Study Software Engineering - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

You’ll explore mathematics and computational techniques, data structures and algorithms, software theory and construction, data and process modelling, interface design and engineering management.

Most of your first-year courses are shared between the majors in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and the Bachelor of Engineering Technology, making it easy for you to switch between our engineering degrees and majors*.

If you’re already studying at AUT and have any questions about the courses you should enrol in, email engineer@aut.ac.nz

_{*Cross-credits between different engineering majors and degrees are assessed on a case-by-case basis, and you may not be able to gain cross-credits for all your first-year courses.}

Year 1

Complete the following courses

These courses are offered in both semesters and we’ll automatically enrol you in your first-year courses before you start your studies.

• ENGE500 Introduction to Sustainable Engineering Design (15 points)
• ENGE501 Engineering Mathematics I (15 points)*
• ENGE503 Engineering Mechanics (15 points)
• ENGE504 Electrical Engineering Fundamentals (15 points)
• COMP500 Programming Concepts and Techniques (15 points)
• DIGD507 Mahitahi | Collaborative Practices (15 points)
• ENME502 Engineering Materials I (15 points)
• ENGE601 Engineering Mathematics II (15 points)*

_{*You’ll need to pass the course ENGE501 before you can study the course ENGE601.}

Year 2

Semester 1 courses

• ENEL608 Introduction to Microcontrollers (15 points)
• ENSE602 Object Oriented Programming for Engineers (15 points)
• ENSE603 Database System Design (15 points)
• ENSE704 Software Engineering Mathematics (15 points

Semester 2 courses

• COMP604 Operating Systems (15 points)
• COMP610 Data Structures and Algorithm (15 points)
• ENGE600 Engineering Management I (15 points)
• ENSE600 Software Construction (15 points)

Year 3

Semester 1 courses

• COMP716 Highly Secure Systems (15 points)
• ENSE705 Software Team Project (15 points)
• ENSE706 Data Process and Software Modelling (15 points)
• ENSE803 Formal Specification and Design (15 points)

Semester 2 courses

• COMP719 Applied Human-Computer Interaction (15 points)
• ENGE707 Data Engineering and AI (15 points)
• ENSE701 Contemporary Issues in Software Engineering (15 points)
• ENSE707 Software Quality Assurance (15 points)

Year 4

Semester 1 courses

• ENGE891 Final Year Research Project (Part A) (15 points)
• ENGE803 Innovation and Research Management (15 points)
• Plus two level 8 optional courses

Semester 2 courses

• ENGE892 Final Year Research Project (Part B )(15 points)
• Plus choose:
  • An elective course; and
  • Two level 8 optional courses

Optional courses

In Year 4 you choose four level 8 optional courses from those listed below.

Semester 1 courses

• COMP806 Software Architecture (15 points)
• COMP821 Information Security (15 points)
• ENEL809 Digital Control (15 points)
• ENSE807 Digital Signal Processing (15 points)

Semester 2 courses

• COMP802 Data Mining and Machine Learning (15 points)
• COMP810 Data Warehousing and Big Data (15 points)
• ENSE808 Digital Systems Design (15 points)
• ENSE810 Embedded Software Engineering (15 points)
• ENSE814 Wireless Sensor-Actuator Networks (15 points)

If you started your studies in the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) before 2024, the courses you need to complete are a little different. Find out what courses you need to take to complete your qualification if you started in 2023 or earlier.

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