{"id":6237,"date":"2018-08-06T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/?page_id=6237"},"modified":"2018-08-06T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T08:00:12","slug":"bsc-computer-science-data-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/ug-programmes\/bsc-computer-science-data-science\/","title":{"rendered":"BSc Computer Science (Data Science)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This programme is available in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/home\/edinburgh\/\">Edinburgh<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/home\/dubai\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/img\/HLoidl.jpg\" alt=\"Hans-Wolfgang Loidl\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/home\/dubai\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Programme Director:\u00a0<\/strong><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/uk\/macs\/hans-wolfgang-loidl.htm\">Dr Hans Wolfgang Loidl<\/a>\u00a0(Edinburgh)<\/p>\n<p>Programme Code: F2D3-CDS<\/p>\n<p>For further information about course choices consult:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/documents\/pams\/201819\/F2D3-CDS_201819.pdf\">Programme Structure and Progression Rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BSc Computer Science\u00a0Handbooks: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/BScCS_MEngSE_Handbook_201819_FINAL.pdf\">(Edinburgh)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Accreditation: <\/strong>BSc (Hons) Computer Science is accredited by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcs.org\/\">British Computer Society<\/a>, the Chartered Institute for IT.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Year\u00a01<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/uk\/macs\/michael-lones.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/img\/LONES.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Year 1 Year Co-ordinator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/uk\/macs\/michael-lones.htm\">Dr Michael Lones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"50%\">Semester 1<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"50%\">Semester 2<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f27sa-software-development-1\/\">F27SA Software Development 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f27sb-software-development-2\/\">F27SB Software Development 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f27is-interactive-systems\/\">\u00a0F27IS Interactive Systems<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f27sg-software-development-3\/\">F27SG Software Development 3<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f27px-praxis\/\"> F27PX Praxis<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f27cs-introduction-to-computer-systems\/\">\u00a0F27CS Introduction to Computer Systems<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/maths\/courses\/f17lp-logic-and-proof\/\"> F17LP Logic and Proof<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f27wd-web-design-and-databases\/\">F27WD Web Design and Databases<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Year 2<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/uk\/macs\/tessa-berg.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/img\/BergPic.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa Berg\" width=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Year 2 Year Co-ordinator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/uk\/macs\/tessa-berg.htm\">Dr Tessa Berg<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"50%\">Semester 1<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"50%\">Semester 2<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f28in-interaction-design\/\">F28IN Interaction Design<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f28sd-software-design\/\">F28SD Software Design<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f28wp-web-programming\/\">F28WP Web Programming<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f28dm-database-management-systems\/\">F28DM Database Management<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f28da-data-structures-and-algorithms\/\"> F28DA Data Structures &amp; Algorithms<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f28hs-hardware-software-interface\/\">F28HS Hardware-Software Interface<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f28pl-programming-languages\/\">F28PL Programming Languages<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/maths\/courses\/f17sc-discrete-mathematics\/\">F17SC Discrete Mathematics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Year 3<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/img\/Broz.jpg\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Year 3 Year Co-ordinator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/uk\/macs\/frank-broz.htm\">Dr Frank Broz<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"50%\">Semester<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"50%\">Semester 2<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f29so-software-engineering\/\">F29SO Software Engineering<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f29pd-professional-development\/\">F29PD Professional Development<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f29dc-data-communications-and-networking\/\">F29DC Data Communications &amp; Networking<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f29oc-operating-systems-concurrency\/\">F29OC Operating Systems &amp; Concurrency<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f29ai-artificial-intelligence-and-intelligent-agents\/\">F29AI Artificial Intelligence &amp; Intelligent Agents<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f29lp-language-processors\/\">F29LP Language Processors<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f29fa-foundations-1\/\">F29FA Foundations 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f29fb-foundations-2\/\">F29FB Foundations 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Year 4<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/img\/gray-135x180.jpg\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Year 4 Year Co-ordinator:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/uk\/macs\/alasdair-j-g-gray.htm\"> Dr Alasdair Gray<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To graduate with the degree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/documents\/pams\/201819\/F2D3-CDS_201819.pdf\">BSc Computer Science (<em>Data Science<\/em>) <\/a>candidates must take the two mandatory courses in Stage 4, Data Mining &amp; Machine Learning (F20DL) and Big Data Management (F20BD).\u00a0 You must also do one of the two following optional courses, Data Visualisation &amp; Analytics (F20DV) or Statistical Modelling &amp; Analysis (F20SA).\u00a0 You must also do an approved dissertation topic suitable for this specialism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"50%\">Semester 1 (Mandatory)<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" width=\"50%\">Semester 2 (Mandatory)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20pa-research-methods-requirements-engineering\/\">F20PA Project: Research Methods &amp; Requirements Engineering<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20pb-design-implementation\/\">F20PD Project: Design &amp; Implementation (Data Science)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20dl-data-mining-and-machine-learning\/\">F20DL Data Mining &amp; Machine Learning<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20pc-project-testing-and-presentation\/\">F20PE Project: Testing &amp; Implementation (Data Science)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20bd-big-data-management\/\">F20BD Big Data Management<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>(Optional &#8211; Choose 3) <\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Optional (Choose 2)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20cl-computing-in-the-classroom\/\">F20CL Computing in the Classroom<\/a>\u00a0 (Edinburgh only)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20ad-advanced-interaction-design\/\">F20AD Advanced Interaction Design<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20bc-biologically-inspired-computation\/\">F20BC Biologically Inspired Computation<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20an-advanced-network-security\/\">F20AN Advanced Network Security<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20cn-computer-network-security\/\">F20CN Computer Network Security<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20ca-conversational-agents-and-spoken-language-processing\/\">F20CA Conversational Agents &amp; Spoken Language Processing<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20dv-data-visualisation-and-analytics\/\">F20DV Data Visualisation &amp; Analytics<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20de-digital-and-knowledge-economy\/\">F20DE Digital &amp; Knowledge Economy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20ga-3d-graphics-and-animation\/\">F20GA 3D Graphics and Animation<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20dp-distributed-parallel-technologies\/\">F20DP Distributed &amp; Parallel Technologies<\/a> (Edinburgh only)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20if-information-systems-methodologies\/\">F20IF Information System Methodologies<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20ec-e-commerce-technology\/\">F20EC E-Commerce Technology<\/a>\u00a0 (Edinburgh only)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20ro-intelligent-robotics\/\">F20RO Intelligent Robotics<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20gp-computer-games-programming\/\">F20GP Computer Games Programming<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20rs-rigorous-methods-for-software-engineering\/\">F20RS Rigorous Methods for Software Engineering<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20na-network-applications\/\">F20NA Network Applications<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20sa-statistical-modelling-and-analysis\/\">F20SA Statistical Modelling and Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/cs\/courses\/f20sc-industrial-programming\/\">F20SC Industrial Programming<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Including with Computer Games Programming, Artificial Intelligence or Software Engineering)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":78,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/cs.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[42,38,39],"class_list":["post-6237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-cs-ug-du-programme","tag-cs-ug-ed-programme","tag-cs-ug-programme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6237\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2018-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}