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Degree Programme Table: Computer Science and Mathematics (BSc Hons) (UTCMPMA)


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

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 7 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
    MATH08059 Proofs and Problem Solving As available 20




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:This code comprises 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 selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.

    Entry to Honours requires passes at 50% or above in Foundations of Calculus, Linear Algebra, Methods of Applied Mathematics and Several Variable Calculus, a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in at least 20 credit points' worth of the Informatics 2 courses listed together with passes in the remaining compulsory courses course, or the permission of the Head of School.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 7 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
    MATH08005 Foundations of Calculus As available 10
    MATH08007 Linear Algebra As available 10
    MATH08035 Methods of Applied Mathematics As available 10
    MATH08006 Several Variable Calculus As available 10
    MATH08010 Discrete Mathematics (Year 2) As available 10




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


    Select exactly 30 credits from Level 7, 8 and 9 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:This code comprises all level 7, 8 and 9 courses in all schools other than Medicine or Veterinary Studies.
     

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

  • Notes: Students seeking BCS accreditation must select Professional Issues (Level 10), normally in 3rd Year, and must also select the Informatics Honours Project in 4th Year.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    MATH10033 Complex Variable & Differential Equations As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MATH10021    Algebra   20  
    MATH10008    Pure & Applied Analysis   20  

     
    AND   

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

    Notes:This refers to all level 9 and 10 courses in all schools other than Medicine or Veterinary Studies.
     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 70 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 10 credits and maximum of 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR09032    System Design Project   20  
    INFR09030    CS/SE Individual Practical   10  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 60 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 a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedule P, as available

    Notes:Documentation giving details, as well as restrictions on choice of courses in the School of Mathematics, will be available for students entering the year to facilitate advance planning.
     


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

  • Notes: You should choose an Honours Project from either Informatics or Mathematics.

    Students seeking BCS accreditation must take the Informatics Honours Project.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 10 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    INFR10044     Honours Project (Informatics)     (40 credits)

     
    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  

     

    AND   

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

    Notes:This code comprises all level 10 courses in all schools other than Medicine or Veterinary Studies.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MATH10001    Complex Variable   10  
    MATH10002    Differential Geometry   10  
    MATH10003    Financial Mathematics   10  
    MATH10004    Likelihood   10  
    MATH10005    Linear Statistical Modelling   10  
    MATH10006    Mathematical Computation & Communication Skills   20  
    MATH10007    Stochastic Modelling   10  
    MATH10008    Pure & Applied Analysis   20  
    MATH10013    Mathematical Biology   10  
    MATH10017    Commutative Algebra   10  
    MATH10021    Algebra   20  
    MATH10022    Motion & Flow   10  
    MATH10023    Numbers & Rings   10  
    MATH10024    Probability, Measure & Finance   20  
    MATH10025    Algebraic Coding Theory   10  
    MATH10026    Number Theory   20  
    MATH10027    Topology   20  
    MATH10033    Complex Variable & Differential Equations   20  
    MATH10034    Naive and Axiomatic Set Theory   10  
    MATH10035    Representation Theory   10  
    MATH10036    Number Theory   10  
    MATH10037    Dynamical Modelling   10  
    MATH10038    Rings and Modules   10  
    MATH10039    Topics in Differential Topology   10  
    MATH10040    Modern Probability Theory   10  
    MATH10041    Elliptic Curves and Applications   10  
    MATH10042    Waves in the Environment and Telecommunications   10  
    MATH10043    Numerical Algorithms   10  
    MATH10044    Numerical Partial Differential Equations   10  
    MATH10046    Hilbert Spaces   10  
    MATH10047    Essentials in Analysis and Probability   10  
    MATH10049    Metric Spaces   10  
    MATH10050    Jewels of Algebra   20  
    MATH10051    Fourier Analysis   10  
    MATH10052    Nonparametric Regression   10  
    MATH10053    Applied Stochastic Differential Equations   10  
    MATH11023    Geometry of Perspective   10  
    MATH11026    Asymptotic Methods   10  
    MATH11027    Dynamical Systems   10  
    MATH11044    Practical & Large Scale Optimization   10  
    MATH11045    Non-linear Optimization   10  
    MATH11053    Introduction to Lie Groups   10  
    MATH10028    Theory of Statistical Inference   10  
    MATH10014    Distribution-Free Statistical Methods   10  
    MATH10015    Simulation   10  
    MATH11024    The Analysis of Survival Data   10  
    MATH11025    Time Series Analysis   10  
    MATH11093    Analysis of Nonlinear Waves   10  
    MATH11116    Stochastic Models in Biology   10  
    MATH10010    Mathematical Education   20  

     


    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    MATH10031     Project in Mathematics (Double)     (40 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    MATH10001    Complex Variable   10  
    MATH10002    Differential Geometry   10  
    MATH10003    Financial Mathematics   10  
    MATH10004    Likelihood   10  
    MATH10005    Linear Statistical Modelling   10  
    MATH10006    Mathematical Computation & Communication Skills   20  
    MATH10007    Stochastic Modelling   10  
    MATH10008    Pure & Applied Analysis   20  
    MATH10013    Mathematical Biology   10  
    MATH10017    Commutative Algebra   10  
    MATH10021    Algebra   20  
    MATH10022    Motion & Flow   10  
    MATH10023    Numbers & Rings   10  
    MATH10024    Probability, Measure & Finance   20  
    MATH10025    Algebraic Coding Theory   10  
    MATH10026    Number Theory   20  
    MATH10027    Topology   20  
    MATH10033    Complex Variable & Differential Equations   20  
    MATH10034    Naive and Axiomatic Set Theory   10  
    MATH10035    Representation Theory   10  
    MATH10036    Number Theory   10  
    MATH10037    Dynamical Modelling   10  
    MATH10038    Rings and Modules   10  
    MATH10039    Topics in Differential Topology   10  
    MATH10040    Modern Probability Theory   10  
    MATH10041    Elliptic Curves and Applications   10  
    MATH10042    Waves in the Environment and Telecommunications   10  
    MATH10043    Numerical Algorithms   10  
    MATH10044    Numerical Partial Differential Equations   10  
    MATH10046    Hilbert Spaces   10  
    MATH10047    Essentials in Analysis and Probability   10  
    MATH10049    Metric Spaces   10  
    MATH10050    Jewels of Algebra   20  
    MATH10051    Fourier Analysis   10  
    MATH10052    Nonparametric Regression   10  
    MATH10053    Applied Stochastic Differential Equations   10  
    MATH11023    Geometry of Perspective   10  
    MATH11026    Asymptotic Methods   10  
    MATH11027    Dynamical Systems   10  
    MATH11044    Practical & Large Scale Optimization   10  
    MATH11045    Non-linear Optimization   10  
    MATH11053    Introduction to Lie Groups   10  
    MATH10028    Theory of Statistical Inference   10  
    MATH10014    Distribution-Free Statistical Methods   10  
    MATH10015    Simulation   10  
    MATH11024    The Analysis of Survival Data   10  
    MATH11025    Time Series Analysis   10  
    MATH11093    Analysis of Nonlinear Waves   10  
    MATH11116    Stochastic Models in Biology   10  
    MATH10010    Mathematical Education   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 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.
     
    AND   


    Select a minimum of 30 credits and maximum of 40 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  

     

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