junior credit points in any of Anthropology or Art History or Computer Science or Design Computing or English or Gender and Cultural Studies or History or Information Systems or Information Technology or Linguistics or Media and Communication or Philosophy or Psychology or Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Digital Cultures N ARIN3640 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP2123 Data Structures and Algorithms |
6 | P INFO1110 OR INFO1113 OR DATA1002 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 N INFO1105 OR INFO1905 OR COMP2823 |
Semester 1 |
| DATA2001 Data Science: Big Data and Data Diversity |
6 | P DATA1002 OR INFO1110 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1103 |
Semester 1 |
| ISYS2120 Data and Information Management |
6 | A Programming skills P INFO1113 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 OR INFO1003 OR INFO1903 OR DECO1012 N INFO2120 OR INFO2820 OR COMP5138 |
Semester 2 |
| SOFT2201 Software Construction and Design 1 |
6 | P INFO1113 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 N INFO3220 |
Semester 2 |
| SOFT2412 Agile Software Development Practices |
6 | P INFO1113 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 |
Semester 2 |
| COMP3221 Distributed Systems |
6 | P (INFO1105 OR INFO1905) OR ((INFO1103 OR INFO1113) AND (COMP2123 OR COMP2823)) N COMP2121 |
Semester 1 |
| DATA3404 Data Science Platforms |
6 | A This unit of study assumes that students have previous knowledge of database structures and of SQL. The prerequisite material is covered in DATA2001 or ISYS2120. Familiarity with a programming language (e.g. Java or C) is also expected. P DATA2001 OR ISYS2120 OR INFO2120 OR INFO2820 N INFO3504 OR INFO3404 |
Semester 1 |
| INFO3616 Principles of Security and Security Eng |
6 | A INFO1110 AND INFO1112 AND INFO1113 AND MATH1064. Knowledge equivalent to the above units is assumed; this means good programming skills in Python or a C-related language, basic networking knowledge, skills from discrete mathematics. A technical orientation is expected. N ELEC5616 |
Semester 1 |
| SOFT3202 Software Construction and Design 2 |
6 | P SOFT2201 N INFO3220 |
Semester 1 |
| SOFT3410 Concurrency for Software Development |
6 | P (INFO1105 OR INFO1905) OR ((INFO1103 OR INFO1113) AND (COMP2123 OR COMP2823)) |
Semester 2 |
| ISYS3402 Decision Analytics and Support Systems |
6 | A Database Management AND Systems Analysis and Modelling P (ISYS2110 OR INFO2110) AND (ISYS2120 OR INFO2120) |
Semester 2 |
| ARIN3620 Researching Digital Cultures |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points in Digital Cultures N ARIN2000 |
Semester 2 |
| PHIL2642 Critical Thinking |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| PRFM2601 Being There: Theories of Performance |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points from subject areas listed in Table A or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM2001 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| PRFM2602 Performance: Production and Interpretation |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points from subject areas listed in Table A or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM2002 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| SCLG2606 Media in Contemporary Society This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Sociology N SCLG2018 or SCLG2537 |
Semester 1 |
| INFS2010 People, Information and Knowledge |
6 | A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 |
Semester 2 |
| INFS2020 Business Process Modelling and Improvement |
6 | A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 |
Semester 1 |
| INFS2030 Digital Business Management |
6 | A INFS1000 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 |
Semester 1 |
| MKTG3110 Digital Marketing |
6 | P MKTG1001 |
Semester 1 |
| MKTG3114 New Products Marketing |
6 | P MKTG1001 |
Semester 2 |
| MKTG3121 Advertising: Creative Principles |
6 | P MKTG1001 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP2017 Systems Programming |
6 | P INFO1113 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 OR INFO1103 C COMP2123 OR COMP2823 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 N COMP2129 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP2022 Programming Languages, Logic and Models |
6 | A MATH1004 OR MATH1904 OR MATH1064 OR MATH2069 OR MATH2969 P INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1113 N COMP2922 |
Semester 2 |
| COMP2823 Data Structures and Algorithms (Adv) |
6 | P Distinction level result in at least one of INFO1110 OR INFO1113 OR DATA1002 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 N INFO1105 OR INFO1905 OR COMP2123 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| COMP2922 Programming Languages, Logic and Models (Adv) |
6 | A MATH1004 OR MATH1904 OR MATH1064 OR MATH2069 OR MATH2969 P Distinction level result in INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1113 N COMP2022 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| COMP3027 Algorithm Design |
6 | A MATH1004 OR MATH1904 OR MATH1064 P COMP2123 OR COMP2823 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 N COMP2007 OR COMP2907 OR COMP3927 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP3308 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence |
6 | A Algorithms. Programming skills (e.g. Java, Python, C, C++, Matlab) N COMP3608 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP3419 Graphics and Multimedia |
6 | A Programming skills P COMP2123 OR COMP2823 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 |
Semester 2 |
| COMP3520 Operating Systems Internals This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P COMP2129 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP3927 Algorithm Design (Adv) |
6 | A MATH1004 OR MATH1904 OR MATH1064 P COMP2123 OR COMP2823 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 N COMP2007 OR COMP2907 OR COMP3027 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC2104 Electronic Devices and Circuits |
6 | A Knowledge: ELEC1103. Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's Laws; action of Current and Voltage sources; network analysis and the superposition theorem; Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; inductors and capacitors, transient response of RL, RC and RLC circuits; the ability to use power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, etc. |
Semester 2 |
| ELEC3506 Data Communications and the Internet |
6 | N NETS2150 |
Semester 2 |
| ELEC3607 Embedded Systems |
6 | A ELEC1601 AND ELEC2602. Logic operations, theorems and Boolean algebra, data representation, number operations (binary, hex, integers and floating point), combinational logic analysis and synthesis, sequential logic, registers, counters, bus systems, state machines, simple CAD tools for logic design, basic computer organisation, the CPU, peripheral devices, software organisation, machine language, assembly language, operating systems, data communications and computer networks. P ELEC1601 AND ELEC2602 AND COMP2017 |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC3610 E-Business Analysis and Design |
6 | N EBUS3003 |
Semester 1 |
| ISYS2110 Analysis and Design of Web Info Systems |
6 | P INFO1113 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1105 OR INFO1905 N INFO2110 |
Semester 1 |
| INFO3315 Human-Computer Interaction |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ISYS2160 Information Systems in the Internet Age |
6 | A INFO1003 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1113 N ISYS2140 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC2013 Cognitive and Social Psychology |
6 | P PSYC1001 and PSYC1002 |
Semester 2 |
| CAEL2047 Animation This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CAEL2052 Introduction to Digital Publishing This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CAEL2070 Digital Compositing This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CATE2007 The Art of Memory |
6 | P (THAP1201 and THAP1202) or (CATE1001 and CATE1002) or (12 senior credit points of Art History and Theory) |
Semester 1 |
| CMPN3635 Writing Music for the Moving Image |
6 | P MUED1002 or MUSC2653 or MUED4002 |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2653 Introduction to Digital Music Techniques |
6 | P 18 Junior credit points N MUSC2053 An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology is an advantage in this unit of study. |
Semester 1 |