Many projects are linked to outside companies through the IT Network Wales vacation employment scheme. If you follow the MEng in Computing, in Level 4 you will undertake an industrially-related project. You will also study a number of graduate-level options in computing and related fields, as well as aspects of business and industry. Joint Honours G100 Computer Science may be taken with Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics or Statistics. Lecture notes are usually provided, so you can concentrate on the material, rather than just copying things down.
Lecturers use a range of audio-visual aids, including video and computer projection panels.
Some modules have few or no lectures, and are taught via supervised practical work in small groups. We have recently started a series of industrial seminars in which visitors from industry help students to develop an awareness of the needs and demands of industry. Practical modules are taught in our laboratories of Power Macintoshes, PCs, and Solaris workstations, supporting a range of programming languages, software packages, and tools. There is also a small multimedia laboratory, with ISDN-based video phone and conferencing facilities. Students also have access to a large number of PCs run by the University Academic Computing Service.