This course is designed for students requiring a comprehensive four-year degree in software engineering to gain accreditation as a professional engineer with the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
Minor studies cover computing mathematics.
The course is more advanced than the more general Bachelor of Information Technology and it extends the subjects covered in the three-year Bachelor of Software Engineering course. Students with a special interest in the hardware and electronics aspects of computing would usually enrol in the course Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering. The course concentrates on computer science, programming, software engineering and computer technology as does the three-year Bachelor of Software Engineering course. Software engineers are employed by software firms, often working on medium and large scale software development projects. Currently there is strong demand for such graduates with all projections indicating that the demand will further increase in the future.