Computer Science Stage 1 & 2

Students who return failing grades in a trimester amounting to 15 credits, or more, will be identified under the UCD Continuation – Academic Progress policy. Students whose rate of progression and performance over two academic years is deemed unacceptable will be referred to the Governing Board to be reviewed for exclusion from the programme.

Students who fail to progress from the stage of the programme they are registered to for more than two academic years (except where a period of Leave of Absence has been granted for one of those years) will also be contacted under the Continuation – Academic Progress Policy.

As Stages 3 and 4 have the most dynamic components of the programme, and the material studied previously may no longer be relevant, a student who has been away from the programme for a significant period should be required to register again to Stage 3. The upper limit for completion of Stages 3 and 4 should be six years if they choose to do 120 credits with 20 in each year.

A UCD Computer Science degree equips you with the necessary skills to work as a computer programmer, software engineer or architect, database designer, web developer, network engineer, systems administrator or manager, and IT consultant. Some graduates also go on to start their own companies. With a BSc in Computer Science, you are also eligible to pursue graduate study in computer science and in related areas, such as business, mathematics and engineering. Graduates also pursue research in computer science through PhD programmes in UCD or other institutions.

Students take 11 programme (core/option) modules. Students who did not achieve a minimum grade of O1 or H5 in Leaving Certificate Mathematics must take MATH00010. All other students must take MATH10200. Students can take 1 elective module in the Spring Trimester.

Students take 10 core modules plus 2 elective modules.

Students take 7 core modules and 1 option module plus 2 elective modules.



If you are interested in doing an Internship as part of Stage 4, you must indicate your interest now (in Stage 3). See full details www.ucd.ie/science/careers/internships/students/

Students take 5 Core Modules and 6 Option modules.

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 1 Core Modules
COMP10030	Algorithmic Problem Solving	Autumn	5
COMP10040	Introduction to Computer Architecture	Autumn	5
COMP10070	Formal Foundations	Autumn	5
COMP10110	Computer Programming I	Autumn	5
COMP10300	Functional Programming	Autumn	5
COMP10050	Software Engineering Project 1	Spring	5
COMP10120	Computer Programming II	Spring	5
MATH10210	Foundations of Mathematics for Computer Science I	Spring	5
MATH10220	Foundations of Mathematics for Computer Science II	Spring	5
STAT10430	Statistics with Python	Spring	5
Stage 1 Core Modules
Stage 1 Options - A)1 OF: Students who do not achieve a minimum grade of O1 or H5 in Leaving Certificate Mathematics must take MATH00010. All other students must take MATH10200.
MATH00010	Introduction to Mathematics	Autumn	5
MATH10200	Matrix Algebra	Autumn	5
Stage 1 Options - A)1 OF: Students who do not achieve a minimum grade of O1 or H5 in Leaving Certificate Mathematics must take MATH00010. All other students must take MATH10200.
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students may take COMP10310 instead of an Elective module in the Spring Trimester.
COMP10310	Web Design	Spring	5
Stage 1 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students may take COMP10310 instead of an Elective module in the Spring Trimester.
Stage 2 Core Modules
COMP20020	Digital Systems	Autumn	5
COMP20070	Databases and Information Systems I	Autumn	5
COMP20110	Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science	Autumn	5
COMP20250	Introduction to Java	Autumn	5
COMP20320	Computer Networking	Autumn	5
COMP20050	Software Engineering Project 2	Spring	5
COMP20180	Intro to Operating Systems	Spring	5
COMP20280	Data Structures	Spring	5
COMP20290	Algorithms	Spring	5
MST20050	Linear Algebra II	Spring	5
Stage 2 Core Modules
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN0OF: If not taken in Stage 1 students must take MATH10200 in Stage 2
MATH10200	Matrix Algebra	Autumn	5
Stage 2 Options - A)MIN0OF: If not taken in Stage 1 students must take MATH10200 in Stage 2
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students must register to a minimum of 50 Programme Credits (Core/Options). Students may register to 10 elective credits or select additional Option Modules from the list below in order to fulfill their Stage requirements.
COMP20090	Introduction to Cognitive Science	Spring	5
COMP20200	UNIX Programming	Spring	5
Stage 2 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students must register to a minimum of 50 Programme Credits (Core/Options). Students may register to 10 elective credits or select additional Option Modules from the list below in order to fulfill their Stage requirements.
Stage 3 Core Modules
COMP30010	Foundations of Computing	Autumn	5
COMP30030	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence	Autumn	5
COMP30070	Object-Oriented Programming	Autumn	5
COMP30940	Information Security	Autumn	5
COMP30770	Programming for Big Data	Spring	5
COMP30860	Web Development	Spring	5
COMP30870	Graph Algorithms	Spring	5
Stage 3 Core Modules
Stage 3 Options - A)1OF: All students should select COMP 30880 at the start of the academic year. Students who wish to apply for the Industry Internship module and are successfully placed on an internship will be manually registered by the School Office to COMP30790 and subsequently dropped from COMP 30880. Further information is available at: http://www.ucd.ie/science/careers/internships/students.
COMP30790	Industry internship	2 Trimester duration (Spr-Sum)	15
COMP30880	Software Engineering Project 3	Spring	15
Stage 3 Options - A)1OF: All students should select COMP 30880 at the start of the academic year. Students who wish to apply for the Industry Internship module and are successfully placed on an internship will be manually registered by the School Office to COMP30790 and subsequently dropped from COMP 30880. Further information is available at: http://www.ucd.ie/science/careers/internships/students.
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students must register to a minimum of 50 programme credits (core/options). Students may register to 10 elective credits or select additional option modules from the list below in order to fulfill their Stage requirements.
COMP30020	Computer Graphics I	Autumn	5
Stage 3 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students must register to a minimum of 50 programme credits (core/options). Students may register to 10 elective credits or select additional option modules from the list below in order to fulfill their Stage requirements.
Stage 4 Core Modules
COMP30250	Parallel Computing	Autumn	5
COMP30690	Information Theory	Autumn	5
COMP30900	Final Year Project Foundations	Autumn	5
COMP30220	Distributed Systems	Spring	5
COMP30910	FYP: Design and Implementation	Spring	10
Stage 4 Core Modules
Stage 4 Options - A)6OF: Students should select 6 modules from the list below.
COMP30230	Connectionist Computing	Autumn	5
COMP30520	Cloud Computing (UG)	Autumn	5
COMP30940	Information Security	Autumn	5
COMP40370	Data Mining	Autumn	5
COMP41400	Multi-Agent Systems	Autumn	5
COMP47490	Machine Learning (UG)	Autumn	5
SCI30080	Professional Placement-Science	Autumn	5
COMP30110	Spatial Information Systems	Spring	5
COMP30540	Game Development	Spring	5
COMP30930	Optimisation	Spring	5
COMP40010	Performance of Computer Systems	Spring	5
COMP40020	Human Language Technologies	Spring	5
COMP40610	Information Visualisation	Spring	5
COMP40660	Advances in Wireless Networking	Spring	5
COMP41280	Introduction to Information Security	Spring	5
COMP41710	Human Computer Interaction	Spring	5
COMP47480	Contemporary Software Development	Spring	5
COMP47650	Deep Learning	Spring	5
MATH30250	Cryptography: Theory & Practice	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - A)6OF: Students should select 6 modules from the list below.

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
BHSCI014	Stage 4 - 70.00% Stage 3 - 30.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47