Computer Science (MSC/MRes)

Course duration:

MSc Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2-3 years

MRes Full-time, 1 year. Part-time, 2-3 years

Location: Wrexham

Start month: September

These new industry-facing courses are intended for graduates from computing disciplines who wish to update or focus their computing skills and competencies for effective work within the computing industry.

The MSc course is designed to provide graduates with the skills to meet industrial and commercial needs and enable them to practise as computing and IT professionals. It is designed to be flexible, so that if you have particular interests and skills from your previous studies or experience you can choose from the widest selection of modules. It combines core modules in essential computing with specialist themes that reflect contemporary areas of demand. In this way you can match a portfolio of modules to your preferred career path.

The MRes course is a research-based masters degree for people who already have a first degree or conversion masters in computer science, who would like to explore and develop their own potential by undertaking research at postgraduate level. The content focuses on advanced techniques for information and multimedia based system development.

Key Facts

• Opportunity to study a wide variety of topics in depth
• Optional modules enable you to develop specialist skills in a variety of areas
• Lecture/tutorial and practical sessions are enhanced with additional, resource rich, online materials allowing you to continue independent learning through a variety of approaches
• Taught by staff leading research into the areas of the internet and computer networks
• Research activities are associated with the University's computing research group, the Centre for Applied Internet Research (CAIR). Within the Centre are research/ project teams concerned with various aspects of internet technologies and applications including Network Algorithms, Network Design and Management and Human Computer Interaction

Career Opportunities

These courses open up a wide range of career opportunities in industry, commerce and academia, with graduates taking up posts as software designers and engineers, analysts or consultants in the computer software industry. The MSc can also lead to further postgraduate study or research. Graduates will have demonstrated a systematic understanding and critical awareness, much of it at the forefront of the discipline; a comprehensive and practical understanding of applicable techniques; originality in the application of knowledge; the ability to evaluate current research and methodologies; and the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.

Course Content

Personal development planning is an integral part of the learning process of each element of the course.

MSc Computer Science

• Postgraduate Study and Research Methods
• Future & Emerging Technology
• Networking Hardware & Software
• Networking Techniques & Technologies
• Dissertation / Project Options
• IT Project Management
• Professional Challenges in Computing
• Multimedia Development Environments
• Applied Sound and Music Production
• Commercial Website Design & Development
• Web and Mobile Application Development

MRes Computer Science

• Postgraduate Study and Research Methods
• Future & Emerging Technology
• Research Project Options
• IT Project Management
• Professional Challenges in Computing
• Multimedia Development Environments
• Applied Sound and Music Production
• Networking Hardware & Software
• Networking Techniques & Technologies
• Commercial Website Design & Development
• Internet and Mobile Application Development

Entry Requirements

The standard entry requirement for these programmes is an honours degree of at least 2:2 classification in a Computer Science related subject area, or equivalent in any science-based degree with a strong computing and/or engineering element. In some cases applicants with substantial commercial or industrial experience can be accepted, subject to interview and references.

Assessment

For the MRes you will be expected to give a seminar on your research project in addition to submitting a written thesis. Several of the taught modules will include guided study of the research literature, including seminars and tutorial discussions.

Find out more

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Alternatively, you can telephone 01978 293082 or email n.houlden@glyndwr.ac.uk