Educational Aims

Our education in Computer Science is guided by the following educational aims:

• Practical experience and theoretical understanding of design methods for the specification, programming and analysis of a wide range of computing systems.
• A fundamental understanding of the scope and limits of Computer Science and Artifical Intelligence, and of their applications.
• Knowledge of the history and present state of Computer Science, and an insight into future technologies and their role in applications and society.
• The ability to plan and accomplish a substantial project.
• Relevant mathematical knowledge and experience in its applications.
• Experience in co-operative working through team projects, with their demands on the management of partners and time.
• Skills in written and oral communication.
• Skills in locating information, and the ability to read critically, to précis and to judge information.
• The ability and confidence to learn, unaided, complex new subjects.