Advanced Computer Science with Software Engineering (January start)

Why this course?

Computer science supports the build, development and use of computer systems.

There is a growing need across the world for skilled, advanced computer science professionals. This course helps you develop the skills necessary to design and deploy sophisticated modern software systems in a range of application areas.

You’ll improve your practical software engineering skills and learn new theories of software development. This course gives you the necessary qualifications to get a skilled position in the computing industry.

What you'll study

On our Advanced Computer Science with Software Engineering Masters, you’ll study two 11-week semesters, each with three or four modules.

Each module typically has:

• four hours of lectures
• laboratory practicals and/or tutorials

Additional study time is required to enhance and apply your understanding of the topics covered, through further reading, self-directed study and assignments.

In the summer, between June and August, you’ll undertake an in-depth three-month research project.

A range of software systems are used to build reliable, scalable and quality solutions, and you will apply rigorous methodologies through experimental design and exploratory modelling. For example you will:

• look at AI-based approaches in detail and examine how they have been applied to a range of software engineering problems
• become familiar with a number of different cloud NoSQL systems and with the Map-Reduce programming paradigm
• demonstrate the ability to implement selections from a range of the software typically used in mobile environments

Academic requirements

Minimum second-class (2:2) Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in computer science, software engineering, or a closely-related discipline Significant software development skills, ideally in Java or another object-oriented language, are essential.

English language requirements

You must have an English language minimum score of IELTS 6.0 (with no component below 5.5). We offer comprehensive English language courses for students whose IELTS scores are below 6.0. Please see English language teaching for full details. As a university, we now accept many more English language tests other than IELTS for overseas applicants, for example, TOEFL and PTE Cambridge. View the full list of accepted English language tests.

Careers

There will be opportunities for you to meet industry employers and take part in recruitment events, in addition to taking advantage of a wealth of support offered by our award-winning careers service.

We have a dedicated careers fair for our computer science and information management students each year, with over 30 leading companies, including:

• Amazon
• JP Morgan
• Morgan Stanley
• British Telecom
• Bridgeall
• Kana
• Skyscanner
• ThinkAnalytics

As a graduate of our Advanced Computer Science with Software Engineering, you could be an analyst, architect or developer. There's a demand for advanced practitioners and researchers in the growing area of embedded systems development.