Your Questions Answered
Your questions answered, about . . .
- applying to study Computer Science at York
- Computer Science at York
- the distinctions between different programmes
- the Department and its facilities
- industrial contacts and student placements
- graduation and after
- the Colleges and their facilities
- the University and its facilities
- the City of York
- travel and short-stay accommodation
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Applying to study Computer Science at York
- What programmes do you offer?
- What scholarships are available to Computer Science entrants?
- What help is available for students to pay fees and other expenses?
- How do I apply to study Computer Science at York?
- What international exhange schemes are available in Computer Science?
- What is the date on which I would enter the Department?
- Please can I have a reading list?
Applying to study Computer Science at York - our policy
- What information should accompany my application?
- What happens if I am invited for interview?
- What if I am a mature applicant?
- What if my first language is not English?
- Can I go directly into the second year of any of your programmes?
- How many applications do you get? How many places do you have?
Applying to study Computer Science at York - our requirements
- Why do you require specific qualifications?
- What subjects would I need at A-level?
- What grades would I need at A-level?
- What about Scottish qualifications?
- What about Foundation and Access qualifications?
- What about baccalaureates and other international qualifications?
- What about overseas qualifications?
- What are your requirements for English language?
- What basic Maths would I need, in addition to any optional modules?
- What about the Advanced Diploma and the BTEC Diploma?
- What about other non-A-level British qualifications?
Computer Science at York
- Why should I come to study Computer Science at York?
- Why should I come to the University of York?
- Why should I come to the City of York?
- What do your present students think?
- What kind of subject is Computer Science at York?
Computer Science at York - if I became a CS student at York
- What should I read before I arrived at York?
- Would I be advised to bring or buy my own computer?
- What are 'terms' at York. How do they differ from 'semesters'?
- What will be the exact dates of terms at the University of York?
Computer Science at York - programmes
- What programmes do you offer?
- What are the differences between all these programmes?
- What is meant by 'ComputerScience', at York?
- What is meant by 'Computer Systems and Software Engineering'?
- What is meant by 'Artificial Intelligence'?
- What is meant by 'Embedded Systems'?
- What is meant by 'Enterprise Systems'?
- How is Computer Science combined with Mathematics, at York?
Computer Science at York - programme contents
- What do you cover in your programmes?
- What if I am mainly interested in software?
- What if I am mainly interested in hardware?
- What programming languages would I learn?
- Why does the first-year programme include hardware?
Computer Science at York - programme structure
- Would I be able to transfer between your Computer Science programmes?
- How are the Computer Science programmes organised at York?
- How is the academic year arranged at York?
- What is a module? What is a credit?
- How are the first years of the programme organised?
- Why is there a fixed programme (no options) in the first year?
Computer Science at York - supervision, workload and contact
- What is your supervision and tutorial system?
- How much contact would I have with tutorial staff?
- What would my workload be like? (1)
- What would my workload be like? (2)
- What would my weekly timetable be like?
- How many hours of lectures, practicals, etc. would I have?
- How large would the class sizes be?
Computer Science at York - examinations
Computer Science at York - projects and research
The distinctions between different programme types
- What is the difference between MEng and BEng?
- What is the difference between BEng and BSc?
- Would I be able to pay just undergraduate fees for the MEng?
- What are the relative advantages of single-subject and combined programmes?
- Are combined programmes as well-regarded as single-subject?
- What would a combined-subject student miss out on?
- What if I came to be rather more interested in one of my combined subjects?
- What is the difference between MEng and MMath?
- What is the difference between MMath and BSc?
- What are the differences between BEng, BTech and BTEC?
- What is the difference between 'Computer Science' and 'IT'?
The Department and its facilities
- How many staff and students are there in the Department?
- How many computers do you have?
- What computing facilities do you have for students?
Industrial contacts, student placements, accreditation and prizes
- How does the Department collaborate with industry? Which companies?
- What companies have taken your students on placement?
- What kinds of industrial placement do you offer?
- How much would I earn on a sandwich placement in industry?
- Which of your programmes are accredited? By whom?
- What does 'Chartered Engineer' mean?
- How could I become a Chartered Engineer?
- Which professional bodies are accredit your programmes?
- Which of your programmes give exemptions from professional examinations?
- What student prizes are sponsored by industry?
Graduation and after
- How many of your students get each class of degree?
- What do your students do when they graduate? What sort of jobs?
The Colleges and their facilities
- How does York provide Internet access from student study bedrooms?
- Why are there colleges at the University of York?
- What colleges are there at York?
- How do the colleges at York differ from 'halls of residence'?
- What facilities do the colleges provide, at York?
- Where can I find out about student accommodation in general?
- What College libraries are there for students?
- What if I am disabled?
The University and its facilities
- What is the 'York Award' for transferable skills and personal development?
- Can I study a foreign language along with my degree subject?
- What facilities does the University provide for students?
- What about student accommodation?
- What University libraries are there for students?
- How can I find out more about the University and the City of York?
The City of York
- Where is the City of York?
- How big is the City of York?
- How old is the City of York?
- What is the City of York like?
- Is York in Yorkshire, or in England, or in Britain, or in the U.K.?
Travel and short-stay accommodation
- Where is the University of York Department of Computer Science?
- Please can I have a map of the immediate Computer Science area?
- Please can I see a comprehensive directory of relevant maps?
- I am intending to travel to York. How do I get there and back?
- I wish to visit York. What accommodation is there?
- What about parking?
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