This module aims to

• Introduce fundamental programming concepts, tools, and techniques that can be used and developed by subsequent modules.
• Equip students to develop independent postgraduate study skills in computer science, focusing on data description, summary and visualisation.
• Encourage students to develop a responsible attitude towards collaborative learning and authentic assessment.

The aims of this module are to:

• Develop students' ability to reason about data
• Engage in the full lifecycle of a database including abstract modelling, concrete realisation, CRUD interaction, and privilege allocation.

The aims of this module are to:

• Enable students to reason about computational complexity in the context any given computational problem.
• Equip students to interact with the libraries of a modern programming language, in order to harness appropriate algorithms and data structures in the solution of a computational problem.
• Develop students' ability to read and construct pseudo code.

The aims of this module are to:

• Introduce the tools, techniques, terminology and objectives of modern software engineering practice.
• Compare and contrast the significant characteristics and features of modern software engineering paradigms.
• Provide an environment for students to collaborate on a software engineering development.