入学要求 Requirement:
学术要求:degree in a subject other than computing science: either a cognate subject such as mathematics, physics or engineering (minimum 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent, eg GPA 3.0/4) or a degree in a non-cognate subject (minimum 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent, eg GPA 3.2/4).
英语要求: IELTS 6.5 (with no subtest less than 6)
学费 Tuition Fee:2011/2012 £11500
课程特征 Course Features:
• You will benefit from leading-edge research-led teaching and be able to apply independent research skills and knowledge in project work: preparing you for an academic or industrial research career.
•You will benefit from having 24-hour access to a computer laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software.
•You will have opportunities to meet industrial speakers who contribute to our professional skills & issues course. Employers also come to make recruitment presentations, and often seek to recruit our graduates during the programme.
课程内容 Course Content :
You will attend lectures, seminars and tutorials and take part in lab, project and team work.
Core courses
•Programming
•Information systems and databases
•Systems and networks
•Professional software development
•Professional skills
•General readings in computing science
•Project proposal.
Optional courses (four courses chosen)
•Advanced programming
•Algorithms and data structures
•Digitisation
•Document encoding
•Internet technology
•Multimedia systems
•Security and cryptography
•Software project management.
Project: MSc students additionally undertake a substantial application project, based on a problem statement developed during the earlier project proposal course.
职业前景 Career Prospects:
Former students are now employed in the chemical, electronics, travel, food, and oil industries, in banking and insurance, in software houses, in retailing, in education, in the health service, in management consultancy, in civil engineering, and in other sectors. Some graduates apply their newly-acquired IT skills within their existing careers, or move into research or teaching.