Software Development, Testamur Major (T148)

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  • Western Sydney University Major Code: T148

Available to students in other Western Sydney University Programs:  Yes.  Check that your program has the available credit points required to complete the subjects in this field of study. Any requisite requirements must also be met. Consult your Program Advisor for further advice.

In this major, students learn how to create high quality software to meet client needs. This involves applying the theories and practices of software development to determine requirements, design and deliver solutions. In this software development lifecycle process, students use a range of technologies, and programming skills used for the development of software systems and distributed applications. In addition, students develop the ability to identify, analyse, and formulate solutions to real-world problems in the software development domain. In devising these solutions students also consider principles associated with user interface design, professional and ethical issues, in particular those relating to security and privacy of user data and user behaviour related to software development and associated applications.

Location

Campus Attendance Mode Advice
Campbelltown Campus Full-time Internal cdms@westernsydney.edu.au
Campbelltown Campus Part-time Internal cdms@westernsydney.edu.au
Parramatta Victoria Road Campus Full-time Internal cdms@westernsydney.edu.au
Parramatta Victoria Road Campus Part-time Internal cdms@westernsydney.edu.au
Penrith Campus Full-time Internal cdms@westernsydney.edu.au
Penrith Campus Part-time Internal cdms@westernsydney.edu.au
Sydney City Campus Full-time Part-time a.cevenini@city.westernsydney.edu.au
Sydney City Campus Part-time Internal a.cevenini@city.westernsydney.edu.au

This major structure applies to students who commenced in Autumn 2023. 

Students must complete 80 credit points as follows

Subject Title Credit Points
COMP 2009Data Structures and Algorithms10
COMP 3013Mobile Applications Development10
MATH 1006Discrete Mathematics10
INFO 3003Human-Computer Interaction10
COMP 3012Introduction to Cloud Computing10
COMP 3036 Full Stack Development10
Select one of the following10
DevOps
Distributed Systems and Programming
Operating Systems Programming
Select one of the following10
Social Computing
Mathematical Programming
Analytics Programming
Total Credit Points80

This sequence applies to students who commenced in Spring 2023.

If you commenced in Autumn 2023 please refer to the Autumn 2023 Sequence tab for details.

Students must complete 80 credit points as follows

Subject Title Credit Points
COMP 2009Data Structures and Algorithms10
COMP 3013Mobile Applications Development10
INFO 3003Human-Computer Interaction10
COMP 3012Introduction to Cloud Computing10
COMP 3036 Full Stack Development10
Select one of the following10
DevOps
Distributed Systems and Programming
Operating Systems Programming
Select one of the following10
Social Computing
Mathematical Programming
Analytics Programming
** Select one of the following10
** Students who NOT completed MATH 1006 in the program core, MUST complete MATH 1006
Discrete Mathematics
** Students who HAVE completed MATH 1006 in the program core, MUST complete either MATH 2009 or MATH 2010
Introduction to Data Science
Linear Algebra
Total Credit Points80