BSC Computer Science and Mathematics with a Year in Industry (COMU49) IS

2017 - 2018

For students whose initial registration was prior to the 2018-19 academic session

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (100 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
COM1008	Web and Internet Technology	AUT SEM	10 credits
FCE1001	Global Engineering Challenge Week	AUT SEM	0 credits
MAS110 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAS111 MAS202 MAS220 MAS223 MAS271 MAS279 MAS377 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: MAS112 MAS115 PHY165 XCannot be taken with: ECN118 ECN119	Mathematics Core 1	AUT SEM	20 credits
Semester 2
COM1009 + Essential skills: A-Level Maths.	Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS111 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS110 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS201 MAS202 MAS207 MAS220 MAS221 MAS223 MAS271 MAS377 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: MAS112 MAS115 PHY165	Mathematics Core II	SPR SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
COM1001 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: COM213 (when the module is running)	Introduction to Software Engineering	ACAD YR	20 credits
COM1003 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: COM3290 (when the module is running)	Java Programming	ACAD YR	20 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MAS113 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAS205 MAS223 MAS275 MAS281 MAS286 MAS350 MAS451 MAS452 PHY420 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: ECN120 + A level mathematics.	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAS114 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAS207 MAS208 MAS220 MAS276 MAS277 MAS430 PHY420 (when the module is running) + A level mathematics.	Numbers and Groups	ACAD YR	20 credits

Year 2

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (80 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
FCE2001 + Yes. Restricted to second year Faculty of Engineering students.	Engineering - You're Hired	AUT SEM	0 credits
MAS211 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAS275 MAS280 MAS301 MAS336 MAS342 MAS346 MAS420 MAS423 MAS445 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: MAS212 MAS220 MAS221 MAS223 MAS279 MAS286	Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra	AUT SEM	20 credits
Full academic year
COM1006	Devices and Networks	ACAD YR	20 credits
COM2001	Advanced Programming Topics	ACAD YR	20 credits
COM2003 XCannot be taken with: COM263	Automata, Logic and Computation	ACAD YR	20 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Full academic year
MAS220 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS110 MAS111 MAS114 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS333 MAS346 MAS435 MAS436 MAS438 MAS439 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: MAS211	Algebra	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAS223 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS110 MAS111 MAS113 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS360 MAS363 MAS367 MAS367 MAS371 MAS452 MAS462 MAS463 MAS464 MAS465 MAS6019 MAS61001 MAS61003 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: MAS211 MAS281	Statistical Inference and Modelling	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (20 credits)

A student will take 20 credits from this group.

Semester 2
MAS275 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS113 MAS211 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS371 MAS452 (when the module is running)	Probability Modelling	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS281 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS113 CCo-requisites: MAS223 + MAS113.	Probability and Statistics in Society	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
MAS221 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS111 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS350 MAS451 MAS452 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: MAS211	Analysis	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAS222 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: MAS320 MAS323 MAS377 MAS414 MAS424 (when the module is running) CCo-requisites: MAS212	Differential Equations	ACAD YR	20 credits

Year 3

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (120 credits)

A student will take

Full academic year
COM390	Year in Industry	ACAD YR	120 credits

A student must normally achieve a weighted mean grade of 55 or above at Level 1 and Level 2 in order to proceed to the Year in Industry, progression being at the discretion of the Head of Department. A student who fails to progress may be permitted to become instead a student for the Degree of BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics (COMU109).

A student will be responsible for securing a suitable industrial placement in order to take COM390 Year in Industry. The appropriateness of the placement will be determined by the Head of Department. A student who fails to obtain a suitable placement will instead be required to become a student for the Degree of BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics (COMU109).

COM390 requires that a student will spend a minimum of 38 weeks working in an industrial establishment, the arrangements being subject to the approval of the Head of Department. A student who fails to satisfy these requirements may be permitted by the Faculty to become instead a student for the Degree of BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics (COMU109).

Year 4

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (40 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
COM3002	Human Centred Systems Design	AUT SEM	20 credits
COM3004 XCannot be taken with: COM2004 + This module cannot be taken with COM2004..	Data Driven Computing	AUT SEM	20 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MAS330 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001 + This unit cannot be taken by any student who has previously taken MAS208..	Topics in Number Theory	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS331 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS2004 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS347 MAS435 MAS435 MAS436 MAS61015 MAS61018 (when the module is running)	Metric Spaces	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS332 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS2001 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS342 MAS430 MAS436 (when the module is running)	Complex Analysis	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS333 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS220 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS442 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: MAS438	Fields	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS334 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001	Combinatorics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS336 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS211 + MAS201, MAS202.	Differential Geometry	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS348 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001 MAS2004	Game Theory	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS361 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2010 XCannot be taken with: MAS61002 + Not with MAS461.	Medical Statistics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS362 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001 XCannot be taken with: MAS61017 MAS61017	Financial Mathematics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS364 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2010 XCannot be taken with: MAS61006	Bayesian Statistics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS377	Mathematical Biology	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS465 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS205 MAS223 MAS274 + MAS274 recommended.	Multivariate Data Analysis	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
MAS322 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001	Operations Research	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS325 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001	Mathematical Methods	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS341 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001	Graph Theory	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS342 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS202 MAS211 MAS332 + MAS202, MAS332 is desirable but not essential.	Applicable Analysis	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS343	History of Mathematics	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS344 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS107	Knots and Surfaces	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS345 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2004	Codes and Cryptography	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS346 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS211 MAS220 + MAS201, MAS276.	Groups and Symmetry	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS370 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2010 XCannot be taken with: MAS61003	Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS371 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS223 MAS275	Applied Probability	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS372 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2010 XCannot be taken with: MAS61005	Time Series	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS472 + MAS364 or MAS464.	Computational Inference	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
MAS302	Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme in Mathematics	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAS360 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS223 XCannot be taken with: MAS301	Practical and Applied Statistics	ACAD YR	20 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (40 credits)

A student will take 40 credits from this group.

Semester 1
COM3110 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: COM4513 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: COM4115 + The maximum number of students allowed on the module is 160..	Text Processing	AUT SEM	10 credits
COM3310 + Maximum capacity of 30 students. Not open to students outside the Department of Computer Science..	Mainframe Computing	AUT SEM	10 credits
COM3502 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: COM4511 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: COM4502	Speech Processing	AUT SEM	10 credits
COM3503 XCannot be taken with: COM4503 + Students from departments other than Computer Science will need to demonstrate skills in imperative programming, software design and data structures and their applications, as well as experience with vector and matrix arithmetic..	3D Computer Graphics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS330 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001 + This unit cannot be taken by any student who has previously taken MAS208..	Topics in Number Theory	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS331 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS2004 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS347 MAS435 MAS435 MAS436 MAS61015 MAS61018 (when the module is running)	Metric Spaces	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS332 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS2001 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS342 MAS430 MAS436 (when the module is running)	Complex Analysis	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS333 ⇐P⇒Pre-requisites: MAS220 Is a pre-requisite for: MAS442 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: MAS438	Fields	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS334 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001	Combinatorics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS336 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS211 + MAS201, MAS202.	Differential Geometry	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS348 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001 MAS2004	Game Theory	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS361 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2010 XCannot be taken with: MAS61002 + Not with MAS461.	Medical Statistics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS362 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001 XCannot be taken with: MAS61017 MAS61017	Financial Mathematics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS364 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2010 XCannot be taken with: MAS61006	Bayesian Statistics	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS377	Mathematical Biology	AUT SEM	10 credits
MAS465 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS205 MAS223 MAS274 + MAS274 recommended.	Multivariate Data Analysis	AUT SEM	10 credits
MGT388	Finance and Law for Engineers	AUT SEM	10 credits
Semester 2
COM3001 + Prerequisites for this module are programming proficiency (preferably in MATLAB or Python) and A-level Mathematics (or equivalent)..	Modelling and Simulation of Natural Systems	SPR SEM	10 credits
COM3005	Bio-Inspired Computing and Robotics	SPR SEM	20 credits
COM3190 + Must have strong grasp of mathematical logic..	Theory of Distributed Systems	SPR SEM	10 credits
COM3240 + COMU101, COMU103, COMU06, COMU05, COMU117, COMU109, COMU118. Students from departments other than Computer Science will need to demonstrate an excellent understanding of programming (Python or Matlab) and mathematics. A level math is compulsory..	Adaptive Intelligence	SPR SEM	10 credits
COM3420 P⇒Is a pre-requisite for: COM4015 (when the module is running) XCannot be taken with: COM213 + Students from departments other than Computer Science will need to demonstrate mathematical skills, programming skills in the required language, and some experience of developing web-based systems..	Software Hut	SPR SEM	20 credits
COM3501	Computer Security and Forensics	SPR SEM	10 credits
COM3504 + The maximum number of students allowed on the module is 130.Only available to students within Department of Computer Science..	The Intelligent Web	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS322 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001	Operations Research	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS325 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001	Mathematical Methods	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS341 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2001	Graph Theory	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS342 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS202 MAS211 MAS332 + MAS202, MAS332 is desirable but not essential.	Applicable Analysis	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS343	History of Mathematics	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS344 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS107	Knots and Surfaces	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS345 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2004	Codes and Cryptography	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS346 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS211 MAS220 + MAS201, MAS276.	Groups and Symmetry	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS370 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2010 XCannot be taken with: MAS61003	Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS371 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS223 MAS275	Applied Probability	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS372 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS2010 XCannot be taken with: MAS61005	Time Series	SPR SEM	10 credits
MAS472 + MAS364 or MAS464.	Computational Inference	SPR SEM	10 credits
Full academic year
COM3500 + Only available to COMU109, COMU118, COMU48 and COMU49..	Individual Research Project	ACAD YR	30 credits
COM3550 + Agreement of the module tutor following application and interview.. Places on this module are limited. Students will be interviewed for a place on the module prior to the summer break. Successful students must then pass a DBS check (which will be conducted over the summer) before commencing the module.....	Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme in Computer Science	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAS302	Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme in Mathematics	ACAD YR	20 credits
MAS360 ⇐PPre-requisites: MAS223 XCannot be taken with: MAS301	Practical and Applied Statistics	ACAD YR	20 credits

Only ONE of the following modules may be taken: COM3550 Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme in Computer Science and MAS302 Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme in Mathematics.

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2017/18 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.