Computer Science at York

OP

What about the workload? Do you get many individual/group assignments, courseworks and so on? Do you need to study much on your own?

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Usar

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Ozy? ICS is interesting? lol

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OP

Wouldn't you recommend york for CS usar?

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Usar

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I would, it's No 4 in the country, and it's very good. The first term is pretty boring though, but I suspect that's the same for most other universities.

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OP

I need to think about that, I will se what happens to my other choices. Got unconditional offer from UCL yesterday... :smile:

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Bober02

Hello there,

I would like to ask all applicants and current students for their opinions and feedbacks about York Uni in terms of CS.

1. Is the course stimulating and demanding? What is the workload?
2. Is York comparable to Unis such as Imperial, UCL or Bristol?
3. Does CS programme contain good Maths modules?
4. Are there any optional modules to be taken?
5. What is the job prospect?

Thanks in advance for all your replies.

It's stimulating and interesting. The workload is high, but certainly not as high as certain courses such as chemistry demand.

York is second in the country according to the Independent, 4th according to the Times. It's comparable to Imperial, and definitely better than UCL and Bristol.

First year Maths modules for the straight CS course focus on discrete Maths (required for logic), probability and automata theory. I'm not sure about the joint CS/Maths course though. You have to bear in mind that at York you'll get a BEng or a MEng, so you should expect it to be more focussed on computing rather than Maths (go for a BSc if you want a more maths oriented course)

In the second year you get a choice between electronics or human computer interaction, and in your final years you get a lot of choice.

The job prospect from York is amazing. Remember it's one of the top University's in the country, not just for CS, and there's a dedicated industrial placement person who does nothing but get jobs for York students at CS firms. Definitely if you take the placement year, but even if you don't, I know final years who are already being approached by IBM.

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OP

Thanks for info, really helpful mate.

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OP

Does anyone have a clue, how york looks like regarding investment banking?

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NavalChicken

Sorry to go slightly off from what Bober is asking, but I thought rather than start a new thread I would post here. I'm coming down for an interview on the 19th. Can anyone give me any information on the interviews themselves? eg. Can maths/logic questions be expected?

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Bober: If that's where you want to go, I get e-mails from investment banks all the time. You can't do a placement year with them though because the banks don't let themselves get accredited for you to do a year out there.

Naval: Yes, expect them. Nothing too taxing though.

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Mustardseed

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NavalChicken

Sorry to go slightly off from what Bober is asking, but I thought rather than start a new thread I would post here. I'm coming down for an interview on the 19th. Can anyone give me any information on the interviews themselves? eg. Can maths/logic questions be expected?

I had one such question but it wasn't very difficult.

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OP

Laser - what are you studying and what companies contact, if you can tell of course.

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I'm studying straight Computer Science.

I tend to delete all e-mails from investment banks because it's something that doesn't interest me, but he's a screenshot from the Job pages on the Computer Science student website:

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OP

Hehe, that looks quite nice, made my day actually as I got unconditional for that uni :smile:

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OP

One more thing, about the timetable. How many hours are to be expected during the first year/term? I found one timetable on the website and it estimated around 30 is that true?

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Campus press estimates it at a 35 hour work week (that's about right - you're supposed to do 10 hours work per credit, and there are 40 credits over 10 weeks).

Because I'm feeling really nice, here's the first year timetable for the first term:

(You only need to attend one practical per module, there's about 2 per module listed there, and you only need to attend one tutorial per week - the ones in green)

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