Programme structure: Computer Science and Electronics with Study Abroad (MEng) - what's running in 2019/20

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional, with a formal period of study abroad, in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Individual Research Project 4	EENGM8889	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Students choose 80 Credit Points from the options listed below:
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise	INOVM0013	10	Optional	TB-1
Interactive Devices	COMSM0009	10	Optional	TB-1
Cloud Computing	COMSM0010	10	Optional	TB-1
Advanced Computer Architecture	COMSM0109	10	Optional	TB-1
Robotic Systems	COMSM4111	10	Optional	TB-1
Speech and Audio Processing	EENGM1411	10	Optional	TB-2
Advanced Mobile Radio Techniques	EENGM2510	10	Optional	TB-2
Image and Video Coding	EENGM4021	10	Optional	TB-2
Advanced DSP & FPGA Implementation	EENGM4120	10	Optional	TB-2
VLSI Design M	EENGM4050	10	Optional	TB-2
Broadband Wireless Communications	EENGM4221	10	Optional	TB-2
Networked Systems and Applications	EENGM0009	10	Optional	TB-2
Systems Security	COMSM1500	10	Optional	TB-1
Coding Theory 4	EENGM2011	10	Optional	TB-1
Advanced Optoelectronic Devices	EENGM6000	10	Optional	TB-2
Optical Networks	EENGM0003	10	Optional	TB-2
Data Center Networking	EENGM0008	10	Optional	TB-2
Option choices subject to timetabling
Computer Science and Electronics with Study Abroad (MEng)		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

• To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
• To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.