{"id":972,"date":"2016-03-07T12:19:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T12:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/?page_id=972"},"modified":"2016-03-07T12:19:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T12:19:43","slug":"msc-advanced-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2019-20\/cs\/pg-programmes\/msc-advanced-computer-science\/","title":{"rendered":"MSc Advanced Computer Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Programme Director:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/staff\/uk\/macs\/dr-manuel-maarek.htm\">Dr Manuel Maarek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Programme Code: F2AM-ACS<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/MAAREK.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Manuel Maarek\" width=\"135\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This MSc by Research programme is available in\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/home\/edinburgh\/\">Edinburgh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hw.ac.uk\/documents\/pams\/201819\/F2AM-ACS_201819.pdf\">Programme Structure and Progression Rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/CS_PGT_Handbook_201819_Edinburgh_FINAL.pdf\">Computer Science Postgraduate Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Programme Structure<\/h3>\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=\"http:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2019-20\/cs\/courses\/f21sm-software-engineering-master-class\/\">F21SM Software Engineering Master Class<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macs.hw.ac.uk\/students-archive\/2019-20\/cs\/courses\/f22rm-research-methods-in-computer-science\/\">F22RM Research Methods in Computer Science<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Supervised Research (15 Credits)<\/td>\n<td>Supervised Research (15 Credits)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Semester 1 (Optional &#8211; 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