Foundation Studies Program Standard (Computer Science /IT), Leading to Bachelor of Computer Science - Distributed Systems and Networking Kaplan Group - The University of Adelaide College - Adelaide Campus, Australia

Foundation Studies Program Standard
Our Foundation Studies Program provides you with a pathway to follow your dreams of studying business, IT, engineering, medicine, nursing and much more at the University of Adelaide. If your qualifications need a boost, we are here for you!

Program Benefits

• For students studying in Adelaide, once you achieve your required progression score, you are guaranteed entry to your packaged degree, and, for most bachelor’s degrees, you won’t need to provide any further English language evidence.
• For students studying in Melbourne, after completing your Foundation Studies Program, you will continue your pathway studies as a University of Adelaide College student undertaking a Degree Transfer Program.
• We will ensure that you understand all the additional entry requirements for dentistry, oral health, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and veterinary science.
• The University will issue you a packaged Confirmation of Enrolment for the entire duration of study at the College and the University.
• You will be flexible in studying a standard (34 teaching weeks) or accelerated (31 teaching weeks) Foundation Studies Program. In addition to weekly class attendance, students are also expected to complete 20-25 hours per week of independent learning.

Leading to: Bachelor of Computer Science
Our Bachelor of Computer Science features artificial intelligence and machine learning courses not available anywhere else in South Australia. It’s taught by world-class researchers and teachers within a faculty ranked 41 in the world for computer science and engineering.

What will you do?
Depending on your chosen major, you will:

• Explore self-driving cars, robotic vision, machine learning and image recognition
• Learn how to protect networks, data and software systems from attack and unlawful access
• Apply cutting-edge data analysis techniques—such as machine and deep learning—to large sets of data
• Design, make and study large-scale distributed software systems, including parallel, mobile and cloud-based environments.

Major: Distributed Systems and Networking
The computer networking industry is growing rapidly, creating high demand for professionals with specialist knowledge. Build skills in the design, development, and analysis of large-scale distributed software systems including parallel, distributed, mobile, cloud-based environments and building smart cities.

As a computer scientist, you could find yourself developing large-scale software systems for organisations, including: in-parallel; distributed; mobile and cloud-based environments