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Computer Science at
University of Wales
Aberystwyth
Professor Chris Price
Head of Department
Structure of Department
 25
full-time lecturing staff
 35 support and research staff
 450 undergraduates and MSc students
 25 PhD students
Undergraduate Courses
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Common themes to degrees
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Degree schemes offered:
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Common first year of study, and much of second year
Emphasis on adaptable, vocationally oriented software
engineering education
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Internet Computing
Business Information Technology
Degree ‘flavours’ linked to our research interests
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Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence
Mobile and wearable computing
AI and Robotics
Vision, graphics and visualization
Equipment
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Computers
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Large robotics laboratory
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Cluster of Sun V880s
Sun-donated workstation rooms
Several PC-based Beowulf clusters
Assembly robots
Mobile robots
Aerobots
VICON vision system
Building new robot scientist laboratory
University is building new Visualisation Centre
Plan for new Visualisation Centre
Perspectives
Aims of our courses
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The main aim of our undergraduate single honours
degree courses is to produce good quality computer
scientists with a strong software engineering bias.
We seek to produce graduates who have a broad
knowledge of Computing, a wide skills base, good
intellectual skills and strengthened interpersonal skills.
We want our graduates to have the intellectual basis and
skills to adapt to the changes of a rapidly moving
industry, so that their skills will still be relevant in 10
years time.
Marks of success
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Top marks in QAA assessment in 2002
Degrees accredited by British Computer Society