About Computer Science with Integrated Master's, MComp - at Keele University

Gain the advanced technical, practical and research skills needed to fast-track your career in today's fast-paced, tech-focused business world. Covering everything from foundational Python programming to Cloud Computing and employability focused modules, you'll graduate ready to pursue PhD study or gain a competitive edge in the graduate employment market. Course overview Computer systems are now vital to business, government, science and society, and there is pressing need for graduates with the professional understanding, practical skills, and theoretical foundations to harness software and hardware technologies to solve real-world problems and develop the systems of the future. Our four-year MComp programme allows you to immerse yourself in the tools, techniques, and foundational theories that drive innovation in science and technology, offering the widest scope of learning in the field.

Course structure During your first year, we will support you in gaining a robust grounding in computational problem-solving skills, programming and fundamental mathematics, to equip you with the skills required for further study. Building on these foundational topics, you will explore current and emerging areas in the field, including data science, artificial intelligence and software engineering. You can also explore new topics or deep dive into areas you are passionate about by studying optional modules. Throughout the programme, you'll engage with real-world scenarios to enhance your learning.

You can hear from industry guest speakers, develop employability skills, spend time in industry with a year-long or modular placement, and even pursue a personal interest in computer science by proposing a project that showcases your knowledge and skills. In your third year you will unleash your creativity and undertake a substantial piece of research, applying theoretical knowledge and problem-solving skills to a technical, software, research or business problem. Your research project is an excellent opportunity for you to draw together skills in experimental study design, critical interpretation of data, presentation and project management. In your final year, you will also explore master's level research-led topics, in the development of software and the critical evaluation of scientific literature.

You will also complete a substantial final year project. This will allow you to integrate and apply your theoretical knowledge and problem-solving skills to an identified design and implementation need and/or an advanced research problem within the discipline. To equip you with the skills needed for your final year project, you will learn how to develop a novel research idea and plan for a research proposal in addition to exploring advanced analytics and statistical modelling techniques - to enable you to make sense of the exponential growth of big data. Accredited by the British Computer Society - The Chartered Institute for IT Extensively develop your research skills and subject knowledge by undertaking a substantial research project in your final year Explore advanced topics including Cloud computing and Collaborative Application Development Gain the professional, transferrable and employability skills that are highly valued by employers Pursue an advanced fourth year computer science research project in a topic of your choice, closely supervised by an expert academic For more details, please see the course page on the Keele website.

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