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MEng in Computer Science/Software Engineering [4754]

Third Year, 2011/12

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Please read the notes below the module table.

Follow the link from the module code to see the full Syllabus Page for each of the modules taught by the School of Computer Science.
(Any links to modules taught outside the School are to the Academic Office web site, and may not work.)

Students take the following modules to an overall total of 120 credits.

Credits
Code Module Sem1 Sem2

Compulsory Modules to a total of 40 credits
06 02363 Commercial Programming 10  
06 15500 Software Design Study 10 20

Optional Modules to a total of 80 credits
06 02489 Automatic Verification [Not offered in 2011/12]   10
06 02578 Compilers & Languages   10
06 02525 Databases 2   10
06 08144 Formal Methods [Not offered in 2011/12]   10
06 02408 Graphics 2   10
06 22133 Human Computer Interaction 10  
06 15506 Individual Study 1 [Note 3] [May be taken in either Sem1 or Sem2 but not both] 10 10
06 20122 Intelligent Data Analysis   10
06 13520 Intelligent Robotics [Note 4] 20  
06 11223 Natural Language Processing & Applications [Not offered in 2011/12]   10
06 23644 Networks and Distributed Systems 20  
06 23636 Operating Systems with C/C++ 20  
06 24450 Parallel Programming [New module for 2011/12]   10
06 02483 Philosophy of Cognitive Science   10
06 02562 Planning [Not offered in 2011/12]   10
06 02552 Principles of Programming Languages   10
06 02645 Virtual Reality [Not offered in 2011/12] 10  

Notes

  1. Not all options may be available in any particular year. Some option combinations are only available if the timetable permits. As students may have to make preliminary option choices before timetables are available, changes may be needed later if there are clashes. In selecting options, students need to pay attention to pre- and co-requisites.
  2. MEng students should note when choosing options that some topics may be studied either in the third year or in the fourth year but not both. Hence it is important to plan option choices across both years. Module descriptions for each module list the prohibited combinations.
  3. This module can only be chosen after consulting the Module Coordinator. Please see the syllabus page (linked from the module code) for further details.
  4. There is a limit on the number of students allowed to take this module.
  5. There are no progress decisions between Year 3 and Year 4 of an MEng programme; they form in effect a 'double final year'.

Undergraduate Degree Programmes for 2011/12