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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2020/2021

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Degree Programme Table: Informatics (MInf) (UTINFMT)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5

Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

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

Please note that all students must pass INF1A (Informatics 1 - Introduction to Computation INFR08025), and INF1B (Informatics 1 - Object-Orientated Programming INFR08029), before they are allowed to progress into Year 2 of this degree.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Linear Algebra

Must be passed

MATH08057 20 credits
Calculus and its Applications

Must be passed

MATH08058 20 credits
Informatics 1 - Introduction to Computation

Must be passed

INFR08025 20 credits
Informatics 1 - Object Oriented Programming

Must be passed

INFR08029 20 credits

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
These are courses in all schools other than Medicine, Veterinary Studies, or the Centre for Open Learning.

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Informatics 2 - Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures

Must be passed

INFR08026 20 credits
Informatics 2C - Introduction to Computer Systems

Must be passed

INFR08027 20 credits
Informatics 2D - Reasoning and Agents

Must be passed

INFR08010 20 credits
Discrete Mathematics and Probability

Must be passed

INFR08031 20 credits
Informatics 2 - Foundations of Data Science

Must be passed

INFR08030 20 credits
Informatics 2 - Software Engineering and Professional Practice

Must be passed

INFR08032 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

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

Entry to Fourth Year requires an average of 55% at the first attempt across courses taken in third year, or the permission of the Head of School.

Some third year courses are prerequisites for specific fourth year courses, and you are advised to consider your plans for fourth year when making your course choices.

Sometimes a course may appear on more than one list, if it relates to multiple subject areas: where this happens you can still only select that course once.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
System Design Project
INFR09032 20 credits
Professional Issues (Level 10)
INFR10022 10 credits
Computer Security
INFR10067 20 credits
Introductory Applied Machine Learning
INFR10069 20 credits
Informatics Large Practical
INFR09051 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 30 credits in this group.

Informatics Hons 3rd Year AI Courses

Select between 0 and 30 credits of the following courses
Introduction to Vision and Robotics
INFR09019 10 credits
Automated Reasoning
INFR09042 10 credits
Introductory Applied Machine Learning
INFR10069 20 credits
Speech Processing (Hons)
LASC10061 20 credits
AND

Informatics Hons 3rd Year CS Courses

Select between 0 and 30 credits of the following courses
Algorithms and Data Structures
INFR10052 10 credits
Software Testing
INFR10057 10 credits
Computer Communications and Networks
INFR10074 20 credits
Operating Systems
INFR10079 20 credits
Introduction to Databases
INFR10080 20 credits
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 10 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
These are courses in all schools other than Medicine, Veterinary Studies, or the Centre for Open Learning, and include courses normally taken by 4th-year students. In the case that this DPT option is chosen, you are advised to obtain permission to take the course from the course organiser, and have the course choice approved by your personal tutor.

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

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

Entry to Fifth Year requires successful completion of Fourth Year and a pass in MInf Project (Part 1), or the permission of the Head of School.

These lists include courses at level 10 (code INFR10xxx) and level 11 (code INFR11xxx). In general, level 11 courses will contain more advanced material and be taught at a higher level than level 10 courses; you should take account of this when planning your course combination. Each entry links to a matching page in the University course catalogue, where you can find a description of the course content and information about any specific entry requirements.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
MInf Project (Part 1)
INFR10051 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Informatics Hons 4th Year Courses

Select between 70 and 80 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are Informatics courses open to fourth-year undergraduate students.
Algorithms and Data Structures
INFR10052 10 credits
Software Testing
INFR10057 10 credits
Computer Security
INFR10067 20 credits
Introductory Applied Machine Learning
INFR10069 20 credits
Computer Communications and Networks
INFR10074 20 credits
Computing in the Classroom
INFR10077 20 credits
Operating Systems
INFR10079 20 credits
Introduction to Databases
INFR10080 20 credits
Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)
INFR11017 10 credits
Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications
INFR11020 10 credits
Parallel Architectures (Level 11)
INFR11024 10 credits
Automatic Speech Recognition
INFR11033 10 credits
Introduction to Quantum Computing
INFR11099 10 credits
Computational Complexity
INFR11102 10 credits
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
INFR11130 20 credits
Introduction to Modern Cryptography
INFR11131 10 credits
Machine Learning Practical
INFR11132 20 credits
Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers
INFR11144 10 credits
Text Technologies for Data Science
INFR11145 20 credits
Internet of Things Systems, Security, and the Cloud (IoTSSC)
INFR11146 20 credits
Principles and Design of IoT Systems
INFR11150 20 credits
Natural Language Understanding, Generation, and Machine Translation
INFR11157 20 credits
Bioinformatics 1
INFR11160 10 credits
Natural Computing
INFR11161 10 credits
Advanced Database Systems
INFR11199 20 credits
Logic, Computability and Incompleteness
PHIL10133 20 credits
AND

Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 10 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
These are courses in all schools other than Medicine, Veterinary Studies, or the Centre for Open Learning, and include courses normally taken by postgraduate students. In the case that this DPT option is chosen, you are advised to obtain permission to take the course from the course organiser, and have the course choice approved by your personal tutor.

Year 5 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

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

To complete your degree you must ensure that you have taken a minimum of 120 credits worth of courses at Level 11.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
MInf Project (Part 2)
INFR11093 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Informatics Level 11 courses

Select between 60 and 80 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are level 11 courses open to fifth-year undergraduate students.
Data Mining and Exploration
INFR11007 10 credits
Reinforcement Learning
INFR11010 10 credits
Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)
INFR11017 10 credits
Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications
INFR11020 10 credits
Parallel Architectures (Level 11)
INFR11024 10 credits
Automatic Speech Recognition
INFR11033 10 credits
Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
INFR11036 10 credits
Robotics: Science and Systems
INFR11092 20 credits
Case Studies in Design Informatics 1
INFR11094 20 credits
Case Studies in Design Informatics 2
INFR11095 20 credits
Introduction to Quantum Computing
INFR11099 10 credits
Computational Complexity
INFR11102 10 credits
Accelerated Natural Language Processing
INFR11125 20 credits
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
INFR11130 20 credits
Introduction to Modern Cryptography
INFR11131 10 credits
Machine Learning Practical
INFR11132 20 credits
Image and Vision Computing
INFR11140 10 credits
The Human Factor: Working with Users
INFR11141 10 credits
Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers
INFR11144 10 credits
Text Technologies for Data Science
INFR11145 20 credits
Internet of Things Systems, Security, and the Cloud (IoTSSC)
INFR11146 20 credits
Principles and Design of IoT Systems
INFR11150 20 credits
Natural Language Understanding, Generation, and Machine Translation
INFR11157 20 credits
Bioinformatics 1
INFR11160 10 credits
Natural Computing
INFR11161 10 credits
Introductory Applied Machine Learning
INFR11182 20 credits
Advanced Database Systems
INFR11199 20 credits
AND

Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
These are courses in all schools other than Medicine, Veterinary Studies, or the Centre for Open Learning.

Students may not register for introductory programming courses in other parts of the University unless explicitly listed in the DPT
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