There is a great variety of special topic lecture courses listed below. Each falls under a broad heading of Modelling, Computation or Other, and is marked [M], [C] or [O] accordingly. Students should complete at least one Modelling course marked [M] in the list and one Computation course marked [C] in the list. A special topic is usually assessed by a mini-project on a topic agreed with the lecturer. Students wishing to do a special topic on one of these courses must inform the lecturer before half the lectures have been given, and the special topic must be handed in with a completed declaration form by Friday of week 0 of HT for MT lecture courses, by Friday of week 0 of TT for HT lecture courses and by Friday of week 10 of TT for TT lecture courses.The lecturer will assess the work and make a recommendation to the examiners.
It is also possible to do other topics if approved by the M.Sc. Supervisory Committee. Students who wish to follow a lecture course not on the list or to do a special topic based on a reading course should submit a short description of the project to the course organiser.
These are the courses available for the Academic year 2008-2009. Note that the list of courses may change from year to year.
