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Computer Science (Human Computer Interaction) MEng (Hons)

Level 1 options for September 2020

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

Level 2 options for September 2021

Information iconYou 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.
CodeTitleCreditsTheme
COMP23111 Database Systems10Web and Distributed Systems
COMP23311 Software Engineering 110Software Engineering / Agile Methods
COMP23412 Software Engineering 210Software Engineering / Agile Methods
BIOL22332 Motor Systems for Human Computer Interaction10
BIOL22341 Sensory Systems for Human Computer Interaction10
PSYC21112 Perception & Action5
PSYC21122 Cognitive Neuroscience10
PSYC21181 Cognition5
SOST20022 Essentials of Survey Design & Analysis20

Level 2 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 20 credits.
CodeTitleCreditsTheme
BIOL21261 Endocrinology10
BIOL21321 Membrane Excitability10
BIOL21451 How to Make a Brain10
COMP24011 Introduction to AI10
COMP26020 Programming Languages & Paradigms20
PSYC21061 Statistics and Data Analysis10
SOST20041 Market Research10

Level 2 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 10 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.
CodeTitleCreditsTheme
COMP22712 Microcontrollers10None
COMP24112 Machine Learning10
COMP24412 Knowledge-based AI10Natural Language, Representation and Reasoning
COMP25212 System Architecture10Computer Architecture
COMP27112 Introduction to Visual Computing10Visual Computing

Level 3 options for September 2022

Information iconYou 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 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 10 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.
CodeTitleCredits
COMP34711 Natural Language Processing10
COMP37111 Graphics and Virtual Environments10
COMP38311 Advanced Distributed Systems10

Level 3 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 10 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.
CodeTitleCredits
COMP34812 Natural Language Understanding10
COMP35112 Chip Multiprocessors10
COMP32412 The Internet of Things: Architectures and Applications10
COMP34212 Cognitive Robotics10

Level 3 - option pool 3

From this option pool choose a maximum of 10 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.
CodeTitleCredits
BIOL31681 Clocks, Sleep & the Rhythms of Life10
BIOL31692 Learning, Memory & Cognition10
PSYC31242 Understanding Dementia: Brain & Behaviour20
PSYC37111 Emotion20
SOAN30811 Anthropology of Vision, Memory and the Senses20

Level 4 options for September 2023

Information iconYou 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.
CodeTitleCredits
COMP40901 UG MEng Industrial Project25
MCEL40042 Business Feasibility Study15
You will be automatically enrolled on the Summer Industrial Project and MCEL40042: Business Feasibility Study which totals 40 credits

Level 4 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 15 credits.
CodeTitleCredits
COMP60411 Modelling data on the web15
COMP60711 Data Engineering15
COMP61011 Foundations of Machine Learning15

Level 4 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose 15 credits.
CodeTitleCredits
COMP61021 Representation Learning15
COMP62421 Querying Data on the Web15

Level 4 - option pool 3

From this option pool choose a maximum of 15 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.
CodeTitleCredits
SOST70011 Introduction to Statistical Modelling15

Level 4 - option pool 4

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 15 credits.
CodeTitleCredits
COMP60332 Automated Reasoning and Verification15
COMP60532 Principles of Digital Biology15
COMP60542 Introduction to Health Informatics15
COMP61332 Text Mining15
COMP63342 Software Security15

Level 4 - option pool 5

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 15 credits.
CodeTitleCredits
COMP61342 Cognitive Robotics and Computer Vision15
BMAN60422 Data Analytics for Business Decision Making15
SOST70032 Complex Survey Designs and Analysis15