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Degree Programme Table: Computer Science (MSc) (Part-time) - 3 Years (PTMSCINFEM2P)

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Personal Tutor.

    During the first two years of this programme: 1) students are required to take a minimum of 30 credits of Computer Science courses; 2) Students are permitted to take a maximum of 30 credits of courses that are below level 11 or not individually listed below.

    With the permission of the School Curriculum Approval Officer, you may be able to replace some of these courses with others at level 11 from outside Informatics that are relevant to your area of study.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR11034 Informatics Research Review As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11011    Advanced Databases (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11032    Compiler Optimisation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11067    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11021    Computer Graphics (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11049    Computer Networking (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11028    Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms   10  
    INFR11022    Distributed Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11088    Extreme Computing   10  
    INFR11073    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11024    Parallel Architectures (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11023    Parallel Programming Languages and Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11082    Performance Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11050    Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning   10  
    INFR11020    Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications   10  
    INFR11016    Bioinformatics 1   10  
    INFR11074    Automated Reasoning (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11058    Data Integration and Exchange (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11007    Data Mining and Exploration   10  
    INFR11017    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11087    Information Theory   10  
    INFR11099    Introduction to Quantum Computing   10  
    INFR11089    Randomness and Computation   10  
    INFR11098    Secure Programming   10  
    INFR11025    Topics in Distributed Databases   10  
    INFR11005    Bioinformatics 2   10  

    Notes:These are Computer Science courses at level 11 open to taught postgraduate students.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11059    Advanced Natural Language Processing   20  
    INFR11031    Advanced Vision (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11033    Automatic Speech Recognition   10  
    INFR11036    Computational Cognitive Neuroscience   10  
    INFR11090    Decision Making in Robots and Autonomous Agents   10  
    INFR11008    Neural Computation   10  
    INFR11035    Neural Information Processing   10  
    INFR11091    Robot Learning and Sensorimotor Control   10  
    INFR11092    Robotics: Science and Systems   20  
    INFR11038    Software Architecture, Process, and Management (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11027    Text Technologies (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11086    Topics in Cognitive Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11069    Adaptive Learning Environments 1 (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11037    Computational Neuroscience of Vision   10  
    INFR11062    Machine Translation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11030    Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11060    Natural Language Generation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11061    Natural Language Understanding (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11010    Reinforcement Learning   10  
    CMSE11202    Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship   10  

    Notes:These are other level 11 courses open to taught postgraduate students.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:These are courses in all schools other than Medicine or Veterinary Studies.
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Personal Tutor.

    During the first two years of this programme: 1) students are required to take a minimum of 30 credits of Computer Science courses; 2) Students are permitted to take a maximum of 30 credits of courses that are below level 11 or not individually listed below.


    With the permission of the School Curriculum Approval Officer, you may be able to replace some of these courses with others at level 11 from outside Informatics that are relevant to your area of study.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR11071 Informatics Research Proposal As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11011    Advanced Databases (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11032    Compiler Optimisation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11067    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11021    Computer Graphics (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11049    Computer Networking (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11028    Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms   10  
    INFR11022    Distributed Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11088    Extreme Computing   10  
    INFR11073    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11024    Parallel Architectures (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11023    Parallel Programming Languages and Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11082    Performance Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11050    Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning   10  
    INFR11020    Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications   10  
    INFR11016    Bioinformatics 1   10  
    INFR11074    Automated Reasoning (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11058    Data Integration and Exchange (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11007    Data Mining and Exploration   10  
    INFR11017    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11087    Information Theory   10  
    INFR11099    Introduction to Quantum Computing   10  
    INFR11089    Randomness and Computation   10  
    INFR11098    Secure Programming   10  
    INFR11025    Topics in Distributed Databases   10  
    INFR11005    Bioinformatics 2   10  

    Notes:These are Computer Science courses at level 11 open to taught postgraduate students.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR11059    Advanced Natural Language Processing   20  
    INFR11031    Advanced Vision (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11033    Automatic Speech Recognition   10  
    INFR11036    Computational Cognitive Neuroscience   10  
    INFR11090    Decision Making in Robots and Autonomous Agents   10  
    INFR11008    Neural Computation   10  
    INFR11035    Neural Information Processing   10  
    INFR11091    Robot Learning and Sensorimotor Control   10  
    INFR11092    Robotics: Science and Systems   20  
    INFR11038    Software Architecture, Process, and Management (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11027    Text Technologies (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11086    Topics in Cognitive Modelling (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11069    Adaptive Learning Environments 1 (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11037    Computational Neuroscience of Vision   10  
    INFR11062    Machine Translation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11030    Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11060    Natural Language Generation (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11061    Natural Language Understanding (Level 11)   10  
    INFR11010    Reinforcement Learning   10  
    CMSE11202    Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship   10  

    Notes:These are other level 11 courses open to taught postgraduate students.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 30 credits from Level 9, 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:These are courses in all schools other than Medicine or Veterinary Studies.
     



    Year 3, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Personal Tutor.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR11077 MSc Dissertation (Informatics) As available 60




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




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