Curriculum Structure

The MSc Computer Science and Engineering curriculum structure provides the following:

• Foundation Knowledge: The foundation is intended to provide common knowledge that all graduates, regardless off their concentration and anticipated future role, should posses.  The courses selected are offered in the first year of graduate study to enable the student to get the familiarity level specified in Bloom’s Taxonomy.  Two elective courses are offered during the first year in order to allow the student flexibility in mastering further computer science and engineering knowledge in anticipation of the concentration in the following year. The first elective offers the student the opportunity to master computational science, human computer interaction, parallel and distributed systems, information security. Much of the elective courses set is treated horizontally as part of core courses, but the electives are offered to ensure that student has the opportunity to further specialise the topic. The second elective option is intended to provide the students the opportunity to master areas of importance to computer science and engineering profession namely project management, economics and finance, marketing,psychology etc.
• Ethics and professional development: A core course on ethics, law and communication is intended to provide some of the fundamental social, ethical and legal rules and regulations that underpin the computer science and engineering discipline. The communication component of the core course is intended to enable the student to improve some of the essentials of communication in professional development.
• Concentration knowledge: The program offers the flexibility for students to master a specific area of specialisation in computer science and engineering (domain or program).
• Thesis/Capstone experience: This component introduces the student to two obligatory subjects:  research methods (third semester) and thesis/capstone project in the fourth semester. The component is intended to provide the student the opportunity to select a preferred mode of research and liasion with industry in the area of concentration.