Undergraduate
Undergraduate study in Computing and Information Systems (CIS):
BSc, Diploma and Work Experience Entry Route
Academic
direction: Goldsmiths, University of London
The UK's
leading creative university, Goldsmiths is all about the freedom
to experiment, to think differently, to be an individual.
Goldsmiths brings creative and unconventional approaches to all
of its subjects, always based on the highest academic standards
of teaching and research. From undergraduate and postgraduate
programmes to part-time and professional courses, Goldsmiths has
an excellent range of innovative study opportunities, with the
visual and performing arts departments being especially
renowned. No fewer than five of its graduates, including Damien
Hirst, have gone on to win the prestigious Turner Prize.
Goldsmiths' Department
of Computing is a leading centre in the UK for the study of
Arts and Music Computing, Cognitive Computing and Artificial
Intelligence, and Computer Science. Academic staff are leaders
and partners on a variety of research projects and have key
alliances with other universities (including Cambridge University,
MIT, Brown University, Leeds University, and King’s College
London), cultural institutions (the Department works with several
museums including Tate Modern), creative and telecommunications
industries.
Current
research within the Department includes Ontology of Digital
Culture (developing an application for searching audio and video
content online), Intelligent Sound and Music Systems
(understanding how human music cognition functions), Adaptive
Technologies (enhancing the functionality of hypermedia
systems), and Algorithms and Computer Networks (encompassing
algorithm design and analysis, wireless networks, data
compression, and combinatorics).
Goldsmiths'
responsibilities include writing study materials, giving advice
to students and teaching institutions, and ensuring that
students are examined to the same standard as at Goldsmiths and
the University of London as a whole. Goldsmiths also considers
applications from institutions for 'Permission to teach',
'Specified' and 'Advanced' status.
