New Computer Science Study Plans

Common courses

All computer science study plans include the following courses:

First year	COMP1011/COMP1711 (Higher) Computing 1A
	COMP1021/COMP1721 (Higher) Computing 1B
	MATH1131/MATH1141 (Higher) Maths 1A
	MATH1231/MATH1241 (Higher) Maths 1B
	MATH1081 Discrete Mathematics
Second year	COMP2011/COMP2711 (Higher) Data Organization
	COMP2021 Digital Systems Structures
	COMP2041 Software Construction
	COMP2920 Professional Issues and Ethics
	6uoc general education
Third year	COMP3111/COMP2111 Software Engineering
Third year	6uoc general education

A total of 144uoc (48uoc per year) must be completed in each study plan. In all plans, at least an extra 24 UoC of COMP courses at level III or above must be completed.

COMPA13978 Computer Science

In the generic computer science major students must also complete 24 uoc of courses at level III or above. This is the current computer science major and is unchanged.

COMPG13978 Computer Game Design & Construction

Modern computer games are among the most challanging computer applications to create. They use advanced concepts from Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence and Networks and require the collabaration of teams containing programmers, game designers and artists.

Second year	COMP3421 Computer Graphics
Third year	COMP3411 Artificial Intelligence
	COMP3331 Computer Networks and Applications
	COMP9018 Advanced Graphics
	COMP3511 Human Computer Interaction
	COMP4431 Computer Game Programming Workshop

COMPI13978 Artificial Intelligence

The challenge of creating computer systems that can think is one of the biggest and potentially rewarding ones that we face.

Students must complete COMP3411 Artifical Intelligence in second year and at least three courses chosen from:

COMP3431 An Introduction to Intelligent Agent Architectures

COMP4411 Experimental Robotics

COMP4416 Intelligent Agents

COMP9417 Machine Learning and Data Mining

COMP9444 Neural Networks

COMP9517 Computer Vision

COMP9515 Pattern Recognition

COMPH13978 Human Computer Interaction

The most important component of any computer system is the user. Programmers skilled in user interface design are needed for successful interactive systems. Students also need to compete one additional level III computer science elective.

Second year	COMP3511 Human Computer Interaction
Third year	COMP4511 User Interface Software Design
	COMP3421 Computer Graphics

COMPR13978 Robotics

Robotics is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence with its own unique challenges.

Second year	COMP3411 Artificial Intelligence
Third year	COMP4411 Experimental Robotics
	COMP3221 Microprocessors and Interfacing
	COMP3431 An Introduction to Intelligent Agent Architectures

COMPE13978 Electronic Commerce

Second year	COMP3311 Database Systems
Second year	COMP9321 E-Commerce Systems Implementation Infrastructure
Third year	COMP3511 Human-Computer Interaction
	COMP9322 e-Commerce Systems Engineering
	COMP9323 e-Enterprise Project

COMPN13978 Networks

Second year	COMP3331 Computer Networks and Applications
Third year	COMP9332 Network Routing and Switching
	COMP9333 Advanced Computer Networks
	COMP9334 Capacity Planning of Computer Systems and Networks

COMPD13978 Databases

Second year	COMP3311 Database Systems
Third year	COMP9314 Next Generation Database Systems
	COMP9315 Database Systems Implementation

Students also need to compete one additional level III computer science elective.

Honours

In each study plan it is possible to do honours by doing an additional year containing COMP4910 Thesis A, COMP4911 Thesis B and 18uoc level IV courses and 12uoc level III courses.

Note: (Not part of Handbook entry). The "Common Courses", tabulated above, constitute the core of the current BSc Computer Science. Thus the changes are the addition of extra plans and their associated more specific requirements. As the generic plan COMPA13978 is compatible with all the other plans, in the sense that someone who completes another plan has completed the requirements of COMPA13978, any student who finds it impossible to complete a specialised plan, or who loses interest in it, will be able to transfer the generic plan.