入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：Normally at least a good second class honours BSc degree or qualification of equivalent standard recognised by the University in a subject with a substantial element of Computing
英语要求：IELTS 6.0
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £13,750
课程特征 Course Features：
This MSc focuses on the methodologies and technologies that address the challenges that companies are facing for competing in the volatile
markets of today. It looks at how to generate applications from high-level business models to reduce time-to-market and development costs and how to evolve legacy systems and promote business processes in an economy dominated by the need to offer and integrate, on demand, new services.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Each course consists of six core modules and two option modules (at most two of the modules marked * can be taken). Students progressing to an MSc also undertake a project.
Core modules
•Advanced System Design
•Generative Development
•Service-Oriented Architectures
•Software Process Engineering
•System Re-engineering
•Personal and Group Skills
Option modules are chosen from the following list.
Option modules
•Advanced System Design
•Advanced Web Technologies
•Algorithms for Bioinformatics
•C++ Programming and Advanced Algorithm Design
•Discrete Event Systems
•Domain Specific Languages
•Financial Information Systems
•Game Theory in Computer Science
•Generative Development
•Networking and Distributed Computing
•Semantic Web
•Service-Oriented Architectures
•Software Process Engineering
•Software Reliability
•System Re-engineering
•Analysis and Design of Algorithms*
•Applied Numerical Mathematics*
•Communication and Concurrency*
•Compression Methods for Multimedia*
•Cryptography and Information Security*
•Distribution Systems and Applications*
•Financial Mathematics*
•Operations Research*
•Programming Secure and Distributed Systems*
•Wavelets and Signal Processing*
•Web Technologies*
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Teaching is by a variety of methods including lectures, seminars, selfpaced learning and practicals. Assessment of taught modules is by coursework and examination. Coursework consists of a mixture of computer-based practicals, essays and small group projects. The compulsory Personal and Group Skills module combines attendance of seminars, group discussions and collective essay writing on topics selected for the seminars, as well as attendance at a series of workshops on transferable skills and career planning. The project is assessed separately.