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Preparatory year for Master in Computer Sciences [0.0]

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Retour en début de pageStudy objectives

The goal of this programme is to complete the studies of a student in such a way that s/he will be capable to follow a Master programme in computer science.

This preparatory year aims at achieving or strengthening the following scientific and technical competences of the student:

To summarize, the preparatory year allows to consolidate and deepen the student's knowledge of the basics in computer science and to get acquainted with the more rigorous and conceptual way of thinking that is typical to university degrees.


Retour en début de pageEvaluation

The teaching activities will be evaluated according to the general UCL exam rules and regulations (see: http://www.uclouvain.be/en-enseignement-reglements.html ).

 


Admission
How to prepare yourself for this preparatory year ?

Making the transition from non-university level higher education (hautes écoles) to university is not easy.  The intellectual approach adopted at university is much more abstract and rigorous, and thus requires a different way of thinking.  you need to get accustomed to guiding and justifying your design choices based on underlying theoretical foundations and concepts.  For example, when implementing a software system, it does not suffice to know that a system works, you need to be able to justify why it works and that it has been well designed according to state-of-the-art development practices.

It is highly recommended to review your mathematics from secondary school (and the theory of integrals in particular), for example by enrolling in one of the summer courses that are organized near the end of August.

Some courses rely on the Oz programming language, which is taught to bachelor students in computer science.  It is therefore recommended that you read the book "Concepts, Techniques and Models of Computer Programming" by Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi (ISBN 0-262-22069-5), which also serves as reference book for the course LINGI1131.

Retour en début de pageAdmission Requirements

This preparatory year is accessible to students with a degree of "bachelier en informatique de gestion", "bachelier en informatique et systèmes", "bachelier en sciences industrielles".

Students having obtained a university degree in another discipline but with a sufficient background in computer science could also consider to reorient themselves towards a master in computer science via this preparatory year.


Retour en début de pageAdmission and Enrolment Procedures for general registration

See the general admission requirements

Specific procedures :

To enrol, an application letter needs to be sent to the academic secretary of student affairs (Secrétaire Académique aux Affaires étudiantes) via the secretariat INGI (Bâtiment Réaumur - Place Ste-Barbe 2 - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve). The application letter needs to be completed with a curriculum vitae and a copy of the detailed results and marks obtained in all higher education studies followed previously by the student.


Programme détaillé
The 46 credits of this study programme were calculated based on the normal workload for a regular student following a bachelor in computer science.  For a student coming from non-university level higher education however, this workload is an underestimate because of the extra effort needed to get accustomed to the difference way of teaching and thinking at university.  The real workload for such students would therefore correspond to a full year with 60 credits.

The English course to be followed depends on the level of the student.  To evaluate his or her level of English, a test will be organised at the start of the academic year.

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Mandatory Optional
Courses not taught this academic year Periodic courses not taught this academic year
Periodic courses taught this academic year Two year courses

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Year
1
Mandatory LINGI1101A

Discrete mathematics: logical foundations of computing science  Axel Van Lamsweerde 30h + 30h  5credits  1q  x
Mandatory LINGI1131

Computer language concepts  Peter Van Roy 30h + 30h  5credits  1q  x
Mandatory LSINF1121

Algorithmics and data structures  (in French) Pierre Dupont 30h + 30h  5credits  1q  x
Mandatory LBIR1203

Probabilities and statistics (I)  Patrick Bogaert 30h + 15h  4credits  1q  x
Mandatory LECGE1115

Political Economics  (in French) Paul Belleflamme, Pierre Dehez (coord.), Nathalie Gilson, Jean Hindriks 45h + 15h  5credits  1q  x
Mandatory LINGI1123

computability and complexity  (in French) Yves Deville 30h + 30h  4credits  2q  x
Mandatory LINGI1113

Computer systems 2  (in French) Marc Lobelle 30h + 30h  5credits  2q  x
Mandatory LINGI1271

Files and databases  (in French) Alain Pirotte 30h + 30h  5credits  2q  x
Mandatory LINGI1122

Program conception methods  (in French) Baudouin Le Charlier 30h + 30h  5credits  2q  x

MandatoryCours de langues. (3credits)
En fonction de son niveau, l'etudiant choisit un des deux cours de langue suivants.
Optional LANGL1370

English: reading comprehension  Stéphanie Brabant, Céline Gouverneur (coord.), Carlo Lefevre 30h  3credits  2q  x
Optional LANGL1372

English for Computer Scientists  Albert Verhaegen 30h  3credits  2q  x
 


Teaching method
The pedagogical approach consists of a mixture of traditional theory courses, practical sessions, computer science and programming projects, as well as problem-based learning approaches that give the student an active role in the learning process. Some assignments will need to be worked out in groups of up to 6 students. Such activities enable the student to develop other competences like the ability to cooperate, group management, efficient communication, time management and planning, and so on.


Masters accessibles au terme de l'année préparatoire
Students who have passed his preparatory year have direct access to the master in computer science.


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Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain

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Conseiller aux études

Mme Chantal Poncin

SST/ICTM - Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM)
INGI - Pôle en ingénierie informatique (INGI)

Adresse courrier
  INGI - Place Sainte Barbe 2 bte L5.02.01 à 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Email
 
INGI
  Téléphone : 010 47 31 76
  Secrétariat : 010 47 31 50
  Bâtiment : Reaumur; Etage 01; Local A 127; Site Louvain-la-Neuve

Academic in charge

M. Kim Mens, professeur

SST/EPL - Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain
SST/ICTM - Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM)
INGI - Pôle en ingénierie informatique (INGI)

Adresse courrier
  INGI - Place Sainte Barbe 2 bte L5.02.01 à 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Email
 
INGI
  Téléphone : 010 47 91 11
  Secrétariat : 010 47 31 50
  Télécopie : 010 45 03 45
  Bâtiment : Reaumur; Etage 01; Local A 111; Site Louvain-la-Neuve