EASy MSc

Syllabus

Follow this link for the official syllabus for Term 1 (Autumn) and Term 2 (Spring), with variations for part time students. Follow this link for access to recent lecture notes.

The compulsory modules are:

• Adaptive Systems
• Animal and Machine Intelligence
• Artificial Life
• Formal Computational Skills
• Neural Networks
• Programming Techniques

The options available for Term 2 (full time) or Term 5 (part time) currently involve choosing 2 options from the following list. This list is accurate as of 2006/07, but may change in future years:

• Computational Neuroscience
• Computer Vision
• Dynamics of Development
• Philosophy of Cognitive Science II
• Simulation of Adaptive behaviour
• E-Business
• Issues in Emotion and Consciousness
• Sensory and Motor Function of the Nervous System
• Topics in Evolutionary Theory
• From Signal to behaviour -- starting in 2007/2008

Towards the end of the Spring Term, students select a topic for their summer research project, and are assigned a supervisor. The research project should include a substantial practical (programming) element. At the end of August, students submit a 12000-word masters thesis, and may be asked to give a short oral presentation on their work. It is intended that there will be industrial involvement in some projects. Part time students start work on their projects in the summer of the first year, and complete it in the second year.