This table shows the main generic skills which students would be expected to have acquired at the completion of the study of the undergraduate subjects offered by the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. This information should be read in conjunction with the description of the content in the handbook entry for the subject.

433-151 Introduction to Programming (Advanced) 433-171 Introduction to Programming	be able to solve computational problems by applying generic solutions involving abstract types and dynamic data structures; be able to solve numerical problems and implement those solutions using a high-level imperative language (C); be able to make effective use of the Unix operating system, electronic mail, and web browsers;
433-152 Algorithmic Problem Solving (Advanced) 433-172 Algorithmic Problem Solving	be able to solve computational problems by applying generic solutions involving abstract types and dynamic data structures; be able to solve numerical and symbolic problems of moderate complexity; be able to implement those solutions using imperative and functional programming languages (C, Haskell).
433-252 Software Development: Principles and Tools	be able to apply software development principles to programming tasks; be able to use software development tools that support these principles; be able to participate effectively in a small software-development team.
433-253 Algorithms and Data Structures	be able to solve computational problems by applying a broad range of standard algorithms involving abstract types and dynamic data structures; be able to analyse the relative advantages of different algorithms for solving the same problem; be able to implement those solutions using a high-level imperative language (C); be able to reason about functional programs (Haskell).
433-254 Software Design	be able to undertake object-oriented design using a standard modelling language (UML); be proficient in writing small programs in an object oriented language (Java); be able to apply a range of small-scale software design techniques.
433-255 Logic and Computation	be able to analyse discrete systems of moderate complexity; be able to reason about formal properties of programs and to write formal proofs; be able to use logic as a formalism for describing and solving problems and to implement the solutions using a logic programming language (Prolog).
433-258 Database Systems for Engineers	be able to use a data manipulation language (SQL) to interact with database systems; be able to apply their knowledge of database architectures to use databases efficiently;
433-303 Artificial Intelligence	be able to reason about the capabilities and limitations of artificial intelligence algorithms involving search, logical inference and learning; be able to formulate suitable problems so that they can be addressed using artificial intelligence algorithms; be able to solve complex problems using standard algorithms of artificial intelligence, and to implement the solutions using a logic programming language (Prolog).
433-313 Computer Design	be able to write programs that simulate components of a computer system; be able to identify appropriate performance measures for a specific computing task; be able to evaluate the suitability of a given computer design for a specific task, and to evaluate the impact of architectural choices on the portability and performance of computer programs.
433-330 Theory of Computation	be able to reason about abstract models of computational devices and the inherent complexity of computational problems; to be able to use these models to construct formal solutions to diverse computational problems; be able to apply formal notations and techniques in reasoning about machines and programs.
433-332 Operating Systems	be able to evaluate the suitability of a given operating system for a specific task; be able to apply a knowledge of operating systems to improve the performance of computer programs; be able to write programs that simulate components of an operating system.
433-340 Software Engineering Project	be able to select and manage a variety of software engineering lifecycles and methods; be able to work in small, multi-cultural teams, acting professionally, and planning effectively; be able to analyse, design and implement small software systems; be able to communicate effectively in written and oral presentations.
433-341 Software Engineering Process and Practice	be able to analyze conventional software life-cycle models in terms of their phases and activities; be able to analyse requirements and specify software systems, and select and apply appropriate design techniques; be able to use standard techniques and tools for achieving software quality.
433-342 Software Engineering Methods	be able to apply standard methods to assess software reliability; be able to apply software testing techniques in the development of reliable software; be able to use a variety of tools to support software engineering processes.
433-343 Professional Issues in Computing	be able to identify potential conflicts between computer applications and legal or ethical considerations, and to exercise professional judgement in resolving these conflicts; be able to participate in online and face to face discussions; be able to formulate and present written and oral arguments on social issues related to computing; be able to perform a literature search and present information with appropriate citations;
433-351 Database Systems	be able to reason about the logical structure of data and queries; be able to use a data manipulation language (SQL) to interact with database systems; be able to apply their knowledge of database architectures to use databases efficiently; be able to administer a database system; be able to participate effectively in a team to develop a web database.
433-353 Networks and Communications	be able to analyze network architectures, algorithms and protocols; to be able to develop algorithms that employ networking protocols; be able to reason about social, economic, political, and historical factors which influence the past and future development of computer networks.
433-361 Programming Language Implementation	be able to analyze formal grammars and parsing algorithms, and choose the appropriate parsing algorithm for a given grammar; be able to analyze imperative, object-oriented, functional and logic programming paradigms in terms of the internal operation of compilers and interpreters; be able to implement parsers and simple compilers.
433-371 Interactive System Design	be able to apply techniques in user modelling to the design of interactive systems; be able to analyze and evaluate multimodal interfaces and multimedia applications, based on an understanding of human perception and human-machine interaction; be able to work in a small team on a project involving both technical and human components.
433-380 Graphics and Computation	be able to apply the principles of computer graphics and reason about state-of-the-art algorithms that perform real-time animation; be able to select an appropriate language for the design and implementation of a high-performance graphics application; be able to design complex and realistic real-time graphics applications that run in a networked environment; be able to participate effectively in a team to develop graphics software.
433-385 Modelling, Analysis and Visualisation	be able to analyze new application domains to identify the concepts and information necessary for building a computer model in that domain; be able to analyze a selection of approaches to modelling, simulation and visualisation in a variety of application domains; be able to use a high level computer language to create complex visualisations.
433-440 Advanced Software Engineering Project	be able to select and manage a variety of software engineering lifecycles and methods; be able to work in small, multi-cultural teams, acting professionally, and planning effectively; be able to analyse, design and implement small software systems; be able to communicate effectively in written and oral presentations; be able to explore, evaluate and apply complex computing concepts to a software development project.
433-441 System Modelling and Analysis	be able to create and verify formal models of sequential and concurrent computing systems; be able to determine critical properties of systems and demonstarate in a rigorous fashion whether or not models exhibit those properties; be able to apply problem solving skills to a variety of problems in discrete systems analysis.
433-443 Software Project Management	be able to select software engineering processes and methods appropriate for a development project; be able to develop plans for team management, risk management, configuration management, client management, quality assurance and accreditation, be able to apply standards, techniques and tools to support software project management and the production of high quality software;
433-448 Applied Cryptography and Coding	be able to analyze fundamental public key and symmetric key cryptographic algorithms; be able to implement fundamental cryptographic algorithms.
433-460 Human Language Technology	be able to apply problem-solving skills in the design and analysis of complex language processing systems; be able to implement the algorithms used in a wide variety of low-level language processing tasks; be able to create computational models of human language, and critically evaluate their strengths and weaknesses.
433-464 TODO Project Work	be able to design a sophisticated computational model or system informed by a careful review of the research literature; be able to implement, evaluate and report on the model or system.
433-465 TODO Mechatronics Project	be able to ...
433-471 TODO Logic Programming	be able to use the programming techniques appropriate to declarative programming languages, including structural induction, accumulators, and higher order programming; be able to exploit their knowledge of the technologies used to implement logic programming languages in order to enhance the performance of logic programs; be able to reason about the advantages of using mathematical logic as a basis for programming languages.
433-476 TODO Algorithms for Constrained Search	be able to use THEIR knowledge of algorithmic techniques to solve problems in a variety of application domains; be able to analyse the appropriateness of heuristic approaches to complex problems.
433-480 TODO Computer Vision and Image Processing	be able to ...
433-481 Agent Programming Languages	be able to apply the principles of intelligent reasoning and to analyze state-of-the art algorithms that achieve robust, distributed reasoning in multi-agent systems; be able to select appropriate languages for the design and implementation of intelligent multi-agent reasoning systems; be able to participate effectively in a team to research and engineer intelligent systems.
433-498 TODO Advanced Topic in Computer Science	be able to ...
433-520 Programming and Software Development	be able to apply the concepts of object-oriented design to the solution of computational problems; be proficient in programming with an object-oriented programming language (Java);
433-521 Algorithms and Complexity	be able to use a variety of well-known algorithms for sorting, searching, and other common problems in computing; be able to reason about a variety of more advanced algorithms; be able to perform basic complexity analysis of algorithms.
433-522 Internet Technologies	be able to analyze the relationship between different components of computer networks; be able to conceptually and practically differentiate the various layers in internetwork architectures; be able to conduct research into emerging networking technologies; be able to apply network security and network management concepts in today's networked environments.
433-620 Engineering for Internet Software Development	be able to evaluate and choose appropriate architectures and platforms for web-based software; be able to implement solutions to web-services applications using platforms such as Java and .NET; be able to analyze the logical structure of client-server and distributed web-based applications.
433-621 Web Technologies Protocols and Applications	be able to evaluate and choose appropriate technologies for implementing data intensive web-based systems; be able to investigate a topic in web-based systems and give oral and written presentations about the topic; be able to analyze the logical structure of web-based data and queries.
433-641 TODO Systems Requirements Engineering	be able to plan and manage requirements gathering, analysis and specification for software projects; be able to create and analyse models in UML; be able to EXHIBIT problem analysis and modelling skills; be able to conduct team reviews of software requirements specifications; be able to identify usability and safety requirements for software; be able to carry out a range of safety and usability analyses for requirements.
433-642 TODO Software Engineering Case Studies	APPRECIATE the complexity and ambiguity in technical, managerial, social and legal issues in software engineering; be able to identify key risk factors in "real world" software projects, and make defensible, informed decisions for mitigating those risks; be able to plan for complex software engineering projects
433-643 TODO IT Project Management	be able to select software engineering processes and engineering methods appropriate for a development projects; be able to assess project risk and have experienced risk evaluation and monitoring; have EXPERIENCED project estimation; have EXPERIENCED planning and managing.
433-644 TODO The Personal Software Process	be able to analyse plans and performance; have IMPROVED planning and time management skills; have IMPROVED reflection and self-evaluation skills.
433-645 TODO Computer Security	be able to EXPLAIN the protocols which ensure security in contemporary networked computer systems; be able to EXTRACT facts and critically reason about about a specialized topic from the large body of research literature, web sources, and implementations which describe current computer security practice; be able to independently research a specialized topic in computer security and to prepare a consultants style report on this topic; have a technical APPRECIATION of the interaction between underlying theory, such as cryptography and the implementations of these concepts in computer security infrastructure.
433-670 TODO Principles of Programming Languages	be able to PROGRAM small applications in an object-oriented, a functional, and a logic programming language; be able to EXPLAIN the differences, similarities and relative advantages of these three paradigms; be able to EXPLAIN abstract concepts from the theory of programming languages.
433-671 TODO Constraint Programming	be able to EXPLAIN the role of constraint solving and search in solving combinatorial problems; be able to model complex combinatorial problems as constraint programs; be able to evaluate the suitability of a particular model to solving a problem; be able to PROGRAM effective search strategies for combinatorial problems.
433-675 TODO Database Principles and Technology	be able to EXPLAIN the key technologies and standards used to access data on the World Wide Web; be able to EXPLAIN current techniques used for data mining; be able to research a technical topic and give an informal oral presentation of the topic.
433-676 TODO Text and Document Management	be able to EXPLAIN the key components of a compression system; be able to enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of the different ways of implementing those components; be able to critically assess proposals for new compression schemes, and design practical experiments to assess such schemes; be able to EXPLAIN the key components of an information retrieval system; be able to enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of the different ways of implementing those components; be able to critically assess proposals for new information retrieval schemes.
433-677 TODO Networks and Parallel Processing Complexity	be aware of parallel architectures and computations; have detailed knowledge of communication patterns and interconnection networks; be able to analyze the complexity of parallel algorithms and the efficiency of a particular implementation; be able to implement a parallel algorithm using a number of techniques; be able to construct proofs using formal models of communication complexity and parallel computing; GAIN experience with a real application.
433-678 TODO Cluster and Grid Computing	be able to design and develop next-generation distributed computing systems; be able to apply distributed computing to problem solving tasks; be able to develop distributed internet technologies in a team.
433-679 TODO Evolutionary and Neural Computation	be aware of the nature of non-symbolic artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation and its applications; have detailed knowledge of some common neural network architectures; be able to manipulate genetic operators and design neural nets; UNDERSTAND techniques for numerical optimisation; be able to apply the techniques studied in the subject to practical problems.
433-680 TODO Machine Learning	appreciate the role of machine learning in AI theory and applications; be able to EXPLAIN the main current techniques used to implement machine learning (data mining); be able to design and implement simple machine learning systems.
433-682 TODO Software Agents	be able to ...
433-690 TODO Project	be able to ...