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Programme code | 4COSC019U |
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Programme type | Joint Honours (UG) |
Programme director(s) |
Raphael Clifford
Yves Tourigny |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
School/department | School of Computer Science |
Second School/department | School of Mathematics |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
This section sets out why studying this programme is important, both in terms of inspiring you as an individual and in considering the challenges we face. It describes how this degree programme contributes to:
All degree programmes share the University's aim of "offering students the best possible learning experience in a research environment" - enabling them to realise their full potential in their chosen careers. An important goal is to maximise student choice while maintaining academic consistency.
In Computer Science:
The programme provides a broad education in fundamental aspects of the subject and a more advanced knowledge of some topics. The programme develops skill in computational reasoning, problem-solving, and practical computing; facility in handling abstract concepts; and an ability to think logically and critically and to express ideas clearly. It fosters students' intellectual development, and their employability, by enabling the study of subjects allied to or complementary to computer science.
In Mathematics:
the programme provides a broad education in fundamental aspects of mathematics and a more advanced knowledge of some topics, particularly but not exclusively those relevant to the other subject in the Joint programme. They develop skill in mathematical reasoning, problem-solving, and mathematical manipulation, and an ability to think logically and critically and to express ideas clearly.
The learning outcome statements shown below for your programme have been developed with reference to relevant national subject benchmarks (where they exist), national qualification descriptors (see the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) and professional body requirements.
Teaching, learning and assessment strategies are listed to show how you will be able to achieve and demonstrate the learning outcomes.
This programme provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Strong support in the first year, more independence encouraged in later years. First year based on lectures supported by weekly small-group tutorials; second year based on lectures and problem classes, third year based on lectures and/or seminars, guided reading, projects, group work etc. depending on choice of optional units. |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Written examination, and in the final years, assessed project work and seminars depending on the choice of optional unit |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Lectures supported by regular assignments which are marked and returned to students. See also the learning/teaching methods above under Knowledge and Understanding. |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Written examination, and in the final years, assessed project work and seminars depending on the choice of optional unit |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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As above plus theoretical and practical assignments and project work in Computer Science and project work in Mathematics. Also units taken outside Mathematics / Computer Science |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Written examination, and in the final years, assessed project work and seminars depending on the choice of optional unit plus assessed computational assignments and project work in mathematics. |
This section describes what is expected from you at each level of your programme. This illustrates increasing intellectual standards as you progress through the programme. These levels are mapped against the national level descriptors published by the Quality Assurance Agency.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
They will have a sound knowledge of the basic concepts of a subject, and will have learned how to take different approaches to solving problems. They will be able to communicate accurately, and will have the qualities needed for employment requiring the exercise of some personal responsibility. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
They will have developed a sound understanding of the principles in their field of study, and will have learned to apply those principles more widely. Through this, they will have learned to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems. Their studies may well have had a vocational orientation, enabling them to perform effectively in their chosen field. They will have the qualities necessary for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
They will have developed an understanding of a complex body of knowledge, some of it at the current boundaries of an academic discipline. Through this, the graduate will have developed analytical techniques and problem-solving skills that can be applied in many types of employment. The graduate will be able to evaluate evidence, arguments and assumptions, to reach sound judgements, and to communicate effectively. They should have the qualities needed for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility, and decision-making in complex and unpredictable circumstances. |
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Imperative and Functional Programming | COMS10016 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Object-Oriented Programming and Algorithms I | COMS10017 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Analysis | MATH10011 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Introduction to Proofs and Group Theory | MATH10010 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Linear Algebra | MATH10015 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Probability and Statistics | MATH10013 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Programming Languages and Computation | COMS20007 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Algorithms II | COMS20010 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Interaction and Society | COMS20009 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Data-Driven Computer Science | COMS20011 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Choose 60 credits of options from the list below: | ||||
Software Engineering Project | COMS20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Linear Algebra 2 | MATH21100 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Metric Spaces | MATH20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Statistics 2 | MATH20800 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Algebra 2 | MATH21800 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Introduction to Geometry | MATH20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Probability 2 | MATH20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Mandatory Units COMS30044 and MATH32200 are must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Students should choose 1 Project Unit, plus a minimum of 40 credit points each of Mathematics and Computer Science units. Students should aim to take no more than 60 credit points in each Teaching Block; any exceptions to this should be agreed in writing by the Programme Director. | ||||
Choose 1 Project Unit from the following list: | ||||
Individual Short Project | COMS30044 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Project 1 | MATH32200 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
TB1 Computer Science Options list: | ||||
You must take 40+ credit points in TB1 of either maths or computer science units or a combination of the two. You should not exceed 60 credit points per teaching block. The following choice combinations can be made: You can select Topics in Computer Science you must then choose TWO MINOR topics (teaching units) which will be assessed as part of this unit AND TWO Major 20 credit point Computer Science units (select the teaching unit and associated 20 credit point unit as your MAJORS). OR You can select Topics in Computer Science you must then choose TWO MINOR topics (teaching units) which will be assessed as part of this unit AND 20-40 credit points from the MATH units. OR You may pick 40-60 credit points of MATH units. | ||||
Topics in Computer Science | COMS30081 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Your TWO MINOR topics for this unit should be chosen by selecting TWO teaching units from the list below. These topics will be assessed as part of the Topics in Computer Science unit. | ||||
Artificial Intelligence (Teaching Unit) | COMS30014 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Artificial Intelligence | COMS30084 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Advanced Algorithms (Teaching Unit) | COMS30042 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Computer Graphics (Teaching Unit) | COMS30020 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Computer Graphics | COMS30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Computational Neuroscience (Teaching Unit) | SEMT30003 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Computational Neuroscience | SEMT30004 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Cryptology (Teaching Unit) | COMS30023 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Cryptology | COMS30085 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Human-Computer Interaction (Teaching Unit) | COMS30029 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Human-Computer Interaction | COMS30089 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Image Processing and Computer Vision (Teaching Unit) | COMS30030 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Image Processing and Computer Vision | COMS30087 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Machine Learning (Teaching Unit) | COMS30035 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Machine Learning | COMS30083 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Security Behaviours (Teaching Unit) | COMS30038 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
Security Behaviours | COMS30088 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Types and Lambda Calculus (Teaching Unit) | COMS30040 | 0 | Optional | TB-1 |
TB1 Maths Options List: | ||||
Group 1: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Financial Risk Management | MATH30014 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Metric Spaces | MATH20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Group 2: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Information Theory | MATH30032 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Martingale Theory with Applications 3 | MATH30027 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Set Theory | MATH32000 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Group 3: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Group Theory | MATH33300 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Statistics 2 | MATH20800 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Time Series Analysis | MATH33800 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Group 4: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Combinatorics | MATH30030 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Group 5: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a band. If you have chosen to do Topics in Computer Science (COMS30081) you cannot select a unit from group 5 | ||||
Complex Function Theory | MATH33000 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Stochastic Optimisation | MATH30021 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
TB2 Computer Science Option List: | ||||
You must select 40-60 credits in Teaching Block 2. You should not exceed 60 credit points per teaching block. For Computer Science units you need to select the 20 credit point unit and the associated teaching unit. You should aim to have an equal split between mathematics and computer science units for the year. | ||||
Advanced Computer Architecture (Teaching Unit) | COMS30046 | 0 | Optional | TB-2 |
Advanced Computer Architecture | COMS30047 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Applied Cryptology (Teaching Unit) | COMS30048 | 0 | Optional | TB-2 |
Applied Cryptology | COMS30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Applied Data Science (Teaching Unit) | COMS30050 | 0 | Optional | TB-2 |
Applied Data Science | COMS30051 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
CGI (Teaching Unit) | COMS30058 | 0 | Optional | TB-2 |
CGI | COMS30059 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
High Performance Computing (Teaching Unit) | COMS30053 | 0 | Optional | TB-2 |
High Performance Computing | COMS30052 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Interactive Devices (Teaching Unit) | COMS30054 | 0 | Optional | TB-2 |
Interactive Devices | COMS30055 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
TB2 Maths option list: | ||||
You must select 40-60 credits in Teaching Block 2. You should not exceed 60 credit points per teaching block. For Math units you can only select one unit from a group. You should aim to have an equal split between mathematics and computer science units for the year. | ||||
Group 6: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Algebra 2 | MATH21800 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Financial Mathematics | MATH35400 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Measure Theory and Integration | MATH30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Group 7: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Further Topics In Probability 3 | MATH30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Linear Algebra 2 | MATH21100 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Quantum Information Theory | MATH30031 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Group 8: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Bayesian Modelling | MATH30015 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Number Theory | MATH30200 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Group 9: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Functional Analysis 3 | MATH36202 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Statistical Machine Learning | MATH30028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Group 10: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group. | ||||
Complex Networks | MATH36201 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Logic | MATH30100 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Group 11: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Probability 2 | MATH20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Theory of Inference | MATH35600 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Group12: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Optimisation | MATH30017 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Group 13: | ||||
You can only select ONE MATH unit from a group | ||||
Linear and Generalised Linear Models | MATH30013 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Topics in Geometry and Discrete Mathematics | MATH30034 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Mathematics and Computer Science (BSc) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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).
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.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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