The Department offers an undergraduate degree in Computing and Information Systems and various degrees involving Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems and Statistics. The Department has an excellent reputation for encouraging students from a diverse range of backgrounds to study at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels and prides itself on its teaching quality.
The Department is the academic leader for the two B.Sc. degree programmes in Computing and Information Systems and Mathematics, Computing and Statistics for students of the External System run by the University of London. The Department is responsible for much of the organisational aspects of these programmes, study materials, syllabus and programme development, examinations, coursework, etc. Two academics in the Department act as Programme Directors, Dr David Brownrigg (CIS) and Mrs Carol Whitehead (MaCS) who are supported by a part-time (0.5 fte) External Programme administrator. Currently, about 2,000 students are registered for these degrees and the numbers are rising yearly. There are also a number of MPhil/PhD students.
The Department has at present four professors, one reader, three senior lecturers, eleven lecturers, a Systems Administrator; an Academic Administrator and a part-time External Programme Administrator. Two secretaries (one full and one part-time) staff the Departmental Office. Further details on the Department, its staff and their research interests, and the INSPIRE project are presented in Annexes A, B, C and D respectively.
The department's web pages can be found at www.mcs.gold.ac.uk.