入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree. Mature applicants with relevant experience will also be considered on an individual basis.
英语要求：IELTS 6.0, with not less than 6.0 in each section. Internet TOEFL with 80 overall including 22 in Speaking and 24 in Writing.
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £13,900
课程特征 Course Features：
This degree programme provides a solid grounding in the major themes of the area, including: artificial life, adaptive systems, biologically inspired robotics, complex adaptive systems, dynamical systems approaches to cognition, evolutionary systems and evolutionary computing, as well as natural and artificial neural systems.
This well-established programme is taught by leading experts and there are many opportunities to interact with the thriving local community of researchers in this field. Students have access to specialist facilities including robotics labs.
During the summer term you undertake a dissertation project under the supervision of a member of faculty. This will give you the opportunity to develop further what you have learnt in the context of a piece of research. It is not unusual for work from dissertation projects to be published in conference proceedings or journals.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Autumn term: you choose from Academic Development ▪ Artificial Life ▪ Intelligence in Animals and Machines ▪ Issues in Philosophy of Cognitive Science I: Consciousness ▪ Mathematics and Computational Methods for Complex Systems ▪ Object-Oriented Programming.
Spring term: Adaptive Systems ▪ Neural Networks. You also take two options from Computational Neuroscience ▪ Dynamics of Development ▪ Issues in Philosophy of Cognitive Science II ▪ Sensory and Motor Functions of the Nervous System ▪ Simulation of Adaptive Behaviour ▪ Topics in Evolutionary Theory. Not all options are available every year. Additional options may be available.
Summer term: you undertake supervised work for the MSc dissertation, which is usually based on a programming project.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
You are assessed by coursework, unseen examinations, essays, programming projects and a 12,000-word dissertation.
职业机会Career opportunities:
Computing needs skilled scientists to be involved in system design. Advanced Computer Science connects with research in the School of Informatics, while retaining very practical connections with software engineering, advanced networking issues and options in areas including multimedia, web systems, security and business.
Computing with Digital Media is for applicants intending to deepen their understanding of multimedia applications and virtual environments. We have many links with industry; and an Industrial Board that advises on our Masters programmes and is involved in setting up and advising on dissertation projects, guest lectures and recruitment events.