The bachelor's programme offers a general approach to computing science in the context of a basic university training course. The bachelor's programme in Computing Science leads to the title of " Bachelor of Computing Science". Upon completion of this first cycle of studies, the student will be able to access the master's programme in Computing Science.

The university programme in Computing Science trains future specialists capable of creating and elaborating efficient computing systems to satisfy the numerous and ever-increasing needs in our society. It thus trains futur creators (" software architects ") rather than builders. The bachelor's programme in Computing Science aims at the acquisition of the following technical competence and skills :

• In-depth comprehension of the basic essentials for creating and producing simple computer applications
• Mastery of the foundations of computing technologies
• Development of reasoning and abstraction abilities, necessary for the creation of these applications
• Mastery of the mathematical techniques needed to carry out such reasoning
• Acquisition of the knowledge and skills necessary for the future " master's in Computing Science" which will be orientated towards the engineering of complex software applications
• Attainment of lasting 'know-how', readily adaptable to the constant evolutions in computing: learning how to learn.

Computing science is the scientific and technical knowledge and skills that the student in computing science has to acquire to be able to become a professional computer scientist. This also includes other "life-tools", since these university studies aim to develop other skills, creativity and a critical mind. These studies, therefore, also train students to become responsible human beings , capable of apprehending the complex socio-economic world into which computing science is inserted and to take decisions which are both technically sound and humanly responsible. The bachelor's programme in Computing Sciences thus also aims at the acquisition of other areas of competence :

• Comprehension of the mechanisms which govern the socio-economic and/or technical environment in which a given computing application has to be integrated
• Integration of technical competence and skills in a pluridisciplinary context
• Development of intellectual curiosity, a synthetic mind, the capacity for critical reflection, sound communication skills and the ability to organise and manage course studies and learning

The objective of the foundation studies is to help the student to acquire a certain amount of special competence and skills related to Computing, Mathematics, the Basic Sciences and techniques, Economics and Management, Human Sciences and English.

The student who enrols for the bachelor's programme in Computing Science will follow a programme of 180 credits, usually spread over 3 years. This programme entitles access to the master's of Computing Science for 120 credits, usually spread over 2 years.

The programme includes a major of 150 credits and a minor of 30 credits.

• The major consists of a general polyvalent course of 82 credits and a course in Computing Science of 68 credits.The general polyvalent studies provide a solid training in Economics, Management and Human Sciences (34 credits) and in Mathematics (32 credits).
• The proposed minor will be a minor " imported" from another bachelor's programme (e.g. a minor in Management, a minor in Linguistics, a minor in Bio-engineering, a minor in Philosophy, a minor in Mathematics and Mathematical Applications, or a minor in Statistics). Alternatively, the student could choose a coherent set of options offered at UCL, subject to the approval of the Committee for the Bachelor of Computing Science.

A minor in Business Studies, specific to the bachelor's of Computing Science, has been jointly drawn up with the Faculty of Economics, Social and Political Sciences. In addition to the clear interest this holds for those future computer specialists wishing to strengthen the "business" dimension of the course, it also entitles access to the master's of Business Science.

A significant part of the course in Computing Science will focus on acquiring learning techniques through solving problems. In other words, the elaboration of two projects will facilitate the integration of the various elements of the course work covered and confront the student with the patterns and aspects of small-scale projects (via laboratory work in the first year), and then medium-scale projects (via a project elaborated during the second quadrimester of the second year).

The Computing-related components of the programme fulfil the standard norms of the curricula determined by the international company experts in this domain (ACM, IEEE). This fosters student mobility to or from the numerous universities offering programmes which conform to these norms.

Computing Studies - 69 credits

Mathematics- 32 credits

Economics and Management - 25 credits

Science and Techniques - 10 credits

Human Sciences - 8 credits

English - 6 credits

Minor - 30 credits

The course content and activities are evaluated in accordance with the prevailing rules of the University (c.f. exam regulations). Most of the courses include at least one evaluation during the course of the quadrimester (ongoing evaluation ), in addition to the final examination sessions (in January, June or September). The evaluations are in written or oral form. The specific evaluation details and procedures for all the courses are presented at the beginning of each period of studies.

The bachelor's programme in Computing Science entitles direct access to the master's of Computing Science.

Students from the bachelor programme in Computing Science who have followed the minor in Business Studies (specific to the bachelor's in Computing Science) will have direct access to the master's in Business Science. This access requires a complement in Business studies and Languages, of 15 credits, to be added to the master's programme, (special dispensations can be obtained for the language studies). Il also requires to complete a one week practical experience.

The programme fulfils the harmonisation rules drawn up by the CFB universities ; the degree awarded upon completion of the programme therefore entitles access, without the need for any complementary prerequisities, to the master's programme in Computing Science in any one of these universities.

The computing-related components of the programme fulfil the standard norms of the curricula laid down by the international company experts in this domain, (ACM, IEEE). This fosters student mobility to or from the numerous universities offering programmes which conform to these norms.

In the context of the master studies in Computing Science at UCL, the student also has the right to participate in the Erasmus/Socrates exchange programmes which UCL has subscribed to, together with universities from numerous European or extra-European countries, as well as with the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL).

Secretary's office for the Bachelor's Programme of Computing Sciences

Address : 1, rue Archimède

1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

Fax : +32 10 47 24 66

FSA/INGI : Department of Computer Engineering

Address : Place Sainte Barbe 2 - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

Tel: + 32 10 47 31 50

Fax: + 32 10 45 03 45

secret@info.ucl.ac.be.

C. Poncin, tel : 010 47 31 76 - email : Chantal.Poncin@uclouvain.be

C. Poncin, tel : 010 47 31 76 - email : Chantal.Poncin@uclouvain.be

President: P. Sobieski

Secretary: B. Le Charlier

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