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Degree Programme Table: Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (BSc Hons) (UTAICSC)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR08012 Informatics 1 - Computation and Logic As available 10
    INFR08013 Informatics 1 - Functional Programming As available 10
    INFR08014 Informatics 1 - Object-Oriented Programming As available 10
    INFR08015 Informatics 1 - Data and Analysis As available 10
    MATH08057 Introduction to Linear Algebra As available 20
    MATH08058 Calculus and its Applications As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:This refers to all level 7 and 8 courses in all schools other than Medicine or Veterinary Studies.
     

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Director of Studies.

    Entry to Honours requires passes at 50% or above at the first attempt in at least 40 credit points' worth of the Informatics 2 courses listed together with passes in all remaining compulsory courses, or the permission of Head of School.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 9 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR08008 Informatics 2A - Processing Formal and Natural Languages As available 20
    INFR08009 Informatics 2B - Algorithms, Data Structures, Learning As available 20
    INFR08010 Informatics 2D - Reasoning and Agents As available 20
    MATH08042 Mathematics for Informatics 3a As available 10
    MATH08043 Mathematics for Informatics 3b As available 10
    MATH08044 Mathematics for Informatics 4a As available 10
    MATH08045 Mathematics for Informatics 4b As available 10
    INFR08018 Informatics 2C - Introduction to Computer Systems As available 10
    INFR08019 Informatics 2C - Introduction to Software Engineering As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Director of Studies.

    With the permission of the School Curriculum Approval Officer, an additional 10 points may be taken at level 10 to assist in preparation for the Honours project.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR09018 AI Large Practical As available 10
    INFR09032 System Design Project As available 20
    INFR10022 Professional Issues (Level 10) As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR09028    Foundations of Natural Language Processing   10  
    INFR09019    Introduction to Vision and Robotics   10  
    INFR09029    Introductory Applied Machine Learning   10  
    INFR09031    Logic Programming   10  
    INFR09038    Natural Computing   10  
    INFR09036    Agent Based Systems (Level 9)   10  
    INFR09035    Computational Cognitive Science   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR09006    Algorithms and Data Structures   10  
    INFR09007    Compiling Techniques   10  
    INFR09008    Computability and Intractability   10  
    INFR09009    Computer Architecture   10  
    INFR09010    Computer Design   10  
    INFR09011    Database Systems   10  
    INFR09014    Language Semantics and Implementation   10  
    INFR09015    Operating Systems   10  
    INFR09016    Software Engineering with Objects and Components   10  
    INFR09025    Computer Security   10  
    INFR09027    Computer Communications and Networks   10  
    INFR09029    Introductory Applied Machine Learning   10  
    INFR09031    Logic Programming   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 9 courses in Schedule O, as available

    Notes:This refers to all level 9 courses within the School of Informatics.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from Level 9 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:This refers to all level 9 courses in all schools other than Medicine or Veterinary Studies.
     

    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR10044 Honours Project (Informatics) As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR10026    Adaptive Learning Environments 1 (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10001    Advanced Vision (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10045    Automated Planning (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10041    Automated Reasoning (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10039    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10018    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10005    Intelligent Autonomous Robotics (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10020    Knowledge Modelling and Management (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10033    Machine Translation (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10019    Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10034    Natural Language Generation (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10025    Text Technologies (Level 10)   10  
    INFR11073    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 11)   10  
    INFR10049    Agent Based Systems (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10050    Topics in Cognitive Modelling (Level 10)   10  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11015    Applied Databases   10  
    INFR11033    Automatic Speech Recognition   10  
    INFR11006    Cognitive Neuroscience of Language   10  
    INFR11007    Data Mining and Exploration   10  
    INFR11050    Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning   10  
    INFR11010    Reinforcement Learning   10  
    INFR11065    Structure and Synthesis of Robot Motion   10  

    Notes:If you chose a level 11 course from this list as part of your AI requirement, you may not chose a level 11 course as part of you CS requirement.
     

    AND   


    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR10002    Advanced Databases (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10003    Advances in Programming Languages   10  
    INFR10007    Communication and Concurrency   10  
    INFR10008    Computational Complexity   10  
    INFR10009    Computer Algebra   10  
    INFR10010    Computer Graphics (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10011    Computer Networking (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10012    Distributed Systems (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10013    Embedded Software   10  
    INFR10015    Parallel Programming Languages and Systems (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10016    Parallel Architectures (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10017    Querying and Storing XML   10  
    INFR10018    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10023    Compiler Optimisation (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10031    Energy Aware Computing (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10032    Data Integration and Exchange (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10039    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10041    Automated Reasoning (Level 10)   10  
    INFR10042    System Level Integration Practical   10  
    INFR10046    Performance Modelling (Level 10)   10  
    INFR11073    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 11)   10  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 10 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11005    Bioinformatics 2   10  
    INFR11015    Applied Databases   10  
    INFR11016    Bioinformatics 1   10  
    INFR11020    Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications   10  
    INFR11025    Topics in Distributed Databases   10  
    INFR11028    Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms   10  
    INFR11050    Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning   10  
    INFR11088    Extreme Computing   10  

    Notes:If you chose a level 11 course from this list as part of your CS requirement, you may not chose a course from the Artificial Intelligence Level 11 Only Courses list as part of you AI requirement.
     

    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 10 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedule O, as available

    Notes:This refers to all level 10 courses within the School of Informatics.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 10 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:This refers to all level 10 courses in all schools other than Medicine or Veterinary Studies.
     

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