Stream of Study

Cyber Security

The Cyber Security Stream is a multidisciplinary area of study and professional activity concerned with state-of-the-art technology in cyber security. The curriculum covers different aspects of cyber security from different perspectives, including technical, organisational, human-oriented and legal.

Multimedia Computing

The Multimedia Computing Stream focuses on multimedia computing, communications, analytics, visualisation and applications.

Multimedia Computing encompasses media coding and processing, streaming-media middleware, media representations, real-time protocols, media analysis, and human-interaction and visualisation techniques.

Students are encouraged to develop innovative ideas using the latest development in technology such as mobile devices and big-data analytics.

Financial Computing

The Financial Computing Stream is the study of data and algorithms used in finance and the mathematics of computer programs that realise financial models or systems.

Financial Computing emphasises practical numerical methods and focuses on techniques that are directly applicable to business and financial analysis.

The emphasis will be in the computing aspect of the financial industry.

General Stream

The General Stream covers a broad, comprehensive range of Computer Science subjects, including a wide range of courses from which students can choose from. It offers students the most flexibility to design their own study portfolio based on their career aspiration or requirements.

Pattern of Study

Students are required to complete 72 credits of courses selected from the syllabus which must include capstone experience.

Enrolment Mode

Students can study in one of the following enrolment modes:

(a)Courses (60 credits)^ + Project (12 credits)

     i.e. 10 Courses + Project

OR

(b)Courses (48 credits)^ + Dissertation (24 credits)

     i.e. 8 Courses + Dissertation

^ Each course normally carries 6 credits

Selection of Courses

Students shall select courses in accordance with the regulations of the degree. To qualify as a graduate of Cyber Security, Financial Computing, or Multimedia Computing Stream, students must complete at least 24 credits of courses in the corresponding subject group, and undertake a dissertation or a project in the area of the corresponding stream as capstone experience. For General Stream, students can choose any in the curriculum, and undertake a dissertation or a project in any area in computer science as capstone experience.

Students may enrol in two non-discipline courses^# (at most 12 credits in total), which are Taught Postgraduate level courses offered by the Departments in Faculty of Engineering, as electives.

# subject to the availability of the class quotas, and subject to approval by the Programme Directors/Course Co-ordinators/Heads of departments concerned.

Capstone Experience – Dissertations and Projects

The capstone experience will definitely be beneficial for students to put together what they have learnt in the programme and demonstrate a deeper understanding of the knowledge they have acquired. Students are required to complete a dissertation (24 credits) or a project (12 credits), and attend some supplementary workshops. The dissertation / project would represent students’ consolidated capstone experience in their study.