ACS/ASE/EIS Noticeboard

This page contains information for students on the MSc courses in Advanced Computer Science, Advanced Software Engineering, and Enterprise Information Systems

Course Director

The course director is Dr Marc Roper
email: marc.roper@strath.ac.uk
Office: LT14.13

Please feel free to contact him about any questions you have about the course. email is the best option but feel free to call in to my office if you are passing.

Introductory Information

Announcements

  • First week of teaching starts on Monday 19th September
  • CS951 tutorial and lecture are both cancelled in week 1. First CS951 classes will be Fri Sep 30th
  • CS548 lecture on Tuesday 20th September is be cancelled. First CS548 class will be Tuesday 27th September

Curriculum for 2016/2017

The list of available classes and links to syllabuses can be found at this list of postgraduate classes. Unfortunately the class CS965 Computer Security will not be running this session.

You need to select which classes you are going to take and enter your choice on Pegasus.

Advanced Software Engineering:
Select 100 credits from :-

  • Semester 1
    • CS 547 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering (20 cr)
    • CS 548 Designing Usable Systems (20 cr)
    • CS 951 Information Systems Architecture (20 cr)
    • At most one of:
      • MS 418 Project Management (20 cr)
      • CS 409 Software Architecture and Design (20 cr)
  • Semester 2
    • CS 549 Distributed Information Systems (20 cr)
    • CS 551 Mobile Software Applications (20 cr)

Advanced Computer Science:
Select 100 credits from :-

  • Semester 1
    • CS 547 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering (20 cr)
    • CS 548 Designing Usable Systems (20 cr)
    • CS 951 Information Systems Architecture (20 cr)
    • CS 976 Information Retrieval (10 cr)
    • At most one of:
      • MS 418 Project Management (20 cr)
      • CS 409 Software Architecture and Design (20 cr)
  • Semester 2
    • CS 549 Distributed Information Systems (20 cr)
    • CS 551 Mobile Software Applications (20 cr)
    • CS 556 Data Analytics (20 cr)
    • CS 975 Business Analysis (10 cr)

Timetable

Course timetables can be found here:
Timetables for 2016/17
These may be subject to slight changes, particularly at the start of semester, so also please keep checking and watch out for announcements.

Coursework Deadlines

  • CS951 group assignment due Oct 31st 2016 (50%), exam in semester one exam diet.
  • More to follow…

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