Through the Software Engineering major in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) you develop cutting-edge skills for your future engineering career.
Professional software engineers are responsible for constructing, deploying and maintaining high-quality software in a systematic, timely and disciplined manner. Software engineers must be technically proficient and work effectively in teams and with multiple stakeholders.
You learn to design, develop, test and maintain software. To prepare you for a career as a professional engineer you also develop your communication and teamwork skills.
This is part of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).
Most courses last one semester and are worth 15 points. If you're a full-time student, you normally complete 120 points each year (480 points for the entire degree).
In addition to successfully completing all courses, you also need to complete a minimum of 800 hours of planned supervised work placement before graduation. The aim of the work experience is to expose you to engineering practices and management systems in the work environment.
Students in all majors do the same courses in the first year. These courses cover mathematics and computational techniques, as well as the communication and teamwork skills that are essential for the team environment engineers work in.
Choose courses from any minor at AUT with the approval of the programme leader.
Choose courses from any minor at AUT with the approval of the programme leader.
You also need to complete a further 30 points from the optional level 8 courses above or other relevant level 8 courses offered within the School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
Your individual industry project in Year 4 is your opportunity to gain real-life industrial experience in an engineering environment, under the guidance of an experienced supervisor.
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