BSC-SE / Undergraduate
BSc Software Engineering
A systems-oriented software engineering degree focused on architecture, testing, distributed systems, cloud delivery, security and modern AI-assisted engineering. The common core establishes professional engineering discipline; advanced modules let students specialise in the kinds of systems they want to build.
360+ credits (minimum award threshold)59 listed module optionsPrerequisite-driven progression
Award requirements
- Required Core: Complete all 18 · 180 credits.
- Advanced Choice: Choose at least 6 from 12 listed options · 60 credits.
- Elective: Choose at least 3 from 24 listed options · 30 credits.
- Applied Practice: Complete all 3 · 30 credits.
- Capstone: Complete all 2 · 60 credits.
32 completed modules in the standard pathway. Additional approved study is permitted; listed options are not all compulsory.
Capstone expectation: A production-grade software system with architecture records, automated tests, CI/CD, observability, security controls, deployment evidence, maintainability documentation and a formal defence.
Self-paced. Individual prerequisites, year/semester assignments and fixed durations are not specified in this catalogue. Cross-faculty selections require approval.
Explore modules
CSC-101 / Required core
Python Programming Fundamentals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-113 / Required core
JavaScript & TypeScript
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-102 / Required core
Computational Thinking & Logic
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
MAT-111 / Required core
Discrete Mathematics for Computing
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-201 / Required core
Data Structures & Algorithms
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-212 / Required core
Object-Oriented & Functional Programming
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
WEB-101 / Required core
Frontend Web Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
WEB-102 / Required core
Backend Development & APIs
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
DAT-102 / Required core
Databases & SQL
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-203 / Required core
Operating Systems & Linux
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
NET-101 / Required core
Networking for Software Engineers
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-301 / Required core
System Design & Architecture
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-302 / Required core
Software Testing & Quality Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-303 / Required core
Git, CI/CD & Release Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-101 / Required core
Cloud Engineering Foundations
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-304 / Required core
Distributed Systems
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
SEC-104 / Required core
Secure Programming & Code Review
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
RES-204 / Required core
Software Engineering Research & Technical Communication
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-401 / Advanced choice
Microservices & Event-Driven Systems
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-402 / Advanced choice
Cross-Platform Mobile Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-403 / Advanced choice
Programming Languages & Compilers
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-404 / Advanced choice
High-Performance & Concurrent Systems
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-405 / Advanced choice
AI-Assisted Software Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-406 / Advanced choice
Developer Tools & Automation
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-407 / Advanced choice
Data-Intensive Application Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-408 / Advanced choice
Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-409 / Advanced choice
Observability & Site Reliability
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-410 / Advanced choice
Human-Computer Interaction
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-411 / Advanced choice
Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-412 / Advanced choice
Real-Time & Embedded Software
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-101 / Elective
Entrepreneurship & New Venture Fundamentals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-102 / Elective
Product Management for Technical Founders
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-103 / Elective
Technology Consulting & Client Delivery
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-104 / Elective
Financial Literacy for Technology Ventures
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-105 / Elective
Technical Leadership & Team Systems
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-106 / Elective
Innovation, Intellectual Property & Commercialisation
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-107 / Elective
Privacy, Data Protection & Digital Regulation
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-108 / Elective
Cloud Foundations for Technical Professionals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-109 / Elective
Cyber Security Foundations
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-110 / Elective
Applied Data Analytics
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-111 / Elective
AI Systems for Non-AI Specialists
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-112 / Elective
Research Communication & Technical Publishing
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-113 / Elective
User Experience, Interface Design & Human Behaviour
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-114 / Elective
Sales, Negotiation & Technical Persuasion
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-115 / Elective
Digital Marketing, Growth & Technology Brands
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-116 / Elective
AI Content, Video & Synthetic Media
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-117 / Elective
Automation, No-Code & Agentic Workflows
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-118 / Elective
Technology Project Management & Agile Delivery
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-119 / Elective
Contracts, Procurement & Technology Tendering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-120 / Elective
Psychology of Technology & Digital Behaviour
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-121 / Elective
Technology Policy, Geopolitics & the Global Digital Economy
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-122 / Elective
Sustainable Computing & Technology Impact
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-123 / Elective
Health, Biotechnology & AI for Technical Professionals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-124 / Elective
Personal Finance, Investing & Wealth for Technical Professionals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-L501 / Applied practice
Production Product Build Lab
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-L502 / Applied practice
Open Source / Production Contribution
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-L503 / Applied practice
Technical Product, Consulting & Commercialisation
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-C601 / Capstone
Software Capstone I: Architecture & Prototype
- Credits
- 30
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-C602 / Capstone
Software Capstone II: Production System & Defence
- Credits
- 30
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.