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Study Details: 2 years
MSc Artificial Intelligence (2 years) is a two-year conversion programme. It has been created to provide the perfect stepping stone for students aiming for a career in artificial intelligence, who may not be coming directly from a computing background
This two year programme offers an opportunity for students looking to transition to a new career path in artificial intelligence (AI), who may be coming from a background outside computing. Whether your experience lies in psychology, linguistics, science, technology or the arts, this pathway programme is a rare opportunity to become well-versed in the advanced, challenging field of AI.
The programme aims to provide intensive and high-quality preparatory graduate and postgraduate education in artificial intelligence, all within just two years. The collective programme will be taught by a variety of traditional and innovative means, making use of applied topical material relevant to research and industry. This will create a supply of robustly prepared postgraduates with skills relevant to research and industrial applications of AI, in the UK and internationally. Computer Science at Heriot-Watt is ranked 6th in Scotland by The Complete University league tables (2021).
Admission requires a good honours degree at UK 2:2 level (minimum), with evidence of numeracy and familiarity with a programming language.
This programme is designed for students with a non-Computer Science background who would benefit from a foundational year to help them to make a successful transition into AI, and therefore students will only be recruited into Year 1 of this programme.
There is no direct entry into Year 2 of this programme.
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Year 1
Four courses are taken in each of two semesters in Year 1 and normally include all core courses.
SEMESTER 1
Core courses
Software Engineering Foundations
Introduction to Interaction Design
Artificial intelligence and Intelligent Agents
OPTIONAL COURSES
Databases and Information Systems
Research Preparation in English I
Statistical Modelling and Analysis
Introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP)
SEMESTER 2
Core courses
Advanced Software Engineering
Optional courses
Project Management
Operating Systems and Concurrency
Advanced Interaction Design
Research Preparation in English II
Software Engineering Master Class
Year 2
Four courses are taken in each of two semesters in Year 2 and normally include all core courses.
SEMESTER 1
Core courses
Biologically Inspired Computation
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Optional courses
3D Graphics and Animation
Human Robot Interaction
Industrial Programming
Intelligent Robotics
SEMESTER 2
Core courses
Research Methods and Project Planning
Optional courses
Big Data Management
Computer Games Programming
Conversational Agents and Spoken Language Processing
Data Visualisation and Analytics
e-Commerce Technology
After semester 2, students continue full-time on the MSc project from May until August. It is assessed by a 15000 word dissertation on a challenging practical problem in this subject area.
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