Academic Bachelor in Computer Science
Liepaja University
Key Information
Campus location
Liepāja, Latvia
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 2,200 / per year *
Application deadline
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Introduction
The central aim of the program is to give academic education in the field of Information and Communication Technologies.
3 years, ACADEMIC BACHELOR degree of Natural Science in Computer Science
Matriculation requirements:
- General Certificate of Secondary Education (official transcript is required);
- The grade in Mathematics from the GCSE (if there are more than one discipline the average grade is taken into account);
- The grade in English from the GCSE;
Assessment
Assessment of students’ knowledge is a continuous process, which lasts during the whole semester and it is done on the basis of independent assignments and tests, as well as passing credit tests and examinations twice a year. During the semester each course envisages several independent assignments – practical and laboratory works, tests, and reports. At the end of each course, students pass a written or oral examination or a credit test. In some courses, during which both lectures and laboratory works are planned, students take both a credit test and an examination. Assessment is made by a ten-point scale or with the help of a credit test.
Methods of teaching and learning
Acquisition of the study program is organized in the form of lectures, seminars, practical classes, and laboratory works, students’ independent assignments (individually, literary studies, development of a project in small groups). Implementation of each course envisages integration of knowledge, skills, and abilities, a succession of the courses in their relation to writing the students’ research project.
Curriculum
Compulsory subjects: Programming, Database technologies, Management of software development projects, Computer architecture, Courses of continuous mathematics, Courses of discrete mathematics, Computer Science and numerical methods, Term paper, Bachelor paper
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Career Opportunities
Career opportunities
After obtaining Bachelor’s degree the graduates have an opportunity to work at organizations performing software development, delivery, and maintenance. They also are entitled to continue their studies as Master students in Information Technology or Computer Science in some of the higher education institutions of Latvia or the European Union.