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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The general aim of the course is to provide education of recognised quality that reflects staff expertise and which offers students flexibility of choice. Student based learning and seminars will provide life long skills for a dynamic and changing world.
This course aims to enable students to:
- Respond to current academic challenges for computing and mobile networking and meet industrial needs for new types of graduate that are aware of the new era of mobile communications.
- Provide a high academic quality-of-service to students, covering both theoretical and practical aspects of computing and mobile communications.
- Enable students to equip themselves with knowledge, skills and understanding, at an advanced level within the chosen field of study.
On successful completion of the MSc in Mobile Computing course you will be able to achieve mastery of mobile computing by demonstrating:
- Knowledge and understanding and a critical awareness at advanced level, of core computing and networking subjects including computer and networking architectures, software systems & development; recognition of the influence of mobility on protocol design and evaluation, and application development over mobile environments; a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to research in Mobile Computing, Networks and Security;
- Discipline Specific Skills showing: originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry in Mobile Computing are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline; the ability to design, implement, and evaluate mobile applications;
- Personal and Transferable Skills necessary for employment requiring: the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility; decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations; and the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.