CS Master couses at the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Academic year 2008-2009

The Acedmic year is organized in six periods(*) as follows, covering respectively 8-8-4-8-8-4 weeks of classes:

Period 1: September - October
Period 2: November - December
Period 3: January
Period 4: February - March
Period 5: April - May
Period 6: June

Courses are ordered per period/s. Credits (Cr.) are expressed in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). One ECTS amounts to approximately 28 study hours. A full year is 60 ECTS.

Course code	Course name	Cr.	Period*	Entry Requirements
400132	Neural Networks	6	1
400440	Multimedia Authoring	6	1
400161	Parallel Programming	6	1
400121	Term Rewriting Systems	6	1 and 2	Introduction to Logic
400107	ICT in a social context	4	1 and 2
400115	Logical Verification	6	1 and 2
400378	Advanced Topics in Software Design	6	1 and 2	Software Engineering + Software Engineering Practical
400353	Coding and Complexity	6	1 and 2	Discrete Mathematics
400412	Software Asset Management	6	1 and 2	Software Engineering
400125	Knowledge Management and Modeling	6	1 and 2
400165	Performance Analysis of Communication Networks	6	1 and 2
400111	Evolutionary Computing	6	1 and 2
400436	Computational Genomics and Proteomics	6	1 and 2
400198	Computer Networks Practical	9	1, 2 and 3	Computer Networks
400130	Distributed Systems	6	2	Computer Networks and Introduction to Computer Systems
400441	Intelligent Multimedia Technology	6	2
400170	Software Architecture	6	2 and 3	Software Engineering
400106	Computer Graphics	6	2 and 3	Introduction to Programming
400152	Interactive Intelligent Distributed Systems	8	2 and 3
400162	Parallel Programming Practical	6	2 and 3
430045	Sequence Analysis	6	2 and 3
430046	DNA/Protein Structure-Function Analysis and Prediction	6	4
400410	Advanced Logic	4	4
400127	Computer and Network Security	6	4 and 5
400052	Network Programming	9	4 and 5	Systems Programming
400108	Datamining Techniques	6	4 and 5	Probabilty and Statistics
400413	Software Configuration Management	6	4 and 5	Software Engineering, Software Engineering Practical
400439	Software Testing	6	4 and 5
400147	Visual Design	6	4 and 5
400362	Cluster and Grid Computing	6	4 and 5	Parallel Programming
400211	Distributed Algorithms	6	4 and 5	Data Structures and Computer Networks
400058	ISO Project	9	4, 5 and 6	Software Engineering, Databases, Business Modeling and Requirements Engineering
400196	Operating Systems Practical	9	4, 5 and 6	Operating Systems
400178	Probability and Statistics	4	5
430048	Bioinformatics Data Analysis and Tools	6	5
400117	Protocol Validation	6	5 and 6	Introduction to Logic
400358	Project Multimedia	6	Any
430047	Genome Analysis	6	October	Introduction to Bioinformatics
400277	Literature Study	6	Variable
400442	Master Project Computer Science	36	Variable

Last modified: Tue 9 September, 2008