DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

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Informatics

SCQF Level 08 (10 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
INFR08031	SV1	Discrete Mathematics and Probability	Semester 1	20
INFR08020	SV1	Informatics 1 - Cognitive Science	Semester 2	20
INFR08025	SV1	Informatics 1 - Introduction to Computation	Semester 1	20
INFR08029	SV1	Informatics 1 - Object Oriented Programming	Semester 2	20
INFR08030	SS1	Informatics 2 - Foundations of Data Science	Full Year	20
INFR08026	SV1	Informatics 2 - Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures	Full Year	20
INFR08032	SS1	Informatics 2 - Software Engineering and Professional Practice	Semester 2	20
INFR08027	SV1	Informatics 2C - Introduction to Computer Systems	Semester 1	20
INFR08010	SV1	Informatics 2D - Reasoning and Agents	Semester 2	20
INFR08033	SS1	Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 8)	Full Year	20

SCQF Level 09 (5 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
INFR09042		Automated Reasoning	Not delivered this year	10
INFR09051	SS1	Informatics Large Practical	Semester 1	20
INFR09019		Introduction to Vision and Robotics	Not delivered this year	10
INFR09032	SS1	System Design Project	Semester 2	20
INFR09052	SS1	Work-Based Professional Practice A in Data Analytics	Flexible	20

SCQF Level 10 (26 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
INFR10052	SV1	Algorithms and Data Structures	Semester 1	10
INFR10087	SV1	Automated Reasoning	Semester 1	10
INFR10065	SV1	Compiling Techniques	Semester 2	20
INFR10054	SV1	Computational Cognitive Science	Semester 1	10
INFR10076	SV1	Computer Architecture and Design	Semester 1	20
INFR10074	SV1	Computer Communications and Networks	Semester 1	20
INFR10067	SV1	Computer Security	Semester 2	20
INFR10077	SS1	Computing in the Classroom	Full Year	20
INFR10061	SV1	Elements of Programming Languages	Semester 1	10
INFR10078	SV1	Foundations of Natural Language Processing	Semester 2	20
INFR10081	SS1	Honours Project (Data Science Graduate Apprenticeship)	Full Year	40
INFR10044	SS1	Honours Project (Informatics)	Full Year	40
INFR10084	SS1	Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 10)	Full Year	20
INFR10082	SS1	Informatics Project Proposal (Graduate Apprenticeship)	Semester 1	20
INFR10080	SV1	Introduction to Databases	Semester 1	20
INFR10085	SV1	Introduction to Mobile Robotics	Semester 1	10
INFR10059	SV1	Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science	Semester 1	10
INFR10069		Introductory Applied Machine Learning	Not delivered this year	20
INFR10051	SS1	MInf Project (Part 1)	Flexible	40
INFR10086	SS1	Machine Learning	Semester 1	20
INFR10079	SV1	Operating Systems	Semester 2	20
INFR10022	SV1	Professional Issues (Level 10)	Semester 1	10
INFR10064	SV1	Software Design and Modelling	Semester 2	20
INFR10057	SV1	Software Testing	Semester 1	10
INFR10075	SS1	Work-Based Professional Practice B in Data Analytics	Flexible	40
INFR10083	SS1	Work-Based Professional Practice C in Data Analytics	Semester 2	20

SCQF Level 11 (102 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
INFR11125	SV1	Accelerated Natural Language Processing	Semester 1	20
INFR11199	SV1	Advanced Database Systems	Semester 2	20
INFR11169	SV1	Advanced Message-passing Programming	Semester 2	10
INFR11170	SV1	Advanced Parallel Techniques	Semester 2	10
INFR11213	SV1	Advanced Robotics	Semester 1	20
INFR11031		Advanced Vision (Level 11)	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11101		Advances in Programming Languages	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11156		Algorithmic Foundations of Data Science	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11020	SV1	Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications	Semester 2	10
INFR11211	SS1	Applied Machine Learning	Semester 1	20
INFR11180		Artificial Intelligence, Present and Future	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11033	SV1	Automatic Speech Recognition	Semester 2	10
INFR11160	SV1	Bioinformatics 1	Semester 1	10
INFR11005		Bioinformatics 2	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11144	SV1	Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers	Semester 1	10
INFR11206	SV1	Case Studies in AI Ethics (CSAI)	Semester 2	10
INFR11094	SS1	Case Studies in Design Informatics 1	Semester 1	20
INFR11095	SS1	Case Studies in Design Informatics 2	Semester 1	20
INFR11128	SV1	Categories and Quantum Informatics	Semester 2	10
INFR11036	SV1	Computational Cognitive Neuroscience	Semester 2	10
INFR11102		Computational Complexity	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11209	SV1	Computational Neuroscience	Semester 1	10
INFR11067		Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 11)	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11021	SV1	Computer Graphics (Level 11)	Semester 2	10
INFR11049		Computer Networking (Level 11)	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11212		Computer Vision	Not delivered this year	20
INFR11115	SS1	Credits Awarded for Autonomous Systems Research [Heriot Watt University]	Semester 1	30
INFR11116	SS1	Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [Heriot Watt University] 1	Flexible	15
INFR11117	SS1	Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [Heriot Watt University] 2	Flexible	15
INFR11171	SV1	Data Analytics with High Performance Computing	Semester 2	10
INFR11007		Data Mining and Exploration	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11190		Data Visualisation	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11198	SS1	Data-driven Business and Behaviour Analytics	Semester 1	20
INFR11179	SV1	Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms	Semester 1	10
INFR11164	SS1	Dissertation (HPC with Data Science)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
INFR11166	SS1	Dissertation (High Performance Computing)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
INFR11022		Distributed Systems (Level 11)	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11194	SS1	Doing Research in Natural Language Processing	Full Year	20
INFR11088	SV1	Extreme Computing	Semester 1	10
INFR11129		Formal Verification	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11200		Foundations of Databases	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11176	SV1	Fundamentals of Data Management	Semester 1	10
INFR11193	SS1	Group Project in Advanced Natural Language Processing	Semester 1	20
INFR11203	SS1	Group Research Project (Biomedical AI)	Semester 2	20
INFR11175	SV1	HPC Architectures	Semester 1	10
INFR11017	SV1	Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)	Semester 1	10
INFR11140	SV1	Image and Vision Computing	Semester 1	10
INFR11192	SS1	Individual Project in Advanced Natural Language Processing	Semester 2	40
INFR11204	SS1	Individual Project in Advanced Natural Language Processing (80 credits)	Full Year	80
INFR11197	SS1	Individual Research Project (Biomedical AI)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	80
INFR11147	SS1	Informatics Project Proposal	Semester 2	10
INFR11136	SS1	Informatics Research Review	Semester 1	10
INFR11146		Internet of Things Systems, Security, and the Cloud (IoTSSC)	Not delivered this year	20
INFR11131	SV1	Introduction to Modern Cryptography	Semester 2	10
INFR11189	SV1	Introduction to Practical Programming with Objects	Semester 1	10
INFR11099	SV1	Introduction to Quantum Computing	Semester 1	10
INFR11182		Introductory Applied Machine Learning	Not delivered this year	20
INFR11205	SS1	Introductory Applied Machine Learning (Semester 2)	Semester 2	20
INFR11195	SS1	Issues in Clinical Data Modelling	Semester 1	10
INFR11215		Knowledge Graphs	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11093	SS1	MInf Project (Part 2)	Flexible	40
INFR11077	SS1	MSc Dissertation (Informatics)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
INFR11132	SS1	Machine Learning Practical	Full Year	20
INFR11202	SV1	Machine Learning Theory	Semester 2	10
INFR11130	SS1	Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition	Semester 1	20
INFR11097	SS1	Masters Dissertation (Design Informatics)	Semester 2	60
INFR11163	SV1	Message-passing Programming	Semester 1	10
INFR11207	SV1	Methods for Causal Inference	Semester 2	10
INFR11161	SV1	Natural Computing	Semester 1	10
INFR11157	SV1	Natural Language Understanding, Generation, and Machine Translation	Semester 2	20
INFR11174	SV1	Numerical Algorithms for High Performance Computing	Semester 1	10
INFR11024		Parallel Architectures (Level 11)	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11168	SV1	Parallel Design Patterns	Semester 2	10
INFR11023	SV1	Parallel Programming Languages and Systems (Level 11)	Semester 2	10
INFR11167	SV1	Performance Programming	Semester 2	10
INFR11150	SS1	Principles and Design of IoT Systems	Semester 1	20
INFR11134	SV1	Probabilistic Modelling and Reasoning	Semester 2	20
INFR11177	SV1	Programming Skills	Semester 1	10
INFR11173	SS1	Project Preparation	Full Year	10
INFR11187	SS1	Quantum Cyber Security	Semester 2	10
INFR11201	SV1	Randomized Algorithms	Semester 1	10
INFR11010	SV1	Reinforcement Learning	Semester 2	10
INFR11216	SS1	Research Methods in Financial Computing	Semester 2	10
INFR11188	SS1	Research Methods in Security, Privacy, and Trust	Semester 1	20
INFR11186		Robot Learning and Sensorimotor Control	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11098	SV1	Secure Programming	Semester 1	10
INFR11208	SV1	Security Engineering	Semester 2	10
INFR11210	SV1	Seminar in Cognitive Modelling	Full Year	20
INFR11124		Social and Technological Networks	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11172	SV1	Software Development	Semester 2	10
INFR11214		Standards Compliant Software Development	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11145	SV1	Text Technologies for Data Science	Full Year	20
INFR11141		The Human Factor: Working with Users	Not delivered this year	10
INFR11178	SV1	Threaded Programming	Semester 1	10
INFR11114	SV1	Types and Semantics for Programming Languages	Semester 1	10
INFR11158	SV1	Usable Security and Privacy	Semester 1	10
INFR11158	SV1	Usable Security and Privacy	Semester 2	10
DESI11100	SV1	Data Science for Design	Semester 1	20
DESI11027		Design For Informatics	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11026		Design Informatics Project	Not delivered this year	20
DESI11025	SS1	Design with Data	Semester 2	20
DESI11028	SS1	Dissertation (Design, Context & Communication)	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60
DESI11028	SS1	Dissertation (Design, Context & Communication)	Semester 2	60
DESI11073	SS1	Histories and Futures of Technology	Semester 1	20