General information and guidance about the course is available in the handbook (local access only).

Students are required to take a load of 180 CATS credits. All students must take Research Methods for 15 CATS, the Dissertation Project for 60 CATS and Foundations of Computing for 15 CATS, along with an additional 90 CATS from the list below.

Information about applying for this course is also available.

Core Modules

Code	Name	Term	CATS Credits
CS908	Research Methods	1	15
CS907	Dissertation Project (MSc Computer Science)	2, 3 & Summer	60
CS917	Foundations of Computing	1	15

Optional Modules

Code	Name	Term	CATS Credits
CS922	High Performance Computing	2	15
CS924	Agent Based Systems	2	15
CS929	Algorithmic Game Theory	1	15
CS932	Formal Systems Development	1	15
CS933	Image and Video Analysis	1	15
CS939	Quantum Computing	2	15
CS904	Computational Biology	2	15
CS909	Data Mining	2	15
CS910	Foundations of Data Analytics	1	15
CS912	Sensor Networks and Mobile Data Communications	1	15
CS915	Advanced Computer Security	1	15
CS918	Natural Language Processing	2	15