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Department of Computer Science, Programme Catalogue 2007/08


USCM-AKM02: MComp (hons) Computer Science

Mode of attendance: Thick sandwich (Full-time on campus)


Year 1, Academic Year

Mandatory units
CM10192 Programming I 24 Credits
CM10193 Systems engineering 12 Credits

Year 1, Semester 1

Mandatory units
CM10194 Systems architecture 1 6 Credits
CM10196 Discrete mathematics for computation 6 Credits

Year 1, Semester 2

Mandatory units
CM10195 Systems architecture 2 6 Credits
CM10197 Analytical mathematics for applications 6 Credits

Year 2, Semester 1

Mandatory units
CM20019 Computation III: introduction to formal logic & semantics 6 Credits
CM20143 User interface programming 6 Credits
CM20144 Mathematics for applications 6 Credits
CM20145 Database systems 6 Credits
CM20167 Programming III: functional programming 6 Credits

Year 2, Semester 2

Mandatory units
CM20001 Foundations of computer graphics 6 Credits
CM20026 Software project 6 Credits
CM20028 Computation IV: Algorithms 6 Credits
CM20029 Compilers 6 Credits
CM20168 Programming IV: programming languages 6 Credits

Year 3, Academic Year

Mandatory units
CM20105 Industrial placement 60 Credits

Year 4, Academic Year

Students must follow either Stream 1 (Human computer interaction and media technology) or Stream 2 (Mathematical logic, symbolic computation, agents and artificial intelligence) in both Year 4 and Year 5.
Mandatory units
CM30082 Triple module project 18 Credits

Year 4, Semester 1

Students must follow either Stream 1 (Human computer interaction and media technology) or Stream 2 (Mathematical logic, symbolic computation, agents and artificial intelligence) in both Year 4 and Year 5.
Optional Units: Select 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students on Stream 1 (Human computer interaction and media technology) must choose CM30072 and CM30078; students on Stream 2 (Mathematical logic, symbolic computation, agents and artificial intelligence) must choose CM30070 and CM30174.
CM30070 Computer algebra 6 Credits
CM30072 Safety-critical computer systems 6 Credits
CM30078 Networking 6 Credits
CM30174 E-commerce & agents 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Choose units not already selected above.
CM30078 Networking 6 Credits
CM30142 Music & digital signal processing 6 Credits
CM30171 Advanced compilers 6 Credits
CM30174 E-commerce & agents 6 Credits

Year 4, Semester 2

Students must follow either Stream 1 (Human computer interaction and media technology) or Stream 2 (Mathematical logic, symbolic computation, agents and artificial intelligence) in both Year 4 and Year 5.
Optional Units: Select 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students on Stream 1 must choose CM30080 and CM30141; students on Stream 2 must choose CM30071 and CM30073.
CM30071 Logic & its applications 6 Credits
CM30073 Advanced algorithms & complexity 6 Credits
CM30075 Advanced computer graphics 6 Credits
CM30141 Advanced human computer interaction 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Choose a unit not already selected above.
CM30073 Advanced algorithms & complexity 6 Credits
CM30080 Computer vision 6 Credits
CM30173 Cryptography 6 Credits

Year 5, Academic Year

Students must follow either Stream 1 (Human computer interaction and media technology) or Stream 2 (Mathematical logic, symbolic computation, agents and artificial intelligence) in both Year 4 and Year 5.
Mandatory units
CM40178 Research project 42 Credits

Year 5, Semester 1

Students must follow either Stream 1 (Human computer interaction and media technology) or Stream 2 (Mathematical logic, symbolic computation, agents and artificial intelligence) in both Year 4 and Year 5.
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students on Stream 1 must choose CM40204; students on Stream 2 must choose CM30070 or CM40212.
CM30070 Computer algebra 6 Credits
CM40204 Creativity and IT 6 Credits
CM40212 Internet technology 6 Credits

Year 5, Semester 2

Students must follow either Stream 1 (Human computer interaction and media technology) or Stream 2 (Mathematical logic, symbolic computation, agents and artificial intelligence) in both Year 4 and Year 5.
Mandatory units
CM40179 Entrepreneurship 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students on Stream 1 must choose CM40149 or CM40198; students on Stream 2 must choose CM30173.
CM30173 Cryptography 6 Credits
CM40149 Collaborative systems 6 Credits
CM40198 Digital media 6 Credits