Computer Science Tripos

Syllabus and Booklist 1997-98

• Contents
• Part IA of the Computer Science Tripos
  • Introduction
    • Entry to the three-year Computer Science Tripos
    • Computer Science Tripos Part IA (50 per cent option)
    • Computer Science Tripos Part IA (25 per cent option)
    • Mathematical Tripos Part IA (Computer Science option)
    • The curriculum
  • Michaelmas Term 1997: Part IA lectures
    • Registration
    • Introduction to Computer Science
    • Foundations of Computer Science
    • Digital Electronics (50 per cent only)
    • Learning Day
    • Help Sessions
    • Professional Practice and Ethics (50 per cent only)
    • Computer Perspectives (50 per cent only)
    • Discrete Mathematics
  • Lent Term 1998: Part IA lectures
    • Discrete Mathematics
    • Probability (50 per cent only)
    • Programming in Java
    • Software Engineering I (50 per cent only)
    • Software Engineering II (50 per cent only)
  • Easter Term 1998: Part IA lectures
    • Operating Systems
    • Regular Languages and Finite Automata (50 per cent only)
    • Structured Hardware Design (50 per cent only)
  • Preparatory Reading List
• Part IB of the Computer Science Tripos
  • Introduction
  • Michaelmas Term 1997: Part IB lectures
    • Structured Hardware Design
    • Concurrent Systems
    • Introduction to ECAD
    • Digital Electronics
    • Data Structures and Algorithms
    • Computer Design
    • Numerical Analysis I
    • Programming in Java
    • Logic and Proof
    • Group Project
    • Continuous Mathematics
  • Lent Term 1998: Part IB lectures
    • Comparative Programming Languages
    • Operating System Functions
    • Compiler Construction
    • Computation Theory
    • Semantics of Programming Languages
    • Digital Communication I
    • Prolog for Artificial Intelligence
    • Introduction to Security
    • Computer Graphics and Image Processing
  • Easter Term 1998: Part IB lectures
    • Databases
    • Foundations of Functional Programming
    • Computer Graphics and Image Processing
    • Complexity Theory
    • Project Briefing I
• Part II of the Computer Science Tripos
  • Introduction
  • Michaelmas Term 1997: Part II lectures
    • Project Briefing II
    • Communicating Automata and Pi Calculus
    • Information Retrieval
    • Computer System Modelling
    • Introduction to VLSI
    • Types
    • Advanced Algorithms
    • Security
    • Optimising Compilers
    • Digital Communication II
  • Lent Term 1998: Part II lectures
    • Advanced Graphics
    • Additional Topics
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Information Theory and Coding
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Comparative Architectures
    • Database Topics
    • Specification and Verification I
    • Neural Computing
    • Numerical Analysis II
  • Easter Term 1998: Part II lectures
    • ECAD Topics
    • Computer Vision
    • Distributed Systems
    • Specification and Verification II
    • Denotational Semantics
    • Business Studies
• Part II (General) of the Computer Science Tripos
  • Introduction
  • Long Vacation 1997: Part II (Gen) lectures
    • Modula-3 and the Thor Teaching Service
  • Michaelmas Term 1997: Part II (Gen) lectures
    • Introduction to Computer Science
    • Operating System Foundations
    • Introduction to Algorithms
    • Elementary Use of the Thor Teaching Service
    • Digital Electronics
    • Data Structures and Algorithms
    • Learning Day
    • Computer Design
    • Numerical Analysis I
    • Programming in Java
    • Mathematics for Computation Theory
    • Continuous Mathematics
  • Lent Term 1998: Part II (Gen) lectures
    • Comparative Programming Languages
    • Operating System Functions
    • Introduction to Functional Programming
    • Compiler Construction
    • Computation Theory
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Digital Communication
    • Software Engineering
    • Prolog for Artificial Intelligence
    • Numerical Analysis II
    • Introduction to Security
    • Computer Graphics and Image Processing
  • Easter Term 1998: Part II (Gen) lectures
    • Databases
    • Computer Vision
    • Distributed Systems
    • Computer Graphics and Image Processing
    • Complexity Theory
    • Business Studies