Unit 1
Computing as a Profession – Responsibilities and Challenges
Module Aims
- Examine the professional roles, skillsets, ethical responsibilities of computer science professionals.
- Examine the relevant computing architectures, practices, applications, data representation and standards in both hardware and software perspectives.
- Develop an understanding of key computational theories and programming concepts.
- Develop an increasing confidence in applyting efficient algorithm and programming practices.
- Develop an ethos of professional development, highlighting major ethical-social-corporate responsibilities underpinning the concepts of threats, securities and global impacts prevailing in recent technilogical innovations.
Unit 2
Introduction to Computer Architecture and the Functionality
Unit 3
Emerging Trends in Computer Science
Unit 4
Computing Infrastructure and Network
Unit 5
Software as a Tool - Its Functionality and Development Methodologies
Unit 6
System Software – Operating Systems
Unit 7
Data Abstraction
Unit 8
An Introduction to Algorithms and Basic Programming Concepts
Unit 9
Solving Problems Using Python
Unit 10
Data Representation using Database Concepts
Unit 11
Advanced SQL
Unit 12
Research Topics in Computer Science – Data Science, AI and Standards