2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MSc Advanced Computer Science
Programme code: | MSC-ACS-FT | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Mark Walkley | Contact address: | M.A.Walkley@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
- A minimum UK Upper Second Class Honours (2.1) degree or equivalent in computing or a scientific subject with significant computing component;
- A pass at GCSE level English Language (grade C or above);
- International students must have an English language qualification at a suitable level: IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Computing
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Computing
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
N/A
Programme specification:
At the end of the programme students should be able to demonstrate:
- a systematic understanding of the theory and practice of designing and implementing computer systems
- proficiency in the technical and programming skills required to design and implement computer systems;
- a thorough knowledge and skills base in a number of advanced topics within the domain of computer science;
- the ability to apply the knowledge and skills to tackle a significant problem within the main project;
- an in-depth understanding of an area of specialisation, gained during the main project;
- be confident in applying the research methodology adopted for the main project on new problems;
- be prepared for further study either in the context of professional development or through further engagement in higher education.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
COMP5200M | MSc Project | 60 credits | 1 Jan to 30 Sep |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 120 credits from the following lists of optional modules:
COMP5111M | Big Data Systems | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5122M | Data Science | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP5400M | Bio-Inspired Computing | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5450M | Knowledge Representation and Reasoning | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP5623M | Artificial Intelligence | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5811M | Parallel and Concurrent Programming Pre-requisite for: COMP5821M COMP5822M | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP5812M | Foundations of Modelling and Rendering Pre-requisite for: COMP5821M COMP5822M COMP5823M Co-requisite for: COMP5813M | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP5813M | Games Engines and Workflow Pre-requisite for: COMP5823M | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP5821M | Geometric Processing | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5822M | High-Performance Graphics Pre-requisite for: COMP5823M | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5823M | Animation and Simulation | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5840M | Data Mining and Text Analytics | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5850M | Cloud Computing | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5860M | Semantic Technologies and Applications | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5911M | Advanced Software Engineering | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP5920M | Scheduling | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP5930M | Scientific Computation | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP5940M | Graph Theory: Structure and Algorithms | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students may study no more than 30 credits from this list:
COMP3011 | Web Services and Web Data | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP3211 | Distributed Systems | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP3222 | Mobile Application Development | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP3611 | Machine Learning | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP3736 | Information Visualization | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP3771 | User Adaptive Intelligent Systems | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP3910 | Combinatorial Optimisation | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMP3911 | Secure Computing | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMP3940 | Graph Algorithms and Complexity Theory | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Last updated: 02/10/2019
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