MSc Information Technology

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University of Glasgow

Comments about MSc Information Technology - At the institution - Glasgow - Scotland

• Objectives
  This programme will equip you with advanced software development skills. It is an intensive, practically-oriented taught postgraduate programme, intended for students with good undergraduate degrees in subjects other than computing science. Specifically, this programme aims to: * enable you to benefit from leading-edge research-led teaching * enable you to apply independent research skills and knowledge in project work * prepare you for academic or industrial research careers.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements A degree in a subject other than computing science: either a cognate subject such as mathematics, physics or engineering (minimum 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent, eg GPA 3.0/4) or a degree in a non-cognate subject (minimum 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent, eg GPA 3.2/4).
• Academic title
  MSc Information Technology
• Course description
  Content
  
  Core courses:
  
      * Programming
      * Information systems and databases
      * Systems and networks
      * Professional software development
      * Professional skills
      * General readings in computing science
      * Algorithms and data structures
      * Project proposal.
  
  Options: three courses chosen from:
  
      * Advanced programming
      * Bioinformatics
      * Digitisation
      * Document encoding
      * Internet technology
      * Multimedia systems
      * Security and cryptography
      * Project management.
  
  Project: MSc students additionally undertake a substantial application project, based on a problem statement developed during the earlier project proposal course.
  
  Specialisms: By appropriate choice of electives and project you can specialise in any of the following areas of information technology:
  
      * Humanities informatics
      * Project management
      * Software development

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