Computer Science (Human Computer Interaction) MEng (Hons)

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Level 1 options for September 2019

Information icon You must take these core units making up a minimum of 120 credits.

Level 1 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP10120	First Year Team Project	20
COMP15111	Fundamentals of Computer Architecture	10
BIOL10832	Excitable Cells	10
COMP13212	Data Science	10
COMP16321	Introduction to Programming 1	20
COMP16412	Introduction to Programming 2	10
PSYC10100	Research Methods	20
PSYC10431	Introduction to Cognition	5
PSYC11222	Brain and Behaviour	10
PSYC11322	Sensation & Perception	5

Level 2 options for September 2020

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on nine course units which total 90 credits.

For the remaining 30 credits:

You need to select a minimum of two course units totalling 20 credits or a maximum of three course units totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 1.

You may select a minimum of zero course units or a maximum of one course unit totalling 10 credits from Option Pool 2.

If you take a 20 credit whole year course unit you are not permitted to drop this unit when course unit selection reopens at the start of semester 2.

You must ensure your credits are balanced over the academic year (60 credits in each semester).

Level 2 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP23111	Database Systems	10	Web and Distributed Systems
COMP23311	Software Engineering 1	10	Software Engineering / Agile Methods
COMP23412	Software Engineering 2	10	Software Engineering / Agile Methods
COMP28112	Distributed Systems	10	Web and Distributed Systems
BIOL22332	Motor Systems for Human Computer Interaction	10
BIOL22341	Sensory Systems for Human Computer Interaction	10
PSYC21112	Perception & Action	5
PSYC21122	Cognitive Neuroscience	10
PSYC21181	Cognition	5
SOST20022	Essentials of Survey Design & Analysis	20

Level 2 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 20 credits and a minimum of 10 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
BIOL21261	Endocrinology	10
BIOL21321	Membrane Excitability	10
BIOL21451	How to Make a Brain	10
COMP24011	Introduction to AI	10
COMP26020	Programming Languages & Paradigms	20
PSYC21061	Statistics and Data Analysis	10
SOST20041	Market Research	10

Level 2 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 10 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP22712	Microcontrollers	10	None
COMP24112	Machine Learning	10
COMP24412	Knowledge Based AI	10	Natural Language, Representation and Reasoning
COMP25212	System Architecture	10	Computer Architecture
COMP27112	Introduction to Visual Computing	10	Visual Computing

Level 3 options for September 2021

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on six course units, including the Third Year Project course unit, totalling 100 credits.

For the remaining 20 credits:

You may choose a minimum of zero course units or a maximum of one course unit totalling 10 credits from Option Pool 1.

You may choose a minimum of zero course units or a maximum of one course unit totalling 10 credits from Option Pool 2.

You may choose a minimum of zero course units or a maximum of two course units totalling 20 credits from External Option Pool 1 (listed as Option Pool 3 below).

If you take a 20 credit whole year course unit you are not permitted to drop this unit when course unit selection reopens at the start of semester 2.

You must ensure your credits are balanced over the academic year (60 credits in each semester).

Level 3 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP30040	3rd Year Project (Single Honours 40 Credits)	40	None
COMP33312	Agile Software Pipelines	10
COMP33511	User Experience	10	Software Engineering / Interactive Systems Design
MCEL30031	Enterprise Management for Computer Scientists	10
MCEL30032	Managing Finance in Enterprises for Computer Scientists	10
SOST30022	Advanced Social Network Analysis	20

Level 3 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 10 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP34711	Natural Language Processing	10
COMP37111	Graphics and Virtual Environments	10	Visual Computing
COMP38311	Advanced Distributed Systems	10

Level 3 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 10 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP34812	Natural Language Understanding	10
COMP35112	Chip Multiprocessors	10	Computer Architecture
COMP38412	Cyber Security	10	Mobile Computing and Networks
COMP32412	The Internet of Things: Architectures and Applications	10	Web and Distributed Systems
COMP34212	Cognitive Robotics	10

Level 3 - option pool 3

From this option pool choose a maximum of 10 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
BIOL31681	Clocks, Sleep & the Rhythms of Life	10
BIOL31692	Learning, Memory & Cognition	10
PSYC31242	Understanding Dementia: Brain & Behaviour	20
PSYC37111	Emotion	20
SOAN30811	Anthropology of Vision, Memory and the Senses	20

Level 4 options for September 2022

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on the Summer Industrial Project and MCEL40042: Business Feasibility Study which totals 40 credits.

For the remaining 90 credits:

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 15 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 1.

You need to select one course unit totalling 15 credits from Option Pool 2.

You may select a minimum of zero course units and a maximum of one course unit totalling 15 credits from Option Pool 3.

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 15 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 4.

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 15 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 5.

Level 4 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP40901	UG MEng Industrial Project	25
MCEL40042	Business Feasibility Study	15

Level 4 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 45 credits and a minimum of 15 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP60411	Modelling data on the web	15
COMP60711	Data Engineering	15
COMP61011	Foundations of Machine Learning	15
COMP61021	Representation Learning	15
COMP62421	Querying Data on the Web	15

Level 4 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 60 credits and a minimum of 30 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP60332	Automated Reasoning and Verification	15
COMP60532	Principles of Digital Biology	15
COMP60542	Introduction to Health Informatics	15
COMP60542	Introduction to Health Informatics	15
COMP61332	Text Mining	15
COMP61342	Cognitive Robotics and Computer Vision	15
COMP62532	Component-based Software Development	15
COMP63342	Software Security	15

Level 4 - option pool 3

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 15 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
BIOL60140	Advanced Methods for Biological Sequence Analysis	15
BIOL60771	Advanced Biotechnology	15
BMAN60422	Data Analytics for Business Decision Making	15
BMAN71652	Information and Knowledge Management	15
SOST70011	Introduction to Statistical Modelling	15