Computer Science Msc in Newcastle University, UK

Computer Science Msc in Newcastle University

Our computer science conversion course is for those who have little or no experience in computing. You will study the principles and practice of computing. It will include the fundamentals of computing science, database design, network technologies and programming.

This course can also be taken as Continuing Professional Development (CPD), for example by ICT teachers who are switching to the new Computer Science curriculum.

Our graduates have an excellent record of finding employment (around 90%). Recent examples include:

• Graduate Trainee, British Airways
• Software Developer, IBM UK
• Graduate Developer, Scott Logic
• Software Engineer, BT

Delivery

The course is delivered by the School of Computing. You can study over one year full time or two years' part time.

The first nine months of the full time course are devoted to taught modules (120 credits), which are examined by written papers. There will be about 20 contact hours per week. You will also undertake a substantial amount of supervised and unsupervised practical work.

The taught part of the course follows three main threads:

• programming: introduces the Java programming language
• computer architecture: covers the basic structure of computers and computer networks
• software engineering: considers the problems of the design and implementation of large computing systems produced by a team of designers and programmers

You will have dedicated computing facilities in the School of Computing. You will have access to the latest tools for system analysis and development. For certain projects, special facilities for networking can be set up.

You will enjoy access to specialist IT facilities to support your studies, including:

• high specification computers only for postgraduates
• over 300 PC's running Windows, 120 just for postgraduates
• over 300 Raspberry Pi devices 
• the latest Windows operating system and development tools
• 27" monitors with high resolution (2560X1440) display
• motion capture facilities
• 3D printing facilities
• graphics processing unit
• cloud scale virtualisation facilities
• a Linux based website that you can customise with PHP hosting services
• haptic and wearable computing hardware

We have moved to the new £58m purpose-built Urban Sciences Building. Our new building offers fantastic new facilities for our students and academic community. The building is part of Newcastle Helix, a £350 million project bringing together:

• academia
• the public sector
• communities
• business and industry.

 

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