Graduate Certificate in Science–GCertSc 60 points Qualification regulations

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Entry Requirements

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the GCertSc shall have:

(i) completed a degree of this university or, at the discretion of the Associate Dean, Academic (Undergraduate) of the Faculty of Science, another university; and

(ii) been accepted by the relevant head of school or nominee as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived or varied by the associate dean for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience that provides an equivalent level of preparation.

General Requirements

2. (a) The course of study for the certificate shall be a coherent programme approved by the associate dean on the recommendation of the relevant head of school. The course of study shall consist of courses worth at least 60 points above 100 level from the BSc Schedule including at least 40 points at 300 level.

(b) A candidate may substitute courses from other programmes offered at this university up to a value of 20 points for the GCertSc.

(c) A candidate for the GCertSc may obtain a specialisation, provided that at least 45 points from their course of study is drawn from the 200- and 300-level requirements of the corresponding major subject specified in section 2 of the BSc regulations.

(d) At the discretion of the associate dean, courses passed for a Certificate of Proficiency may be credited to the certificate.

3. (a) A candidate for the GCertSc shall normally be enrolled for at least one trimester and shall complete the requirements of the certificate within two years of first enrolling in it.

(b) The associate dean may extend the maximum period in (a) in special cases.

Note: The actual time taken to complete the certificate or diploma will depend on the need to pass prerequisites and the timetabling of courses. It may not always be possible to complete a specialisation in the minimum time.

4. A candidate who has been awarded the GCertSc may transfer to the GDipSc the courses credited to the certificate, provided that the certificate is abandoned.

Specialisations

A candidate for the GCertSc may obtain a specialisation, provided that at least 45 points from their course of study is drawn from the 200- and 300-level requirements of the corresponding major subject specified in section 2 of the BSc regulations.

Courses

Course Requisites Points
AIML 231
Fundamentals of Machine Learning
 		(P) one of (AIML 131, MATH 177, QUAN 102, STAT 193, ENGR 123); one of (COMP 103, 132); (X) AIML 320, COMP 307, 309, DATA 302 15
AIML 232
Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
 		(P) AIML 231; one of (ENGR 123, 220, EEEN 220, MATH 177, or a B or better in either STAT 193 or QUAN 102); (X) AIML 320, COMP 307 15
BIOL 271
Introductory Marine Ecology
 		(P) 60 pts including BIOL 114 20
GEOG 212
Worlds of Development
 		(P) GEOG 112 or GLBL 101 or POLS 111 or TOUR 101 or approved course 20
GEOG 215
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Science
 		(P) 60 100-level pts 20
GEOS 201
Hydrological Science and Freshwater Management
 		(P) 15 pts from ESCI 111, GEOG 114, GEOS 101; 15 pts from (GEOG 115 or 100-level MATH/ PHYS/QUAN/STAT); (X) GEOS 301 20
GEOS 203
Ice, Oceans, Atmosphere
 		(P) 30 pts from (ESCI 111, 112; GEOS 101, 102) (X) GEOS 303 20
GEOS 205
Introductory Atmospheric Science
 		(P) ESCI 111 or GEOS 101; 15 pts from (GEOG 115 or 100-level MATH/STAT/ PHYS/QUAN); (X) GEOS 305 20
GEOS 210
Introductory Field Methods
 		(P) 30 pts from (ESCI 111, 112; GEOS 101, 102), 15 pts from (GEOG 115 or 100-level MATH/ PHYS/QUAN/STAT) (X) ESCI 241 20
INFO 201
Foundations of Digital Strategy and Management
 		(P) INFO 101 15
LSCI 220
Introduction to Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing
 		(P) 15 pts in LSCI, AIML, COGS, COMP, DATA, MATH, LING, TSOL or LALS; (X) LING 226 (2021-2023), LING 229 20
PHYS 242
Electromagnetism I
 		(P) (MATH 142, 151) or B or better in ENGR 122; (PHYS 142, 145) or (PHYS 114, 115) or (30 pts from EEEN 104, ENGR 141, 142); (X) PHYS 222; either of PHYS 260, 261 as determined by the head of school 15
PHYS 245
Methods of Experimental Physics
 		(P) (MATH 142 (or B or better in MATH 141), MATH 151) or B or better in ENGR 122; (PHYS 114, 115) or (PHYS 145) or (30 pts from EEEN 104, ENGR 141, 142, 143); (X) PHYS 217; either of PHYS 260, 261 as determined by the head of school 15
PSYC 232
Survey and Naturalistic Research Methods
 		(P) PSYC 121 or 122; STAT 193 (or MATH 177 or QUAN 102); (X) PSYC 325 15
PSYC 242
Experimental Research Methods
 		(P) PSYC 121 or 122; STAT 193 (or MATH 177 or QUAN 102) 15
QUAN 201
Introduction to Econometrics
 		(P) (B or better in QUAN 102/ STAT 193) or (QUAN 111 and QUAN 102/STAT 193) or MATH 177 15
STAT 293
Applied Statistical Modelling
 		(P) one of MATH 277, STAT 292 15