Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science

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School of Science and Technology

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Year 1 Entry : JS9718

Year 1 Entry : BSCHCSJ1

Senior Year Entry : BSCHCSJS

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Introduction

The Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science (BSCHCS) programme is offered by the Computing Programme Team of the School of Science and Technology. It provides senior year entry for holders of a recognized Associate Degree or Higher Diploma qualification. It aims to equip graduates to become computing professionals with a breadth of knowledge of theories and practices in the field of computer science.

Graduates are expected to have an in-depth understanding with practical knowledge of specialized areas of artificial intelligence and smart technologies. They are prepared for entering the computer career market and to satisfy the computing needs in industry and commerce.

Computing students have also regularly won prizes in computing and IT contests.

Admission Requirements and Application

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Career Prospects and Further Studies

Graduates are qualified to work as professional software developers, software engineers, mobile application developers, AI and machine learning designers. The training received by the graduates would allow them to continuously develop their professional skills in selected areas such as AI, data mining and cyber security. They would also acquire skills and knowledge of the business and industrial world beneficial for possible future promotion to a managerial or leadership position.

Year 1 Entry
Year 2 Entry
Year 3 Entry

General Structure

Students admitted to the programme through Year-1 Entry are required to successfully complete at least 120 credit-units of which at least 24 credit-units should be taken at 3000-level and another 24 credit-units at 4000-level.

Programme Structure

Year 1 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn Term	COMP 1080SEF	Introduction to Computer Programming	3
	IT 1020SEF	Computing Fundamentals	3
	MATH 1410SEF	Algebra & Calculus	3
		General Education Course#	3
		University English	3
Spring Term	COMP 2090SEF	Data Structures, Algorithms & Problem Solving	3
	IT 1030SEF	Introduction to Internet Application Development	3
	STAT 1510SEF	Probability & Distributions	3
		General Education Course#	3
		University English	3

Year 2 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn Term	COMP 2020SEF	Java Programming Fundamentals	3
	COMP 2660SEF	Computer Architecture	3
	COMP 2640SEF	Discrete Mathematics	3
	MATH 2150SEF	Linear Algebra	3
Spring Term	COMP 2030SEF	Intermediate Java Programming & User Interface Design	3
	COMP 2650SEF	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	3
	COMP 2670SEF	Operating Systems	3
	STAT 2610SEF	Data Analytics with Applications	3
	IT 2900SEF	Human Computer Interaction & User Experience Design	3

Year 3 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn Term	COMP 3500SEF	Software Engineering	3
	COMP 3120SEF	Java Application Development	3
	COMP 3810SEF	Server-Side Technologies and Cloud Computing	3
	COMP 3200SEF	Database Management	3
		Social Responsibilities	1
		University Core Values	2
		The Effective Communicator and Teamwork	3
Spring Term	COMP 3510SEF	Software Project Management	3
	COMP 3130SEF	Mobile Application Programming	3
	COMP 3800SEF	Web Applications: Design and Development	3
	COMP 3920SEF	Machine Learning	3
		Entrepreneurial Mindset and Leadership	3
Summer Term	COMP 4950SEF ^	Professional Placement (elective)	3

Year 4 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn Term	COMP 4560SEF	Software System Development Project	6
Autumn Term		Four 4000-level Designated Elective Courses	12
Spring Term	COMP 4560SEF	Software System Development Project	-
		Four 4000-level Designated Elective Courses	12

Remarks

^ Student who has completed COMP 4950SEF (Professional Placement) in Year-3 Summer Term may take one less elective course in Year-4 study.

#General Education course:
Students should take General Education courses from fields of study which are different from those of their programmes.

The programme structure is subject to timely review

Programme Structure

Students pursuing this programme must successfully complete 120 credits of courses

Year 2 Courses

Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
IT S103F	Introduction to Internet Application Development	5
COMP S202F	Java Programming Fundamentals	5
COMP S264F	Discrete Mathematics	5
COMP S266F	Computer Architecture	5
COMP S267F	Operating Systems	5
STAT S261F	Data Science Fundamentals with Applications	5
COMP S208F	Introduction to Computer Programming	5
COMP S209F	Data Structures, Algorithms, and Problem Solving	5

Year 3 Courses

Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
COMP S265F	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	5
COMP S312F	Java Application Development	5
COMP S313F	Mobile Computing	5
COMP S320F	Database Management	5
COMP S350F	Software Engineering	5
COMP S380F	Web Applications: Design and Development	5
COMP S381F	Server-side Technologies and Cloud Computing	5
ITS 290F	Human Computer Interaction and User Experience Design	5

Year 4 Courses

Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
COMP S456F	Software System Development Project	10
30 credits from the following elective courses in Computer Science
COMP S321F	Advanced Database and Data Warehousing	5
COMP S333F	Advanced Programming and AI Algorithms	5
COMP S351F	Software Project Management	5
COMP S362F	Concurrent and Network Programming	5
COMP S363F	Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing	5
COMP S382F	Data Mining and Analytics	5
COMP S390F	Creative Programming for Games	5
COMP S492F	Machine Learning	5
ELEC S305F	Computer Networking	5
ELEC S348F	IOT Security	5
ELEC S371F	Digital Forensics	5
ELEC S431F	Blockchain Technologies	5
ELEC S425F	Computer and Network Security	5

Programme Structure

Students pursuing this programme must successfully complete 80 credits of courses.

Year 3 Courses

Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
COMP S265F	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	5
COMP S312F	Java Application Development	5
COMP S313F	Mobile Computing	5
COMP S320F	Database Management	5
COMP S350F	Software Engineering	5
COMP S380F	Web Applications: Design and Development	5
COMP S381F	Server-side Technologies and Cloud Computing	5
ITS 290F	Human Computer Interaction and User Experience Design	5

Year 4 Courses

Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
COMP S456F	Software System Development Project	10
30 credits from the following elective courses in Computer Science
COMP S321F	Advanced Database and Data Warehousing	5
COMP S333F	Advanced Programming and AI Algorithms	5
COMP S351F	Software Project Management	5
COMP S362F	Concurrent and Network Programming	5
COMP S363F	Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing	5
COMP S382F	Data Mining and Analytics	5
COMP S390F	Creative Programming for Games	5
COMP S492F	Machine Learning	5
ELEC S305F	Computer Networking	5
ELEC S348F	IOT Security	5
ELEC S371F	Digital Forensics	5
ELEC S431F	Blockchain Technologies	5
ELEC S425F	Computer and Network Security	5

Peer Tutors

Peer tutors are student leaders who tutor other, often junior, students. Empirical studies have found that peer tutoring is beneficial to both the tutors, the tutees and instruction as a whole, and so it has been implemented in an increasing number of universities around the world.

Student Society

Fulltime Student Society of Computing is a departmental student organization. The work of the Fulltime Student Society of Computing has been highly valued by the department and students. They are pivotal in increasing student engagement and culture of motivation and excellence.