I'm not whether I should do a Computer Science (Advanced) course (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/degree-finder/bcmsa_bcmpscadv.html), or Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems) with Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/degree-finder/2014/bedm4_becomsysd4.html) and Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) with Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/degree-finder/2014/bedm5_beelec&ed4.html).
The advanced computer science course differs from the regular CS course by: "You have one course in semester 2 year1 called Grand Challenges, only for advance students, which looks at bid data issues and you do your first project
In second and third year you have a 6-unit project course in which you continue to do more project based/research. The rest of the courses are the same that the standard one.
We have offered the advance stream for two years and the feedback from the first students doing the project courses is very positive, they are happy then can choose a topic and have room to explore it in depth, with supervision from a lecturer."
Apparently if I chose one of the double degrees it would have the same "respect" as if I took the Computer Science course, as in when I'm applying for a job? Is this true?
The reason I'm quite confused on what to choose is because the Advanced course requires 95 ATAR (ATAR is basically a score you get depending on how well you did in school, 99.99 being highest). The double degrees only require 80-85 ATAR. Therefore if I set the double degrees as a first preference, there's no point in me putting the CS advanced course as a lower preference, as I won't get into it anyway. At the moment the CS degree is at the top of my preferences, but I'm considering in removing it entirely and just leaving the double degrees. I'm not sure, though, as I don't know whether it'd be worth an extra 2 years of study (CS is 3 years and the double's are 5 years).
I'm interested in programming, but it seems I'd learn more from the Double Degree. Although, I'm not sure that I'd be interested in the Engineering aspect. I am interested in Maths and Physics, but I don't know. This is quite infuriating. Any recommendations would be very appreciated.