UBSCHCGCMAT-2024-5-O - L-Università ta' Malta

Course Title

Bachelor of Science (Honours) Computing Science and Mathematics

MQF Level

Duration and Credits

4 Years

240 ECTS

Mode of Study

Full-time

Information for International applicants

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Computing Science

An Advanced Level pass at Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics.

Mathematics

An Advanced Level pass at Grade C or better in Pure Mathematics.

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Computing Science

The programme focuses on giving sound scientific and practical skills for constructing and analysing complex software systems. The focus is moving from developing applications for a single powerful machine to new environments ranging from (i) ones in which developers harness the computational power of multiple computers in order to leverage the cost of expensive calculations and guarantee acceptable levels of service, to (ii) the other extreme of developing systems which run on mobile devices with limited computational, memory and power resources.

Mathematics

Mathematics underlies the pursuit of every scientific endeavour as it equips you with the necessary body of knowledge and competences. Most of the Mathematics study-units in the first two years of the degree are compulsory. In the third year, students are asked to choose a stream from four available options. The four options are Graph Theory and Combinatorics, Functional Analysis and Topology, Applied Mathematics, and Biomathematics.

Computing Science

The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.

Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:

First Year: in addition to the compulsory and elective study-units outlined in the programme of studies of the chosen areas (not less than 26 credits in each of the two areas), students are required to register for optional study-units to bring their total for the year to 60 credits,

Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,

Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.

At the end of Part One, students who obtain 180 credits as specified in paragraph (1) but who either opt not to proceed with the Course leading to the Honours Degree, or having proceeded, do not successfully complete the Course, shall be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).

Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
1. 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
2. 20 credits in the other area of study,

provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.

Mathematics

The Course shall consist of two parts, namely, Part One comprising the first three years and Part Two comprising the fourth year.

Part One shall consist of study-units to which 180 credits are assigned and indicated in the programme of study and divided as follows:

Second Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study,

Third Year: 30 credits in each of the two areas of study.

Part Two shall consist of study-units to which 60 credits are assigned divided as follows:
1. 40 credits in one area of study, of which 18 credits are assigned to a dissertation, and
2. 20 credits in the other area of study,

provided that in the case of Mathematics, the dissertation may be substituted by one or more additional taught study-units.

Communication and Academic Skills Programme

The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.

Computing Science


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CCE1016	Computer Logic	10 ECTS
CPS1011	Programming Principles in C	5 ECTS


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CIS1043	Introduction to Databases and Information Management	5 ECTS
CPS1014	Operating Systems	5 ECTS
ICT1018	Data Structures and Algorithms	5 ECTS


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CCE2203	Signals and Systems	5 ECTS
CPS1002	Mathematics of Discrete Structures	5 ECTS
CPS2004	Object Oriented Programming	5 ECTS


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CCE2502	Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning	5 ECTS
CCE2503	Search and Optimisation Methods	5 ECTS
CPS2007	Further Discrete Mathematics	5 ECTS


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CCE2414	Computer Networks	5 ECTS
CPS2001	Programming Paradigms	5 ECTS
CPS2005	Formal Languages and Automata	5 ECTS


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CPS2000	Compiler Theory and Practice	5 ECTS
CPS2002	Software Engineering	5 ECTS
ICS2210	Data Structures and Algorithms 2	5 ECTS

Students opting to do project in Computing Science

Students who opt to do the Final Year Project in Computing Science, are required to register for 20 ECTS credits from the list of Elective study-units and the 20 ECTS credits assigned to the Project study-unit to a total of 40 ECTS credits.

Students opting to do project in the other area

Students who opt NOT to do the Final Year Project in Computing Science, are required to register for 10 ECTS credits in compulsory study-units and 10 ECTS credits from the list of Elective study-units, to a total of 20 ECTS credits.


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this unit)

ICT3004*	Assigned Practical Task in Computing Science for Science Students	10 ECTS	(NC)
ICT3914**	Final Year Project in Computing Science	20 ECTS	(NC)
Study-unit ICT3004 is compulsory for students opting to do project in other area only. *Study-unit ICT3914 is compulsory for students opting to do project in Computing Science only.

Semester 1

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

CCE3015	Programming Parallel Architectures	5 ECTS
CCE3101	Multimedia Signal Representation and Coding	5 ECTS
CCE3206	Digital Signal Processing	5 ECTS
CCE3207	Introduction to Computer Vision	5 ECTS
CCE3311	Communication Systems	5 ECTS
CCE3312	Intruduction to Quantum Communications	5 ECTS
CCE3412	Data Communications	5 ECTS
CCE3503	Practical Machine Learning	5 ECTS
CPS3230	Fundamentals of Software Testing	5 ECTS
CPS3231	Computer Graphics	5 ECTS
CPS3232	Applied Cryptography	5 ECTS
CPS3235	Data Science: From Data to Knowledge	5 ECTS
CPS3236	Concurrency, HPC and Distributed Computing	5 ECTS
CPS3238	Principles of Programming Languages	5 ECTS
CPS3240	Computability	5 ECTS


Semester 2

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

CCE2014	Microcontroller Based Systems	5 ECTS
CPS2003	Systems Programming	5 ECTS

All 4th Year Faculty of Science students following a B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree with Computing Science being an area of study, are granted an extension on the submission of their CS assignments of 4 (Four) weeks following the end of lectures as per regulation 10(2) of the University Assessment Regulations, 2009.

Mathematics

Students NOT taking Statistics and Operations Research as a principal subject must take study-unit SOR1110. Students taking Statistics and Operations Research must register for 4 ECTS credits from the electives offered during the year, except for SOR1110.Students taking Statistics and Operations Research as a principal subject must choose the following elective study-units: Either study-unit MAT1611 Or study-unit PHY1020 and PHY1030.


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Elective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

SOR1110	Probability	4 ECTS


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT1091	Mathematical Methods	4 ECTS
MAT1100	Introductory Mathematics	4 ECTS
MAT1511	Analytical Geometry	4 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT1611*	Introductory Mechanics	4 ECTS
PHY1020	Basic Concepts in Physics 1	2 ECTS
* Study-unit MAT1611 is compulsory for students who are taking Statistics and Operations Research as a principal subject and do not have Intermediate Applied Mathematics.

Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT1115	Introduction to Groups	4 ECTS
MAT1116	Introduction to Vector Spaces	2 ECTS
MAT1211	Analysis 1	4 ECTS
MAT1411	Discrete Methods	4 ECTS

Elective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

PHY1030	Basic Concepts in Physics 2	2 ECTS

In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose one study-unit to the value of 2 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the year.


Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT2112	Linear Algebra 1	4 ECTS
MAT2113	Rings	4 ECTS
MAT2212	Analysis 2	4 ECTS
MAT2512	Vector Analysis 1	4 ECTS


Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT2213	Analysis 3	4 ECTS
MAT2413	Introduction to Graph Theory with Applications	4 ECTS
MAT2513	Vector Analysis 2	4 ECTS

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT2005	Introduction to Mathematical Logic	2 ECTS
MAT2912	Computational Mathematics	2 ECTS

Mathematics students in the third year of the B.Sc. (Hons.) course must choose ONE of the FOUR elective streams as indicated below.

The elective streams are:
Elective Stream A - Applied MathematicsThis stream contains SEVEN compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE is to be chosen.

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics This stream contains SIX compulsory study-units and NINE elective study-units from which TWO are to be chosen.

Elective Stream C - Mathematical AnalysisThis stream contains SEVEN compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE is to be chosen.

Elective Stream D - BiomathematicsThis stream contains SEVEN compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE is to be chosen.


Semester 1

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3114	Linear Algebra 2	2 ECTS
MAT3214	Complex Analysis	4 ECTS
MAT3215	Metric Spaces	4 ECTS
MAT3221	Analysis 4	4 ECTS
MAT3711	Differential Equations	4 ECTS

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3115*	Groups	4 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3114	Linear Algebra 2	2 ECTS
MAT3115	Groups	4 ECTS
MAT3214	Complex Analysis	4 ECTS
MAT3215	Metric Spaces	4 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3221*	Analysis 4	4 ECTS
MAT3711*	Differential Equations	4 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3114	Linear Algebra 2	2 ECTS
MAT3214	Complex Analysis	4 ECTS
MAT3215	Metric Spaces	4 ECTS
MAT3221	Analysis 4	4 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3115*	Groups	4 ECTS
MAT3711*	Differential Equations	4 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3114	Linear Algebra 2	2 ECTS
MAT3214	Complex Analysis	4 ECTS
MAT3215	Metric Spaces	4 ECTS
MAT3221	Analysis 4	4 ECTS
MAT3711	Differential Equations	4 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3115	Groups	4 ECTS
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream.

Semester 2

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3612	Mechanics	4 ECTS
MAT3715	Methods of Applied Mathematics	4 ECTS

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3000	Introductory Set Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3217*	Lebesgue Integration	4 ECTS
MAT3225	Geometry of the Plane	4 ECTS
MAT3415	Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics	4 ECTS
MAT3425	Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3750*	Essential Mathematical Biology	4 ECTS
MAT3771*	Numerical Analysis	4 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3415	Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics	4 ECTS
MAT3425	Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory	4 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3000*	Introductory Set Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3217	Lebesgue Integration	4 ECTS
MAT3225	Geometry of the Plane	4 ECTS
MAT3612	Mechanics	4 ECTS
MAT3715	Methods of Applied Mathematics	4 ECTS
MAT3750*	Essential Mathematical Biology	4 ECTS
MAT3771*	Numerical Analysis	4 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3000	Introductory Set Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3217	Lebesgue Integration	4 ECTS
MAT3225	Geometry of the Plane	4 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3415	Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics	4 ECTS
MAT3425	Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3612	Mechanics	4 ECTS
MAT3715	Methods of Applied Mathematics	4 ECTS
MAT3750	Essential Mathematical Biology	4 ECTS
MAT3771*	Numerical Analysis	4 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3715	Methods of Applied Mathematics	4 ECTS
MAT3750	Essential Mathematical Biology	4 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3000	Introductory Set Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3217*	Lebesgue Integration	4 ECTS
MAT3225	Geometry of the Plane	4 ECTS
MAT3415	Probabilistic and Extremal Combinatorics	4 ECTS
MAT3425	Topics in Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory	4 ECTS
MAT3612*	Mechanics	4 ECTS
MAT3771*	Numerical Analysis	4 ECTS
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream.

Students taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics must take MAT3999 and five study-units of 5 ECTS credits each. The students must continue with the Elective Stream they chose in the third year. Students taking 20 ECTS credits in Mathematics must take four study-units of 5 ECTS credits each. The students must continue with the Elective Stream they chose in the third year.

The elective streams are:
Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics:
This stream contains FOUR compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE (only for those taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics) is to be chosen.

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics:
This stream contains FOUR compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE (only for those taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics) is to be chosen.

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis:
This stream contains FOUR compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE (only for those taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics) is to be chosen.

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics:
This stream contains FOUR compulsory study-units and EIGHT elective study-units from which ONE (only for those taking 40 ECTS credits in Mathematics) is to be chosen.


Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

*Project Study-Unit* Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3999	Project in Mathematics	15 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3211	Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3513	Tensors and Relativity	5 ECTS
MAT3772	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3116*	Group Representations	5 ECTS
MAT3210*	Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3212	Further Metric Spaces - Completion and Dimension	5 ECTS
MAT3219*	Topological Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3410	Graph Theory	5 ECTS
MAT3613*	Classical Mechanics	5 ECTS
MAT3755*	Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology	5 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3116	Group Representations	5 ECTS
MAT3211	Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3410	Graph Theory	5 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3210*	Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3212*	Further Metric Spaces - Completion and Dimension	5 ECTS
MAT3219*	Topological Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3513	Tensors and Relativity	5 ECTS
MAT3613	Classical Mechanics	5 ECTS
MAT3755	Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology	5 ECTS
MAT3772	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3210	Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3211	Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3212	Further Metric Spaces - Completion and Dimension	5 ECTS
MAT3219	Topological Spaces	5 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3116*	Group Representations	5 ECTS
MAT3410	Graph Theory	5 ECTS
MAT3513	Tensors and Relativity	5 ECTS
MAT3613	Classical Mechanics	5 ECTS
MAT3755	Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology	5 ECTS
MAT3772*	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3211	Functional Analysis: Hilbert Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3755	Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Biology	5 ECTS
MAT3772	Numerical Methods for Differential Equations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3116	Group Representations	5 ECTS
MAT3210*	Functional Analysis: Normed Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3212	Further Metric Spaces - Completion and Dimension	5 ECTS
MAT3219*	Topological Spaces	5 ECTS
MAT3410*	Graph Theory	5 ECTS
MAT3513*	Tensors and Relativity	5 ECTS
MAT3613*	Classical Mechanics	5 ECTS
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream. Students are strongly advised to check that they have the necessary prerequisites for each chosen elective study-unit.

Semester 2

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3712	Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream A - Applied Mathematics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3411	Combinatorics	5 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3411	Combinatorics	5 ECTS

Elective Stream B - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3712	Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream C - Mathematical Analysis Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3411*	Combinatorics	5 ECTS
MAT3712*	Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

MAT3712	Partial Differential Equations and Calculus of Variations	5 ECTS

Elective Stream D - Biomathematics Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MAT3411*	Combinatorics	5 ECTS
* It is recommended that students select these study-units from the list of elective study-units of each stream. Students are strongly advised to check that they have the necessary prerequisites for each chosen elective study-unit.

This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - and Bachelor of Science (Honours) - B.Sc.(Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Science.

Computing Science

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Think systematically through your analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of a computer-based system.
Design, collaborate and communicate effectively in your development and delivery of quality software products.
Recognize the application that computing can provide and evaluate its global impact in transdisciplinary environments.

Mathematics

Upon successfully finishing the course, you will be able to:

Understand and employ the basic rules of logic, including the role of axioms or assumptions.
Recognize real-world problems that are amenable to mathematical analysis, and formulate mathematical models of such problems.
Explain fundamental mathematical concepts or analyses of real-world problems to non-mathematicians.

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Computing Science

As ICT evolves and more innovative technology enters the market, more and more demand for such graduates is forecasted. As a graduate, you can be employed in a number of jobs, including, software developers and engineers, systems engineers, project leaders and developers, network management and applications, strategic ICT planners, distributed and concurrent software developers, multimedia communications engineers, and much more.

Mathematics

As a mathematician, you may work in the public sector, such as in the Central Bank of Malta, Ministry for Finance, Economic Policy Department, National Statistics Office, Malta Financial Services Authority; and in the private sector such as in insurance companies, banks, financial institutions, gaming companies, and consultancy firms. You may also find employment in the academic, manufacturing, logistics or IT sectors.

The Department of Mathematics also offers postgraduate degrees, both at masters and doctoral levels (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) in Mathematics. Based on world-wide recognition of University of Malta degrees, our graduates and postgraduates have been accepted to continue their studies in a wide range of overseas institutions in Europe, the United States and elsewhere.

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