Programme structure: Computer Science with Study in Continental Europe (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 Project: Implementation	COMSM0111	40	Optional	TB-4
Students can take the following 40 cp unit instead of COMSM0111:
Creative Technology Project	COMSM0014	40	Optional	TB-2
20 CP from:
Individual Project: Business Plan	COMSM0121	20	Optional	TB-2
Individual Project: Research Proposal	COMSM0011	20	Optional	TB-2
60 CP from:
Animation Production	COMSM0013	20	Optional	TB-1
Robotic Systems	COMSM4111	10	Optional	TB-1
Systems Security	COMSM1500	10	Optional	TB-1
Cloud Computing	COMSM0010	10	Optional	TB-1
Interactive Devices	COMSM0009	10	Optional	TB-1
Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics Algorithms	EMATM0004	10	Optional	TB-2
Applied Data Science	COMSM0017	10	Optional	TB-2
Internet Economics and Financial Technology	COMSM0019	10	Optional	TB-1
Advanced Computer Architecture	COMSM0109	10	Optional	TB-1
Applied Deep Learning	COMSM0018	10	Optional	TB-1
Information Processing and the Brain	COMSM0034	10	Optional	TB-1
Quantum Information Theory	MATHM5610	10	Optional	TB-1A
Quantum Computation	MATHM0023	10	Optional	TB-2C
Computer Science with Study in Continental Europe (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.