Our degree structure may be subject to change in the future. In the event of such change, you will take specialised courses in Year 4 and develop a larger project in Year 5. Programme structure Study in this area is based on the mathematics and logic of algorithms, which form the foundations of programming. The final two years of study will consist of many specialised course choices and a personal project.

You will build on Year 1, covering more advanced programming and data structures, together with the related mathematics and broader professional and societal issues. You will also attend classes in the Nucleus building at the King’s Buildings campus. The King’s Buildings campus is around 15 minutes by bus from the Central Campus. The Nucleus building is a new shared learning, teaching and social hub, built to a sustainable and environmentally efficient design. A conceptual and practical introduction to object-oriented programming and software engineering practices. As well as providing a grounding in the use of Java, the course will cover general principles of programming in imperative and object-oriented frameworks. Introduction to Linear Algebra (20 credits) For unconditional progression to Year 3 of an Informatics Honours programme, the required minimum number of credits is 240 and you must also pass all required Year 1 and 2 courses on your degree programme. For BSc Cognitive Science students only, you must also achieve an average of 50% at the first attempt across year 2 PPLS courses taken for this degree. UG2 deferred progression after the May exam diet In the MInf degree, in addition to regular taught courses, you will undertake a substantial independent research project

Transitional Arrangement for Academic Year 2013-14:

Also in the fifth year, you take the MPP2 course, in which you do the bulk of work on your project, You will learn about the design, implementation and engineering of digital computer systems. You will create programmes replicating the behaviour of a basic computer systems using the C programming language and assembly language. Discrete Mathematics and Probability (20 credits)

Similar to Year 4, you will take further advanced courses and continue to develop your project. Potential impact on Year 5 Please note this is an overview: you can expect the compulsory courses to remain the same, but the list of optional courses on offer changes every year. We called our department the School of Informatics because we study and research more than just computer science. Informatics is the study of information, computation and communication. This can apply to artificial systems, such as computers, or natural systems such as brains, genes and living cells.We offer an integrated programme covering a wide spectrum of Informatics subject areas and taking you to a masters level qualification over five years. Students on most Informatics degrees are required to take the following compulsory courses. If you are studying Cognitive Science or are on a joint degree, you will normally do a subset of these. Informatics Large Practical (20 credits) Subject-specific exchanges are also open to students of the School of Informatics. Destinations of recent placements completed by students include: The University of Edinburgh has a wide range of partners across the world. Some of our partner universities are located in: internships and networking opportunities (with employers from local organisations to top multinationals)

You will have the opportunity to specialise, having covered much core material in previous years. Specialisation is available in the form of a wide range of course options and through the project/dissertation/thesis, which is undertaken on an individual's preferred topic, agreed with a supervisor. Compulsory courses To progress from Year 3 to Year 4 of the Bachelor's Honours degrees, you must achieve an overall mark in third year of 40 or more and pass at least 80 credits of courses at level 9 or 10 at the first attempt. An introduction to concepts of programming and computation, using the Haskell functional programming language, finite-state machines and propositional logic. Introduction to Object Orientated Programming (20 credits)

Ways to get involved

Your studies will become more focused and you will have more choice in selecting specialised courses. We offer a range of options across all areas of informatics. TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 92 with at least 20 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements. All of our programmes start with a common core of mathematics courses and informatics courses, with increasing choices for specialisation in later years depending on your interests. If you are taking a joint degree, you will also have to take compulsory courses in your second subject. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the attempt to build artificial systems that have intelligent behaviour.