Software Engineering Major - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Computer Science
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AUT
Develop leading-edge skills in software development, maintenance, and engineering through the Software Engineering major in AUT’s Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).
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Core skills this course teaches
Design and develop software
Gain expertise in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining high-quality software for various applications.
Apply engineering principles
Learn to apply systematic and disciplined engineering methods in software construction.
About This Course
Prepare for a future in software engineering with AUT’s Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) majoring in Software Engineering. You'll learn to design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software within a professional engineering framework. The programme blends technical proficiency in computing and engineering with crucial workplace communication and teamwork, and includes 800 hours of supervised work experience.
Course Content
- Introduction to sustainable engineering design
- Engineering mathematics I & II
- Programming concepts and techniques
- Engineering mechanics and materials
- Electrical engineering fundamentals
- Collaborative engineering practices (Mahitahi)
- Microcontrollers
- Object oriented programming for engineers
- Database system design
- Software engineering mathematics
- Operating systems
- Data structures and algorithms
- Software construction
- Engineering management
- Highly secure systems
- Software team project
- Data process and software modelling
- Web development
- Applied human-computer interaction
- Data engineering and AI
- Software quality assurance
- Innovation and research management
- Formal specification design
- Final year research project (Parts A & B)
- Electives including software architecture, information security, digital control, digital signal processing, data warehousing and big data, digital systems design, embedded software engineering, and wireless sensor-actuator networks
Entry Requirements
Build towards these roles
Software EngineerDatabase ProgrammerDatabase ArchitectSoftware TesterSoftware Development Project ManagerEmbedded Software DesignerEmbedded Software DeveloperMobile Applications DeveloperMobile Applications DesignerCloud Applications DeveloperSolutions Architect
