The aim of this conversion course is to provide students with a wide understanding of Computer Science. The course is sufficiently general to give you an excellent background for a professional career in industrial or commercial organisations, and the required background in computer science to enable you to undertake further study leading to the specialisations needed for a research career. This MSc course is suitable for students with a wide range of previous experience.
The programme aims to:
- give an understanding of the theoretical basis of computer science, and its importance in software development, including formal methods.
- give an understanding of the underlying principles of computer systems, and the applications which run on them.
- give a foundation in professional standards of analysis, design, implementation, testing and documentation in software development.
- give experience in both team working and individual working.
- give an appreciation of the professional, ethical and legal obligations.
- give an appreciation of the current state and future directions of technological advances in computer science.
At the end of this course you should be able to:
- transfer skills from specific subject matter to related or unrelated projects.
- develop and use models to predict the behaviour of computer applications.
- match appropriate software development methods to given software problems.
- take a problem and implement an appropriate software solution to that problem.
- document the problem-solving process.
- demonstrate an appreciation of the advantages and problems of using computers as parts of larger systems.
Postgraduate Admissions
Department of Computer Science
University of Bristol
Merchant Venturers Building
Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UB
pga@cs.bris.ac.uk
Website: http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/admissions/pg/msc_cs.html