Artificial Intelligence BSc (Hons)

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Level 1 options for September 2018

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on these nine course units which total 120 credits.

Level 1 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP10120	First Year Team Project	20
COMP11120	Mathematical Techniques for Computer Science	20
COMP11212	Fundamentals of Computation	10
COMP12111	Fundamentals of Computer Engineering	10
COMP14112	Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence	10
COMP15111	Fundamentals of Computer Architecture	10
COMP16121	Object Oriented Programming with Java 1	20
COMP16212	Object Oriented Programming with Java 2	10
COMP18112	Fundamentals of Distributed Systems	10

Level 2 options for September 2019

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

For the remaining 30 credits:

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 10 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 20 credits from Option Pool 1. You may choose a minimum of zero course units and a maximum of 10 credits from Option Pool 2.

You may choose a maximum of 10 credits of external units from External Option Pool 1 and a maximum of 10 credits of external units from External Option Pool 2.

External option units can be any Level 1 or 2 options, provided that they fit with your timetable and you meet all pre-requisites , these may be:

- Business and Management course units: https://www.ambs.ughandbook.manchester.ac.uk/non-ambs-students/
- University College course units
- Language course units: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/study/university-language-centre-leap-courses/course-information/leap-courses/courses-for-all/
- HSTM20282 Information Visions https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2021/00485/bsc-biology-with-science-and-society/course-details/HSTM20282#course-unit-details

Please note: to enrol on some external course units (such as Language) will require permission from the associated School/Department.

To select any external course units outside of the list given above will require permission from the 2nd Year Tutor.

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	Fundamentals of Databases	10	Web and Distributed Systems
COMP23311	Software Engineering 1	10	Software Engineering / Agile Methods
COMP23412	Software Engineering 2	10	Software Engineering / Agile Methods
COMP24111	Machine Learning and Optimisation	10	Learning and Search in Artificial Intelligence
COMP24412	Symbolic AI	10	Natural Language, Representation and Reasoning
COMP25111	Operating Systems	10	Computer Architecture
COMP26120	Algorithms and Imperative Programming	20	Programming and Algorithms / Computer Languages

Level 2 - option pool 1

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

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP21111	Logic and Modelling	10	Rigorous Development
COMP22111	Processor Microarchitecture	10	System-on-Chip

Level 2 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 20 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP22712	Microcontrollers	10	None
COMP25212	System Architecture	10	Computer Architecture
COMP27112	Computer Graphics and Image Processing	10	Visual Computing
COMP28112	Distributed Computing	10	Web and Distributed Systems
COMP28512	Mobile Systems	10	Mobile Computing and Networks

Level 3 options for September 2020

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on the Third Year Project course unit which totals 40 credits.

For the remaining 80 credits:

You need to select 10 credits from semester 1 and 10 credits from semester 2 in Option Pool 1.

You need to select a minimum of two courses totalling 20 credits or a maximum of three courses totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 2.

You need to select a minimum of two courses totalling 20 credits or a maximum of three courses totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 3.

You may choose a maximum of 10 credits of external units from External Option Pool 1 and a maximum of 10 credits of external units from External Option Pool 2.

External option units can be any Level 2 or 3 options, provided that they fit with your timetable and you meet all pre-requisites, these may be:

Business and Management course units: https://www.ambs.ughandbook.manchester.ac.uk/non-ambs-students/
- University College course units
- Language course units: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/study/university-language-centre-leap-courses/course-information/leap-courses/courses-for-all/
- HSTM20282 Information Visions https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2021/00485/bsc-biology-with-science-and-society/course-details/HSTM20282#course-unit-details

Please note: to enrol on some external course units (such as Language) will require permission from the associated School/Department.

To select any external course units outside of the list given above will require permission from the 3rd Year Tutor.

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. This includes the option BMAN30010.

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	Third Year Project Laboratory	40	None

Level 3 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 40 credits and a minimum of 20 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP32211	Implementing System-on-Chip Designs	10	System-on-Chip
COMP33511	User Experience	10	Software Engineering / Interactive Systems Design
COMP36111	Algorithms and Complexity	10	Programming and Algorithms
COMP36511	Compilers	10
COMP37111	Advanced Computer Graphics	10	Visual Computing
COMP38411	Cryptography and System Security	10	Mobile Computing and Networks
COMP38211	Documents and Data on the Web	10

Level 3 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 40 credits and a minimum of 20 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP33712	Agile Software Engineering	10
COMP34412	Natural Language Systems	10	Natural Language, Representation and Reasoning
COMP35112	Chip Multiprocessors	10	Computer Architecture
COMP36212	Mathematical Systems and Computation	10	Programming and Algorithms
COMP37212	Computer Vision	10	Visual Computing
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 20 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP34120	AI and Games	20	Learning and Search in Artificial Intelligence