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Degree Programme Table: Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust (MSc) - 1 Year (Full-time) (PTMSCCSPTR1F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before making your course choices make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your student support team.

NOTE: This programme is available to study part-time. Part-time students must complete the same requirements as full-time students over two academic years with the following rules: Informatics Research Review INFR11136 (IRR) must be completed in Year 1, and Informatics Project Proposal INFR11147 (IPP) must be completed during Year 2. The dissertation will be completed in Block 5+ of Year 2 after progression to the dissertation stage has been confirmed by the Board of Examiners.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
MSc Dissertation (Informatics)

Must be passed at 50%

INFR11077 60 credits
Informatics Project Proposal
INFR11147 10 credits
Informatics Research Review
INFR11136 10 credits
Computer Security (Level 11)
INFR11244 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Informatics MSc CSPT Security Related Technical Courses

Select between 40 and 70 credits of the following courses
Distributed Systems (Level 11)
INFR11022 10 credits
Secure Programming
INFR11098 10 credits
Introduction to Modern Cryptography
INFR11131 10 credits
Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers
INFR11144 10 credits
Usable Security and Privacy
INFR11158 10 credits
Quantum Cyber Security
INFR11187 10 credits
Privacy and Security with Machine Learning
INFR11240 10 credits
AND

Informatics MSc CSPT Security and Privacy in Society Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Case Studies in AI Ethics (CSAI)
INFR11206 10 credits
Surveillance and Security
LAWS11231 20 credits
Cybercrime and Cyber Security
LAWS11396 20 credits
International Security
PGSP11162 20 credits
Controversies in the Data Society
PGSP11467 20 credits
AND

Informatics MSc CSPT Other Level 11 Options

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are other relevant level 11 Informatics courses open to postgraduate students.
Software Development
EPCC11018 10 credits
Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)
INFR11017 10 credits
Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications
INFR11020 10 credits
Formal Verification
INFR11129 10 credits
Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning
INFR11134 20 credits
The Human Factor: Working with Users
INFR11141 10 credits
Principles and Design of IoT Systems
INFR11150 20 credits
Advanced Database Systems
INFR11199 20 credits
Randomized Algorithms
INFR11201 10 credits
Machine Learning Theory
INFR11202 10 credits
Applied Machine Learning
INFR11211 20 credits
Standards Compliant Software Development
INFR11214 10 credits
Introduction to Quantum Programming and Semantics
INFR11242 10 credits
Introduction to Quantum Computing
INFR11256 20 credits
Machine Learning Systems
INFR11269 20 credits
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