Curriculum

Programme Structure (for 2021 intake)

Courses in the programme are categorized into core (required) courses and Electives (elective courses). The list of Electives is divided into two groups: Group I and Group II. To obtain the award of Master of Science in Computer Science, students are required to take

all 9 credit units of the core courses, and
21 credit units of Electives, including at least 3 credit units of Electives in Group I.

Some of the Electives are also designated as Stream (Core or Elective) Courses of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stream, Data Science (DS) Stream or Information Security (IS) Stream. Students may choose to

concentrate on a stream by taking at least 12 credit units of the stream courses, including all the stream core course(s), if any, and no more than 3 credit units of courses of each of the other streams, OR
take any Electives without concentration on any stream

Refer to Taught Postgraduate Catalogue for more information of individual courses.

Core Courses - 9 credit units

Code	Title	Credit Units
CS5222	Computer Networks and Internets	3
CS5351	Software Engineering	3
CS5481	Data Engineering	3

Elective Courses - 21 credit units

Group I Electives - at least 3 credit units

Code	Title	Credit Units	Remarks
CS5487	Machine Learning: Principles and Practice	3	AI Stream Elective
CS6493	Natural Language Processing	3	AI Stream Elective
CS6535	Guided Study in Artificial Intelligence	3	AI Stream Elective
CS5286	Algorithms & Techniques for Web Searching	3	DS Stream Elective
CS5296	Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice	3	DS Stream Elective
CS5489	Machine Learning: Algorithms and Applications	3	DS Stream Elective
CS6536	Guided Study in Data Science	3	DS Stream Elective
CS5293	Topics on Information Security	3	IS Stream Elective
CS6290	Privacy-enhancing Technologies	3	IS Stream Elective
CS6537	Guided Study in Information Security	3	IS Stream Elective
CS5188	Virtual Reality Technologies and Applications	3
CS5367	Computer Games Design	3
CS6187	Vision and Language	3
CS6487	Topics in Machine Learning	3
CS6520	Project	6
CS6534	Guided Study	3

Group II Electives

Code	Title	Credit Units	Remarks
CS5491	Artificial Intelligence	3	AI Stream Core
CS5187	Vision and Image	3	AI Stream Elective
CS5486	Intelligent Systems	3	AI Stream Elective
CS5483	Data Warehousing and Data Mining	3	DS Stream Elective
CS5488	Big Data Algorithms and Techniques	3	DS Stream Elective
CS5285	Information Security for eCommerce	3	IS Stream Elective
CS5288	Cryptography: Theory and Practice	3	IS Stream Elective
CS5294	Information Security Technology Management	3	IS Stream Elective
CS5182	Computer Graphics	3
CS5185	Multimedia Technologies and Applications	3
CS5282	Practical Optimization Algorithms and Techniques	3
CS5348	Software Quality Engineering	3
CS6175	Virtual Reality and Game-Engine Technologies	3
CS6491	Topics in Optimization and its Applications in Computer Science	3
EC5001	Introduction to eCommerce	3

Note: Not all courses in the curriculum will be offered in every semester/term. The courses offered in each semester may vary depending on student demand, staff availability, and other circumstances.