BSc Computer Science

This programme is available in Edinburgh, DubaiHans-Wolfgang Loidl

Programme Director: Dr Hans Wolfgang Loidl (Edinburgh)

Programme Code: F291-COS

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Accreditation: BSc (Hons) Computer Science is accredited by British Computer Society, the Chartered Institute for IT.

Year 1

Year 1 Year Co-ordinator: Dr Michael Lones (Edinburgh)

Year 1 Year Co-ordinator: Adrian Turcanu (Dubai)

Semester 1 Semester 2
F27SA Software Development 1 F27SB Software Development 2
F27IS Interactive Systems F27SG Software Development 3
F27PX Praxis F27CS Introduction to Computer Systems
F17LP Logic and Proof F27WD Web Design and Databases

Year 2Tessa Berg

Year 2 Year Co-ordinator: Dr Tessa Berg (Edinburgh)

Year 2 Year Co-ordinator: Smitha Kumar (Dubai)

Semester 1 Semester 2
F28IN Interaction Design F28SD Software Design
F28WP Web Programming F28DM Database Management
F28DA Data Structures & Algorithms F28HS Hardware-Software Interface
F28PL Programming Languages F17SC Discrete Mathematics

Year 3

Year 3 Year Co-ordinator: Dr Frank Broz (Edinburgh)

Year 3 Year Co-ordinator: Talal Shaikh (Dubai)

Semester Semester 2
F29SO Software Engineering F29PD Professional Development
F29DC Data Communications & Networking F29OC Operating Systems & Concurrency
F29AI Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Agents F29LP Language Processors
F29FA Foundations 1 F29FB Foundations 2

Year 4

Year 4 Year Co-ordinator: Dr Alasdair Gray (Edinburgh)

Year 4 Year Co-ordinator: Dr Hani Ragab Hassen (Dubai)

Semester 1 (Mandatory) Semester 2 (Mandatory)
F20PA Project: Research Methods & Requirements Engineering F20PB Project: Design & Implementation
F20PC Project: Testing & Implementation
(Optional – Choose 3) Optional (Choose 2)
F20CL Computing in the Classroom (Edinburgh only) F20AD Advanced Interaction Design
F20BC Biologically Inspired Computation F20AN Advanced Network Security
F20CN Computer Network Security F20BD Big Data Management
F20DL Data Mining & Machine Learning F20CA Conversational Agents & Spoken Language Processing
F20DV Data Visualisation & Analytics F20DE Digital & Knowledge Economy
F20GA 3D Graphics and Animation F20DP Distributed & Parallel Technologies (Edinburgh only)
F20IF Information System Methodologies F20EC E-Commerce Technology (Edinburgh only)
F20MC Mobile Communications & Programming (Dubai only) F20GP Computer Games Programming
F20RO Intelligent Robotics F20NA Network Applications
 F20RS Rigorous Methods for Software Engineering
F20SA Statistical Modelling & Analysis
F20SC Industrial Programming