Computing and Software Technologies Concentration
Requirements
| Concentration Courses | ||
| Concentration Required Courses | 9 units | |
| COMP3005 Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 units | |
| COMP4057 Distributed and Cloud Computing | 3 units | |
| COMP4107 Software Design, Development and Testing | 3 units | |
| Concentration Elective Courses* | 6 units | |
| Students must choose two courses from the following different areas of Specialization: | ||
| (1) Take at least one course from Specialization Area S1, and one course from Specialization Area S2; OR | ||
| (2) Take at least one course from Specialization Area S1 or S2 and one from Specialization Area S5. | ||
| (3) Students who plan to pursue research degrees are encouraged to take at least one course from S5. | ||
| S1: Web Technology and Data Engineering | ||
| COMP4017 Computer and Network Security | 3 units | |
| COMP4035 Database System Implementation | 3 units | |
| COMP4047 Internet and World Wide Web | 3 units | |
| COMP4087 Selected Topics in Web Technology and Data Engineering | 3 units | |
| COMP4105 Web Search Principles and Technology | 3 units | |
| COMP4127 Information Security | 3 units | |
| S2: Digital Media and Mobile Technology | ||
| COMP4025 Interactive Computer Graphics | 3 units | |
| COMP4036 Digital Media Computing and Communications | 3 units | |
| COMP4055 Medical Image Processing and Applications | 3 units | |
| COMP4076 Selected Topics in Digital Media and Mobile Technology | 3 units | |
| COMP4097 Mobile Computing | 3 units | |
| S5: Computer Science Theory and Other Advanced Topics | ||
| COMP3045 Advanced Algorithm Design, Analysis and Implementation | 3 units | |
| COMP3046 Advanced Programming for Software Development | 3 units | |
| COMP4015 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 3 units | |
| COMP4026 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 3 units | |
| COMP4066 Principles of Programming Language | 3 units | |
| COMP4067 Theory of Computation | 3 units | |
| COMP4086 Selected Topics in Theoretical Computer Science | 3 units | |
| * Any courses outside these three areas of Specialization as approved by the Department. | ||
| II. | Projects | 6 units |
| COMP4878 Innovative Computing Project I | 3 units | |
| COMP4879 Innovative Computing Project II | 3 units | |
| V. | Free Electives#^ | 24 units |
| # Students are encouraged to take additional Concentration Elective Courses (beyond the 6-unit Concentration Elective Requirement) from the above Specialization Area S1, S2 and S5, and the following Elective Courses by using the free elective units to develop different areas of specialisation for the specific preference on future development. | ||
| ^Students who plan to pursue research degrees are encouraged to take at least one course from S5. | ||
| S3: Intelligent Informatics | ||
| COMP4027 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery | 3 units | |
| COMP4045 Human Computer Interaction | 3 units | |
| COMP4075 Social Computing and Web Intelligence | 3 units | |
| COMP4085 Selected Topics in Intelligent Informatics | 3 units | |
| COMP4125 Visual Analytics | 3 units | |
| S4: Enterprise Systems and Business Intelligence | ||
| COMP3035 Health Information Technology | 3 units | |
| COMP4016 Clinical Decision Support and Information Systems | 3 units | |
| COMP4046 Information Systems Control and Auditing | 3 units | |
| COMP4077 Selected Topics in Enterprise Systems and Business Intelligence | 3 units | |
| COMP4096 Business Intelligence and Decision Support | 3 units | |
| COMP4106 E-Business Technology | 3 units | |
| COMP4126 Health Informatics: Technology and Practices | 3 units | |
| Other Elective Courses | ||
| COMP3027 Enterprise Information Systems | 3 units | |
| COMP4005 Information Systems Theory, Methodology and Architecture | 3 units | |
| COMP4037 E-Technology Architectures, Tools and Applications | 3 units | |
| COMP4056 Nature-Inspired Computing | 3 units | |
| COMP4065 Performance Modelling and Analysis of Computer Systems | 3 units | |
| COMP4115 Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization | 3 units | |
| COMP4116 Information Systems Management | 3 units | |
| COMP7930 Big Data Analytics | 3 units | |
