(a) ASSIGNMENT OF ACADEMIC
UNITS
| Year of Study and
No. of AUs |
No.
of AUs
for Unrestricted Electives
(including Minor) |
No.
of AUs
for Broadening |
Total
No. of AUs to graduate |
| Year |
No. of AUs |
| 1 |
26 |
15 |
15 |
151 |
| 2 |
32 |
| 3 |
29 |
| 4 |
34 |
(b) Types of Subjects
| |
Number/Duration |
AUs |
| Core
Subjects: Major |
18
|
71
|
| Core
Subjects: Broadening |
6
|
15 |
| Prescribed
Electives |
6 |
24 |
| General
Electives |
Approx.
5 or 6 |
15 |
| C
Language Proficiency |
Inter-semestral |
2 |
| Industrial
Attachment |
24
weeks |
10 |
| Computing
Innovation & Design |
5
weeks |
4 |
| Project |
Two
semesters |
10 |
| |
Total
AUs: |
151 |
|
| Computer
Science |
Curriculum Structure |
YEAR 1 |
|
|
SEMESTER 1
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No.
of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites
|
| Lect |
Tut |
Lab |
Total |
|
Core |
|
CSC101 Introduction to Computer
Systems |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
|
CSC102 Introduction to Programming
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
|
| CSC103
Foundation Mathematics |
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
| Total
No. of AUs for Semester 1: 12.0 + GE/Broadening |
SEMESTER 2
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No.
of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites
|
| Lect |
Tut |
Lab |
Total |
|
Core |
|
CSC104 Logic Design |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
|
CSC105 Data Structures and Object-Oriented
Programming |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
CSC102/
CM102 & G168/
CM101 & CM102 |
| CSC106
Discrete Mathematics |
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
| Total
No. of AUs for Semester 2: 12.0 + GE/Broadening |
Inter-Semestral (after Year 1)
|
Subject Code and Title |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites |
|
CSC110 C Language Proficiency*
|
2.0 |
CSC102 |
* this course is e-learning
based with on-line tests.
|
| Computer
Science |
Curriculum Structure |
YEAR 2 |
|
|
SEMESTER 1
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No.
of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites
|
|
Lect
|
Tut |
Lab |
Total
|
|
Core |
| CSC201
Microprocessor Programming |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC101 |
| CSC202
Algorithms |
3 |
1 |
|
4 |
4 |
CSC105,
CSC106 |
| CSC203
Software Systems and Models |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC105 |
| CSC204
Computer Graphics & Applications |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC102 |
|
Total No. of AUs for Semester
1: 16.0 |
SEMESTER 2
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No.
of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites
|
|
Lect
|
Tut |
Lab
|
Total
|
|
Core |
| CSC205
Operating Systems |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC203
|
| CSC206
Database Systems |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC202 |
| CSC207
Software Engineering 1 |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC102 |
|
Total No. of AUs for Semester
2: 12.0 + GE/Broadening |
Computing Innovation
and Design (CID)
(CID
commences from inter-semester break and
finishes 2 weeks after examinations)
|
Subject Code and Title |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites |
| CSC279
Computing Innovation and Design |
4.0 |
Carried
out with CSC207 Software Engineering I |
|
| Computer
Science |
Curriculum Structure |
YEAR 3 |
|
|
SEMESTER 1
Subject Code and Title |
No.
of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites |
| Lect |
Tut/Lab |
Total |
|
Core
|
|
CSC301 Programming Languages
|
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC102 |
|
CSC302 Net Centric Computing
|
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC205 |
|
CSC303 Software Engineering
II |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC207 |
| CSC304
AI and Intelligent Systems |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
CSC202
|
| Total
No. of AUs for Semester 1: 19.0 + GE/Broadening |
SEMESTER 2
Industrial Attachment (IA) (22
weeks - from January to June)
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites
|
|
CSC379 Industrial Attachment
|
10.0 |
For students admitted
to Year 1:
Year 3 standing and have completed at least
4 semesters of study.
For Poly direct entry
to second year students:
Year 3 standing and have completed at least
2 semesters of study. |
|
| Computer
Science |
Curriculum Structure |
YEAR 4 |
|
|
SEMESTER 1
|
Subject Code and Title |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites |
|
CSC479 Project |
- |
CSC379 |
SEMESTER 2
|
Subject Code and Title |
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites |
|
CSC479 Project |
10 |
CSC379 |
Prescribed Electives
- A total of SIX electives
are to be selected.
- A maximum of FOUR electives
are to be taken each semester
- Not all prescribed electives
are necessarily available in any one year.
- Prescribed Electives are normally
only available to Year 4 students.
- Some Prescribed Electives
may have pre-requisites. These will be clearly
stated in the STARS systems.
- The groupings given below
are merely to guide students as to which subjects
would be relevant to a particular field of study.
Students may select all six electives from the
same area or any combination of subjects from
any of the specialisation.
|
Computer Communications and
Networks |
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No. of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
|
Lect
|
Tut/Lab
|
Total
|
|
Semester 1 |
| CSC402
Advanced Computer Networks |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
CSC409 Cryptography and Network
Security |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Semester 2 |
| CSC411
Distributed Computing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC420
Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC425
Simulation and Modelling |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Computer Vision and Graphics
|
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No. of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
|
Lect
|
Tut/Lab
|
Total
|
|
Semester 1 |
| CSC407
Computer Game Programming |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
CSC414 Geometric Modelling
|
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC422
Neural Networks |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Semester 2 |
| CSC408
Computer Vision and Image Processing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC427
Visualisation |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
High Performance Computing
|
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No. of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
|
Lect
|
Tut/Lab
|
Total
|
|
Semester 1 |
| CSC402
Advanced Computer Networks |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
CSC406 Computer Architecture
|
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC409
Cryptography and Network Security |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Semester 2 |
| CSC411
Distributed Computing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC423
Parallel Processing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC425
Simulation and Modelling |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Intelligent Systems |
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No. of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
|
Lect
|
Tut/Lab
|
Total
|
|
Semester 1 |
| CSC416
Intelligent Agents |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
CSC421 Natural Language Processing
|
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC422
Neural Networks |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Semester 2 |
| CSC418
Linear Programming |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC419
Machine Learning |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC424
Robotics |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Software Engineering |
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No. of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
|
Lect
|
Tut/Lab
|
Total
|
|
Semester 1 |
| CSC401
Advanced Algorithms |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
CSC413 Formal Methods and Specifications
|
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Semester 2 |
| CSC405
Component-based Computing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC426
Software Testing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Information Management |
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No. of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
|
Lect
|
Tut/Lab
|
Total
|
|
Semester 1 |
| CSC401
Advanced Algorithms |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC403
Advanced Data Management Techniques |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC410
Digital Libraries |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
CSC415 Information Retrieval
|
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Semester 2 |
| CSC417
Introductory Bioinformatics |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC425
Simulation and Modelling |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC426
Software Testing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Advanced CS Topics |
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No. of hours per week |
No.
of AUs |
|
Lect
|
Tut/Lab
|
Total
|
|
Semester 1 |
| CSC401
Advanced Algorithms |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC404
Compiler Techniques |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC409
Cryptography and Network Security |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
|
Semester 2 |
| CSC412
Formal Languages, Automata and Computability |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC425
Simulation and Modelling |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
| CSC426
Software Testing |
3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
4 |
Broadening Subjects
The following will be deemed
compulsory.
|
Subject Code and Title
|
No.
of AUs |
Prerequisites |
Placement
of subject |
|
Core |
HW110
Effective Communications |
2 |
- |
Year 1, Semester 1 |
HW210
Technical Communications |
2 |
- |
Year 2, Semester 2 |
|
HW310 Professional Communications
|
2 |
HW001 |
Year 4, Semester 1 & 2 |
CSC183
Engineers and Society |
3 |
- |
Year 4, Semester 2 |
CSC184
Human Resource Management and Entrepreneurship |
3 |
- |
Year
3, Semester 1 |
HSSxxx
Another HSS* subj or Principles of Law |
3 |
- |
Year 2, Semester 1 |
HE191
Principles of Economics |
3 |
- |
Year 1, Semester 2 |
*Humanities and Social Sciences
