SUGGESTED ENROLMENT PATTERNS IN ESCIENCE COURSES IN 2006
When you officially enrol for the first time at ANU you will be
required to choose courses for a full year. In actual fact the first
semester is the most important one. You can change your enrolment as
the year progresses and you can actually change your first semester
enrolment up until (about) week 3 without penalty.
You can choose any courses which are within the rules for the eScience program
that you are taking. You should do your best to ensure that your enrolment pattern
is legal (if it is not, you might possibly not be able to graduate when the
time comes; or, at best, you may have to take extra courses).
The rules for the eScience programs are defined by the relevant
pages accessible from here for the Graduate
Diploma or here for
the Masters (the main pitfall is taking nore than 12 points of MIT Group D
options).
The following are suggested, legal enrolment patterns for the Masters
and Graduate Diploma. These are designed for full-time enrolment
beginning semester 1 2006. Note that full-time enrolment at ANU is
defined to be 18 units and more. Standard full-time enrolment is 24
units. Standard part-time enrolment is 12 units. Masters students who
decide to take 18 units per semester will end up studying for 2 years
before completing the program. Experience has shown that there is no
difficulty in extending an 18 month student visa to be 2 years.
Masters Pattern- Standard Full Time
Semester 1
| Course |
Units |
Group |
|
COMP6442 Software Construction for eScience
|
6 | A |
|
COMP6311 Software Analysis and Design |
6 | A |
|
COMP6464 High Performance Scientific Computation |
6 | C |
| Free choice |
6 | C/D |
Some possibilities for the free choice course are
| Course |
Units |
Group |
|
COMP6468 Computer and Network Security |
3 | C |
|
COMP6312 Software Quality Management |
3 | C |
|
COMP6320 Artificial Intelligence |
6 | C |
|
COMP4200 Milestone Papers in Computing |
6 | D |
|
COMP3300 Operating Systems Implementation |
6 | D |
|
COMP3420 Advanced Database Systems |
6 | D |
|
MATH2301 Games, Graphs and Machines |
6 | D |
Note that:
- COMP6442 Software Construction for eScience was formerly named
Networked Scientific Data Analysis and Presentation.
- Students doing a 2-year combined
degree package need to carefully consider their D group options;
generally these will be taken from courses in their other degree.
See the eScience Convenor for further advice.
- Enrollment in COMP6700 Introduction to Java Programming
for MIT students is not encouraged,
except in special circumstances. This is because
MIT students are assumed to have substantial programming
background already, sufficient enough to be able to pick up
Java programming without have to take a full course.
Note that students with little prior Java experience
may `sit-in' on the one-week intensive part for COMP6700
during Orientation week instead of enrolling in COMP6700.
- COMP3300 and COMP3420 will need a special
prerequisite waiver form to be signed by the eScience convenor or
delegate. This is a green form available from the Department of
Computer Science office. Once it is signed, you will need to take
it back to the CS office and receive a "permission code" which
will enable you to enrol.
- COMP4200 is a research-oriented reading course, an MIT Group D
option recommended for those considering the eScience Research Project
option (COMP6720/COMP6702). Permission from the eScience convenor
is similarly required.
Semester 2
| Course |
Units |
Group |
|
COMP6461 Computer Graphics |
6 | A |
|
COMP6390 HCI and Usability Engineering |
6 | B |
|
COMP6704 Project Management |
6 | B2 |
| Free choice |
6 | C/D |
Some possibilities for the free choice course are
Note that
- COMP6390 HCI and Usability Engineering replaces
the former course COMP6422 Usability Engineering.
- COMP8170 will include COMP6313. Students should have a good
knowledge of the software life-cycle before taking these
courses. Contact Clive.Boughton[at]anu.edu.au for details.
- COMP6720 "eScience Project IV" is a reading course which must be
taken if you are planning to take the COMP6702 research project in
your final semester of study.
Graduate Diploma Pattern- Standard Full Time
Semester 1
Note that the Introductory Programming course (COMP6700) begins in
intensive mode (full-time) on Monday of Orientation Week.
| Course |
Units |
Group |
|
COMP6700 Introductory Programming in Java |
6 | A |
|
COMP6442 Software Construction for eScience |
6 | A |
|
COMP6311 Software Analysis and Design |
6 | A |
|
COMP6340 Networked Information Systems |
6 | B |
Note: Some students could claim status for COMP6700 and take any other
course from the Masters program instead.
COMP6442 Software Construction for eScience was formely named
Networked Scientific Data Analysis and Presentation.
Semester 2
| Course |
Units |
Group |
|
COMP6461 Computer Graphics |
6 | A |
|
COMP6701
eScience Project I |
6 | A |
|
COMP6240 Relational Databases |
6 | B |
| Free choice |
6 | B/C |
Some possibilities for the free choice course are
| Course |
Units |
Group |
|
STAT8026 Graphical Data Analysis |
6 | B |
|
COMP6704 Project Management |
6 | B |
|
COMP6341 IT in Electronic Commerce |
6 | B |
|
COMP6390 HCI and Usability Engineering |
6 | B |
|
COMP6444 Software Design for eScience |
6 | C |
