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The BSc in Computer Science leads to either a BSc in Computer Science; Computer Science (Web Systems Engineering), Computer Science with Chinese Studies, or Computer Science (Software Entrepreneurship).

The Software Entrepreneurship stream aims to produce graduates who, as well as expertise in software development, will have a body of complementary expertise which will enable tehm to be successful innovators and entrepreneurs in the software industry. China will be a dominant force in the IT industry in the near future, and the Computer Science with Chinese stream also aims to give graduates an appreciation for business in China and the ability to communicate in Chinese. These programmes prepare students to pursue a variety of careers as computer professionals, or, if they so wish, to engage in further study.

Programme content

Year 1: Computer Science; plus Mathematics or a language option

Year 2:
BSc Computer Science: Software Development; Database Design & Administration; Logic Design; Operating Systems I; Algorithms & Linear Data Structures; Network Computing; Operating Systems II; Computer Architecture; Plus electives from Computer Animation; XML & the Extended Enterprise; Web Servers; Usability Engineering; German; Spanish; French; Mathematics

BSc Computer Science: Web Systems Engineering): Software Development; Database Design & Administration; Operating Systems I; Network Computing; Computer Animation; XML and the Extended Enterprise; Web Servers; Usability Engineering; Plus electives from Logic Design; Operating Systems II; Computer Architecture; German; Spanish; French; Mathematics

Year 3
BSc Computer Science: Software Engineering; Team Software Project; Work Placement (6 or 12 months); Workplace Technology & Skills; Middleware; Networks & Data Communication; Distributed Systems; Algorithms & Non-linear Data Structures; Theory of Computation

BSc Computer Science (Web Systems Engineering): Software Engineering; Web Systems Team Project; Work Placement (6 or 12 months); Workplace Technology & Skills; Middleware; Advanced Server-Side Programming; Web Security; Advanced XML Technologies; Client-side Programming

Year 4
BSc Computer Science: Computer Science Project; Advanced Software Engineering; Electives from Functional & Logic Programming; Information Retrieval & Organisation; Special Topics in Computing I; Special Topics in Computing II; Principles of Compilation; Computer Security; Parallel & Grid Computing; Introduction to Embedded Systems; Graphics; Multimedia Compression & Delivery; Algorithm Analysis; Topics in Artificial Intelligence; Special Topics in Computing III; Special Topics in Computing IV

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