| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-23 | 2023-07-04 |
| 2024-01-23 | - |
Program Overview
Improve your employability with practical and theoretical knowledge of computer science, ready for a career in industry.
This course is designed to match the growing need for graduates who are trained in one discipline and also skilled in computer science. You’ll gain a strong foundation in programming, software development and contemporary techniques in the industry.
Along with programming experience, the course gives you a broad overview of computer science, with opportunities to specialise in a number of different research areas.
Course highlights
specialist projects
, either proposed by you or suggested by supervisors. Recent examples of project areas include:
Project examples
The research expertise in the department allows for a wide-range of subjects for your final project at the end of the course. Recent examples from Computer Science students include:
Career prospects
On graduation, you’ll have the knowledge and transferable skills ready for a career in a range of sectors - from technology to banking, or for further study at PhD or EngD level. Our dedicated careers team offers individual guidance and help you decide between employment and further study.
With computer science forming an essential part of a number of key industries, our MSc graduates are highly sought after by employers. Graduates from the Department have gone on to work in companies including Amazon, JP Morgan and Tripadvisor in roles such as IT consultancy, software development, technology consultancy, Java development and back-end engineers.
Find out more on maximising your employability while at Bath.
Find out more about studying at Bath
Improve your employability with practical and theoretical knowledge of computer science, ready for a career in industry.
This course is designed to match the growing need for graduates who are trained in one discipline and also skilled in computer science. You’ll gain a strong foundation in programming, software development and contemporary techniques in the industry.
Along with programming experience, the course gives you a broad overview of computer science, with opportunities to specialise in a number of different research areas.
Course highlights
specialist projects
, either proposed by you or suggested by supervisors. Recent examples of project areas include:
Project examples
The research expertise in the department allows for a wide-range of subjects for your final project at the end of the course. Recent examples from Computer Science students include:
Career prospects
On graduation, you’ll have the knowledge and transferable skills ready for a career in a range of sectors - from technology to banking, or for further study at PhD or EngD level. Our dedicated careers team offers individual guidance and help you decide between employment and further study.
With computer science forming an essential part of a number of key industries, our MSc graduates are highly sought after by employers. Graduates from the Department have gone on to work in companies including Amazon, JP Morgan and Tripadvisor in roles such as IT consultancy, software development, technology consultancy, Java development and back-end engineers.
Find out more on maximising your employability while at Bath.
Find out more about studying at Bath
Program Outline
Course structure
This course lasts 1 year. It starts in September 2023 and ends in 2024. Welcome week starts on 25 September 2023.
Occasionally we make changes to our programmes in response to, for example, feedback from students, developments in research and the field of studies, and the requirements of accrediting bodies. You will be advised of any significant changes to the advertised programme, in accordance with our Terms and Conditions.
Compulsory course units
These compulsory units are currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new units.
Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer
Optional course units
These are examples of optional units currently being studied by our students.
Learning and assessment
You’ll be taught and assessed by a variety of methods and it will vary between units. These methods are designed to promote in-depth learning and understanding of the subject.
Learning
Assessment
Contact hours and workload
Overall workload
You should expect to spend approximately 35 to 40 hours a week studying on your course. These hours consist of structured activities and independent learning. You will experience a mix of in person teaching, that will take place on campus, and structured online learning delivered through the University’s virtual learning environment.
Structured learning activities
MSc programmes deliver taught unit/modules in the first and second semester, with the Summer dedicated to a dissertation. The second semester will have less structured learning as you will start to prepare for your dissertation. Both during the dissertation preparation and the dissertation, supervision will take place at times suitable to you and your supervisor.
Typically, you can expect to spend between 20 to 25 hours on structured learning activities per teaching week, of which approximately 60 to 80% will be in timetabled sessions on campus, and the remainder online. The hours of structured time are dependent on the optional units you decide to take, with more practical subjects normally having more structured time than more theoretical ones.
In-person teaching and online activities
Timetabled sessions delivered in person on campus will be a mix of lectures, seminars, tutorials, and laboratories. Online activities may include following a recorded lecture, or other learning materials, or joining a timetabled live interactive session through Microsoft Teams or Zoom.
Independent learning
The remainder of your time outside these structured activities will be spent in independent learning which includes individual research, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects, preparing coursework assignments, presentations, or revising for exams.
To support you in your studies you will be able to access, outside of timetabled learning, facilities on campus and in Bath such as study spaces, computers, and the Library.
Recognition of professional qualifications
As well as being recognised as a higher academic qualification, a number of our degrees are also accredited by professional bodies in the United Kingdom. An accredited degree may entitle you to work in a specific profession within the UK, and abroad (where there are reciprocating arrangements with professional bodies in other countries).
The requirements to practise a profession vary from country to country. If you wish to practise your profession outside the United Kingdom, you are advised to confirm that the UK professional qualification you seek is valid in the country in which you are intending to work.