BSc Computer Science (Data Science)

This programme is available in Edinburgh and Dubai

Programme Director: Dr Stefano Padilla (Edinburgh), Talal Shaikh (Dubai)

Programme Code: F2D3-CDS

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

Year 1

Semester 1	Semester 2
F27SA Software Development 1	F27SB Software Development 2
F27ID Introduction to Interaction Design	F17SC Discrete Mathematics
F27PX Praxis	F27CS Introduction to Computer Systems
F17LP Logic and Proof	F27WD Web Design and Databases

Year 2

Semester 1	Semester 2
F28ED User-Centred Experimental Design	F28SD Introduction to Software Engineering
F28WP Web Programming	F28DM Database Management
F28SG Introduction to Data Structures & Algorithms	F28HS Hardware-Software Interface
F28PL Programming Languages	F28DA Data Structures & Algorithms

Year 3

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

To graduate with the degree BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Data Science) candidates must take the following 3 mandatory courses in Stage 4:

Data Mining & Machine Learning (F20DL) – S1
Statistical Modelling and Analysis (F20SA) – S1
Big Data Management (F20BD) – S2

Students choose 1 optional in semester 1 and 1 optional course in semester 2.
Students on this specialism must do an approved dissertation topic suitable for this specialism.
The 4th year Project Coordinator is responsible for approving dissertation topics for this specialism.
Students are required to undertake the individual dissertation project (F20PA, F20PD, and F20PE) which shall run throughout the year.

Semester 1 (Mandatory)	Semester 2 (Mandatory)
F20DL Data Mining & Machine Learning	F20BD Big Data Management
F20SA Statistical Modelling and Analysis	F20PD Project: Design & Implementation (Data Science)
F20PA Project: Research Methods & Requirements Engineering	F20PE Project: Testing & Implementation (Data Science)
(Optional – Choose 1)	Optional (Choose 1)
F20BC Biologically Inspired Computation	F20AA Applied Text Analytics (Dubai only)
F20CN Computer Network Security	F20AD Advanced Human Computer Interaction
F20GA 3D Graphics and Animation	F20AN Advanced Network Security
F20IF Information System Methodologies	F20CA Conversational Agents and Spoken Language Processing (Edinburgh only)
F20RO Intelligent Robotics	F20DP Distributed & Parallel Technologies (Edinburgh Only)
F20RS Rigorous Methods for Software Engineering	F20DV Data Visualisation & Analytics
F20SC Industrial Programming	F20EC E-Commerce Technology
	F20FO Digital Forensics (Dubai only)
	F20GP Computer Games Programming