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Second Year Computer Science with Business Studies BSc 2020/21

The normal load is 120 CATS credits. Candidates for honours are required to take six core modules. The remaining balance of 30 CATS credits can be selected from the optional modules list but must include at least one IB-coded module.

In order to qualify for the third year students must be candidates for honours and have at least a second class performance in an IB-coded module. Candidates who fail to meet this requirement may be permitted to proceed to the third year of the Computer Science degree.

Core Modules

Code Name Term CATS Credits
CS241 Operating Systems and Computer Networks * 1 15
CS258 Database Systems * 1 15
CS259 Formal Languages 2 15
CS260 Algorithms * 1 15
CS261 Software Engineering 2 15
CS262 Logic and Verification 2 15

Optional Modules

Code Name Term CATS Credits
CS249 Digital Communications and Signal Processing 2 15
CS254 Algorithmic Graph Theory 2 15
CS255 Artificial Intelligence 1 15
CS257 Advanced Computer Architecture 2 15
CS263 Cyber Security 1 15
EC204 Economics 2 1, 2, 3 30
IB207 Mathematical Programming II 1 12
MA241 Combinatorics 1 12

Other Options

Code Name Term CATS Credits
  A Modern Foreign Language   12/15/24/30

*These modules will be examined normally in the first week of Term 3.

Modules from Other Departments

More information on modules taught by other departments can be found in the Module Catalogue: https://courses.warwick.ac.uk.