Computer Science

Description

This is a three year programme, and is also available with a year in industry (making it a four year programme). Your first two years will give you a solid foundation in Computer Science, and you will see not only what is needed now, but how things actually work, and how they may work in the future.

In your third year, you will be able to sharpen the focus of the programme, and exercise your creativity more. This is especially true of the third year project in which your particular interests can be given full rein. Also, options can be chosen from a wide variety of topics that encompass recent developments in Computer Science, including cutting-edge research that is being undertaken within the Department.

Practical and project work receives great emphasis throughout the course: the Department's teaching laboratories include software laboratories equipped with workstations, first and second year bench laboratories for experiments in digital electronics and microprocessor systems, and project laboratories for third year work.

Detailed Course Facts

• EUR 10778 Year (EEA)
• EUR 19808 Year (Non-EEA)

Home/EU: £9,000; Overseas: £16,540

• English

Course Content

First Year

The first year contains essential fundamental material in programming, computer architectures and human-computer interfaces. It also contains mathematical and theoretical foundations of computer science.

Second Year

The second year continues with fundamental material, such as 'Principles of Programming Languages', 'Systems and Compilers', and 'Computability and Complexity'. Slightly more specialised topics start to be introduced, for example 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'Vision and Graphics'. Furthermore, all students can choose between a large Software Engineering project or a Hardware project.

Third Year

Once you reach your third year, there is more flexibility and you can choose 4 modules from a range of options and you also choose an individual final year project.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 CAE score : 80(Grade A) TOEFL paper-based test score : 600 TOEFL iBT® test : 100

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

UK A-levels: AAB

IB Diploma Programme: 34 points including HL 6 in essential subjects

Scottish Qualifications: AAAAB at Higher Level and AB at Advanced Higher Level

BTEC: DDD in National Diploma plus A level Mathematics

Check our website www.cs.york.ac.uk/undergraduate for other acceptable qualifications.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of York.

Accreditation

You will receive a BSc or BEng on graduation, which are accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the BSC (British Computing Society), the Charterd Institute for IT .

If you chose to take a year in industry, this is an accredited part of your degree. This is part of the training you would need to become a Chartered Engineer (CEng).