Programme structure: Computer Science (MEng) for 2017/18 entry cohort

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional 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
Group Project	COMS30400	40	Mandatory	TB-4
80 CP from:
Web Technologies	COMS32500	10	Optional	TB-2
Character and Set Design	COMS31000	10	Optional	TB-1
Computer Graphics	COMS30115	10	Optional	TB-2
Image Processing and Computer Vision	COMS30121	10	Optional	TB-1
Computational Neuroscience	COMS30127	10	Optional	TB-2
Cryptography A	COMS30002	10	Optional	TB-1
Advanced Algorithms	COMS31900	10	Optional	TB-2
Design Verification	COMS31700	10	Optional	TB-1
Artificial Intelligence with Logic Programming	COMS30106	10	Optional	TB-2
An Introduction to High Performance Computing	COMS30005	10	Optional	TB-1
Advanced High Performance Computing	COMS30006	10	Optional	TB-2
Types and Lambda Calculus	COMS30009	10	Optional	TB-1
Machine Learning	COMS30007	10	Optional	TB-1
BSc		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).