Modules

The following modules are what students typically study, but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations. Year 1 compulsory modules currently include the following: Programming I; Programming II; Internet Technologies; Human Computer Interaction; Foundations of Computing; Computer Systems. Year 2 compulsory modules currently include the following: Algorithms; Database Systems; Web Development; Software Development; Cognitive Robotics. Optional modules may include the following: Fundamentals of AI; Fundamentals of Cyber Security; Functional Programming. Year in Industry: You spend a year working in an industrial or commercial environment between stages 2 and 3. Our students go to a wide range of companies including IBM, Vodafone, Holiday Extras, and Bank of America. They have also been to overseas employers in locations including Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and the US. Year 3: You will take either the Group Project or the Research Project, as well as Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning and Computer Vision. Optional modules may include the following: Natural Computation; Embedded Systems and IoT; Blockchain and Distributed Systems: Foundations, Security and Applications; Information Security Management; Software Engineering Practice; Video Games Development; Computing Law and Professional Responsibility; Computational Intelligence in Business, Economics and Finance; Theory and Practice of Concurrency; Signal, Image and Data Analysis; Cognitive Robotics; eHealth; Machine Learning Algorithms; Computer Networks and Communication; Computing in the Classroom; Natural Language Processing; Programming Language Implementation; Computational Creativity and Creative AI; Formal Methods for Security Analysis; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Semantic Technologies and Graph Analytics; Internet of Things; Programming Languages: Applications and Design; Introduction to Quantum Computing and Quantum Cryptography; Enterprise and Entrepreneurship; Image Analysis and Applications. For more detailed information about these modules, please visit our website.