• 4 general electives (24 units of credit), which may be selected from any degree offered by the University.

Multimedia electives allow students to specialise in a particular area. General electives allow students to add greater depth to their area of specialisation or to create a second area of specialisation.  No more than 12 Level 1 courses may be credited towards the degree.

Students may not take the following courses as general electives because of content overlap with compulsory courses and multimedia electives.

COIS11014 Engineering Computing

COIS11015 Introductory Computing Applications

COIS11077 Introduction to Computing 

Students who enrol in the program with an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score below 6.0 (minimum of 5.5) may study no more than 3 courses per term.  These students must complete COMM11008 Communication and Critical Thinking as one of their general electives, and they must undertake a special non-award English/Learning Skills Support Program throughout the first three terms of their study.

Recommended study schedule

The recommended study schedule for all students except those with an IELTS score below 6.0 is presented below. Please note that full-time students usually enrol in 4 courses per term and part-time students usually enrol in 2 courses per term.

Recommended study schedule for students with an IELTS score below 6.0.

The recommended study schedule for students with an IELTS score below 6.0 is presented below. These students may study no more than 3 courses per term.