DPT: Computer Science (BSc Hons) (UTCMPSI)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Please note that all students must pass Informatics 1 - Critical Skills and Practice INFR07003 (INF1-CRISP), and Informatics 1 - Foundations of Computing INFR08035 (INF1-FC) before they are allowed to progress into Year 2 of this degree.

Compulsory courses

Informatics 1 - Critical Skills and Practice

Must be passed

Informatics 1 - Foundations of Computing

Must be passed

Linear Algebra 1

Must be passed

Course options

The course Informatics 1 - Introduction to Programming INFR07004 is required for students without significant programming and software engineering experience prior to University, which may have come through formal qualifications or personal practice.

Students with grade A at Advanced Higher Computing Science or A-level Computer Science are not permitted to take the course. Other students are required to take a diagnostic test which will indicate whether they are able to opt out of the course or not.

Informatics 1 - Introduction to Programming

AND

Calculus and Algebra for Informatics MATH07005 (CAFI) is required for students with Higher Mathematics only, or Advanced Higher less than Grade A, or A-level Mathematics less than grade A, or equivalent. It is not recommended for students with A-level Mathematics at Grade A*, or SQA Advanced Higher at Grade A, or equivalent.

Calculus and Algebra Fundamentals for Informatics

AND

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

Before making your course choices make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Compulsory courses

Informatics 2 - Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures

Must be passed

Informatics 2C - Introduction to Computer Systems

Must be passed

Informatics 2 - Foundations of Data Science

Must be passed

Informatics 2 - Software Engineering and Professional Practice

Must be passed

Discrete Mathematics and Probability

Must be passed

Course options

These are courses in all Schools other than Medicine, or the Centre for Open Learning.

Year 3 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

Before making your course choices make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

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

Students who are members of Edinburgh University Formula Student may request a concession from the School Curriculum Approval Officer (SCAO) to replace System Design Project INFR09032 (SDP) with Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 10) INFR10084 (IEL-10). Please contact your Student Support Team to gain approval from the IEL-10 Course Organiser, confirming your eligibility for that course, and they will then pass to the SCAO.

Compulsory courses

Professional Issues (Level 10)

Computer Security

Informatics Large Practical

Course options

System Design Project

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Project

AND

These are 10 credit Informatics courses open to third-year undergraduate students. All of these courses run in Semester 1.

Algorithms and Data Structures

Computational Cognitive Science

Software Testing

Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science

Elements of Programming Languages

AND

These are Computer Science courses in Semester 2 open to third-year undergraduate students.

Compiling Techniques

Computer Communications and Networks

Operating Systems

Machine Learning

Introduction to Mobile Robotics

AND

These are Artificial Intelligence courses in Semester 2 open to third-year undergraduate students.

Foundations of Natural Language Processing

Machine Learning

Introduction to Mobile Robotics

AND

These are courses in all Schools other than Medicine, Veterinary Studies, or the Centre for Open Learning, and include courses normally taken by fourth-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 student support team.