ObjectivesStudents are taught to understand the theoretical principles underlying a problem, and to be able to engineer a solution. Students are also led to a real understanding of the practical issues involved in the development of reliable and effective software systems in a business or industrial context. As well as learning to program, and to think analytically, you will be encouraged to develop your abilities to work in a team and to communicate effectively.
Practical experienceYou'll spend your third year in France, either studying computer sciences at one of our partner institutions
Entry requirements-GCE/VCE A Levels - ABB including A Level Mathematics and A Level French -BTEC National Award: Distinction and Grades BB in A Level Mathematics and French -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AB+BB including A Level Mathematics and A Level French -Scottish Highers: AAAB including Mathematics and French -Scottish Advanced Highers: ABB including Mathematics and French -Irish Leaving Cert. - AABBB including Mathematics and French -International Baccalaureate - 33 points including 5 points in Mathematics and French at Higher Level
Academic titleComputer Science and French BSc
Course descriptionThis is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Continuous Foundations
-Discrete Foundations
-French Studies I
-French Studies II
-Introduction to Programming
-Language and Communication Skills I
-Language and Communication Skills II
-Object-Oriented Programming
-Requirements Engineering
-Systems Design and Testing
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Abstract Data Types
-Actualites Francaises I
-Actualites Francaises II
-Computer Architectures
-Functional Programming
-Language and Communication Skills III
-Language and Communication Skills IV
-Machines and Languages
-Network Architectures
-Professional Issues
-Crime and Fiction in French: I
-Crime and Fiction in French: II
-Francophone Women Poets I
-Francophone Women Poets II
-History Of The Language I
-History Of The Language II
-Images of the Occupation I
-Images of the Occupation II
-L'Exclusion Sociale en France I
-L'Exclusion Sociale en France II
-La Bande Dessinee I
-La Bande Dessinee II
-La Francophonie: Langue, Colonie et Civilisation I
-La Francophonie: Langue, Colonie et Civilisation II
-Le Francais des Affaires I
-Le Francais des Affaires II
-Medieval Short Stories I
-Medieval Short Stories II
-Narratives of Confinement I
-Narratives of Confinement II
-New French Theatres 1950 - 1970 I
-New French Theatres 1950 - 1970 II
-Paris 1857-1897: Image and Text I
-Paris 1857-1897: Image and Text II
-Teaching Modern Languages I
-Teaching Modern Languages II
-Twentieth-Century Literature And Thought I
-Twentieth-Century Literature And Thought II
-Writing the Revolution I
-Writing the Revolution II
Typical Third Year Modules
We do not currently have any module information available for this year of the course.
Typical Fourth Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Software Hut
-Database Technology
-Human Computer Interaction and Graphical Interfaces
-Language and Communication Skills V
-Language and Communication Skills VI
-Systems Analysis and Design
-Around Cubism: Text and Image I
-Around Cubism: Text and Image II
-Contemporary Theatres in France I
-Contemporary Theatres in France II
-Feminism in Contemporary French Culture and Thought I
-Feminism in Contemporary French Culture and Thought II
-France in the Fifties I
-France in the Fifties II
-Gender, Society and Economy in France I
-Gender, Society and Economy in France II
-La Politique et la Fiction II
-La Politique et la fiction I
-Le Rire Gaulois I
-Le Rire Gaulois II
-Le Siècle des Lumières I
-Le Siècle des Lumières II
-Literature and Politics of the 'Post(-)colonial' I
-Literature and Politics of the 'Post-Colonial' I
-Paris Post War I
-Paris Post-War II
-Pattern Processing
-Perceptions of Women in Medieval and Renaissance France I
-Perceptions of Women in Medieval and Renaissance France II
-Réflexions sur la Société de Consommation: I
-Réflexions sur la Société de Consommation: II
-Surrealism I
-Surrealism II
-Symbolic Reasoning