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Remote Sensing and Computer Science (MSc)

Institution:

Aberystwyth University

Dept/School/Faculty:

Department of Computer Science

Duration:

1 year

Entry Requirements:

A first class or 2:1 degree at undergraduate level. Candidates with equivalent experience and qualifications will be considered.

Masters Fees:

£3550 UK/EU 2011/12

Start Month(s):

September

Masters Degree Type:

MSc

Contact Name:

Mrs. Lorraine Langford

Study Type:

The Aberystwyth MSc in Remote Sensing and Computer Science is designed to provide you with a range of key skills and expertise required to understand, analyse and interpret Remote Sensing and other spatial datasets. You will then explore and develop applications to solve representative real world problems.

In this highly interdisciplinary Masters course in Remote Sensing and Computer Science, you will be exposed to the cutting edge of understanding from a range of subject areas, taught by world-class experts. All the Remote Sensing Masters are offered through the collaboration of the Institutes of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (IMAPS), of Computer Sciences, and of Geography and Earth Sciences (IGES). IGES is also an eCognition Centre of Excellence, specialising in object-based analysis of landscapes.

You will have access to these four world-class departments. The superb teaching staff members maintain active national and international research programmes in their specialist subjects and ensure that every exciting development is brought into the course material. Their collective expertise and experience, and the superb departmental facilities available at Aberystwyth, ensure that your Remote Sensing and Computer Science course has a rigorous academic core with strong practical relevance.

The Aberystwyth MSc in Remote Sensing and Computer Science has a strong vocational dimension, with field-based and work experience modules that link the latest theoretical concepts with real applications. You will develop a cache of practical, technical and analytical skills which will stand you in excellent stead for entry into further study, public sector organisations and private companies.

The course is a full-time programme, taught over one year, and is divided into two parts over three semesters. In part one, you will establish a breadth of necessary skills in a number of core modules whilst directing your own study by choosing specialist modules, worth a total of 120 credits. In part two, you will apply your learning in the individual dissertation worth an additional 60 credits.

The Remote Sensing component will introduce you to a range of technologies (including radar, optical/hyperspectral sensing and LiDAR) in a breadth of application contexts (including climate change, human impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, glaciology, hydrology, forestry, coastal change, carbon cycle science and biodiversity). Within Computer Science, you will encounter an equally varied and engaging breadth of subjects, including robot navigation, planetary robotics, medical imaging and diagnosis, remote sensing and soft condensed matter visualisation.

Whatever your own previous experience or future aspiration, you will benefit from the marvellous integration of cutting-edge theory and practical application, across four world-class departments. In addition to this input, you will be encouraged to conduct your own reading of up-to-date articles on key aspects of Computer Science and remote sensing, and also to participate in relevant meetings and conferences, such as the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference.

As a graduate of the Aberystwyth MSc in Remote Sensing and Computer Science, you will possess the latest technological, theoretical and practical understanding of the subject. Recent graduates in remote sensing have been highly successful in continuing within academia and finding employment within private enterprises and in UK and international government agencies. You can be fully confident that this MSc, as a statement of contemporary academic expertise proven in practise, will make you highly desirable to employers, academic institutions and recruiting government bodies.

Visit the Remote Sensing and Computer Science (MSc) page on the Aberystwyth University web site for more details!

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1 Comment or Question

by mhanga frank m. ( Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:58:31 GMT )

what are the qualifications needed for this masters course?

Response from Find A Masters Team ( Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:35:23 GMT ) Reply from Find A Masters Team

Entry Requirements for this course are are displayed at the top of the course details. If you require more specific information or are an international student we recommend using the 'Email Now' link above to contact the university directly.