POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS IN THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROGRAMME (OLD REGULATIONS)

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GENERAL REGULATIONS

1. The Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences Board shall have power to grant Postgraduate Diplomas to candidates who have satisfied the conditions prescribed in this section and any further conditions which the board may prescribe by regulation.
2. The examination for each Postgraduate Diploma shall be under the supervision of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board which shall have power, subject to the approval of the Education Committee, to make regulations governing the examination.
3. Candidates, whether members of the University or not, may be admitted as students for a Postgraduate Diploma under such conditions as the board shall prescribe, provided that before admission to a course of study approved by the board, candidates shall have satisfied the board that they have had appropriate educational experience acceptable to the board, and are well-equipped to enter the proposed course of study.
4. Any person who has been accepted as a candidate for a Postgraduate Diploma, and who has satisfactorily pursued a course, the character and length of which have been approved by the board, may be admitted to the examination.

SPECIAL REGULATIONS

Software and Systems Security (old regulations)

For students registered on the M.Sc., PG Dip, and PG Cert in Software Engineering; the M.Sc., PG Dip, and PG Cert in Software and Systems Security; or the PG Cert in Object Technology from October 2008 to March 2010, and available to those who enrolled on the M.Sc., PG Dip, and PG Cert in Software Engineering; the M.Sc., PG Dip, and PG Cert in Software and Systems Security; or the PG Cert in Object Technology prior to October 2008 and who have not already been awarded the relevant qualification.

1. The Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board, in consultation with the Faculty of Computer Science, shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. The course will consist of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and classes in the theory and practice of Software and Systems Security. The course may be taken over a period of not less than one year, and not more than three years.
3. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
1. (a) attendance at eight modules chosen from those in Schedules A and B for the M.Sc. in Software and Systems Security (old regulations), of which at least six should come from Schedule A for that M.Sc., comprising a programme of study approved by the Standing Committee;
2. (b) submission of eight written assignments based on the modules chosen in 3(a) above. These shall be forwarded to the examiners for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and shall notify to candidates and tutors;
3. (c) a viva voce examination, unless individually dispensed by the examiners.
4. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
5. The Standing Committee for the M.Sc. in Software and Systems Security shall have the discretion to permit any candidate for the postgraduate diploma to be exempted from submitting up to two of the total of eight assignments required under 3(b) above, provided that the Standing Committee is satisfied that such a candidate has undertaken equivalent study, of an appropriate standard, normally at another institution of higher education.
6. The Standing Committee shall have the discretion to permit any assignments submitted as part of the course for the Postgraduate Certificate in Software Engineering, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Software and Systems Security, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Object Technology, to be submitted for the examination for the Diploma, so long as the choice of assignments complies with the requirements of cll. 3(a) and (b) above. The corresponding period of study undertaken for the Postgraduate Certificate shall be counted towards the maximum period of study for the Diploma.
7. If any candidate who is successful in the examination for the Postgraduate Diploma in Software and Systems Security has previously successfully completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Software Engineering, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Sofware and Systems Security, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Object Technology, and for that examination has incorporated the assignments submitted for the Postgraduate Certificate into the Postgraduate Diploma, then the Postgraduate Diploma will subsume his or her Certificate.
8. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners may re-enter the examination on not more than one occasion which shall normally be within one year of the initial failure. No written assignment shall be submitted to the examiners on more than one occasion.

Software Engineering (old regulations)

1. The Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board, in consultation with the Faculty of Computer Science, shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. The course will consist of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and classes in the theory and practice of Software Engineering. The course may be taken over a period of not less than one year, and not more than three years.
3. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
1. (a) attendance at eight modules chosen from those in Schedules A and B for the M.Sc. in Software Engineering (old regulations), comprising a programme of study approved by the Standing Committee;
2. (b) submission of eight written assignments based on the modules chosen in 3(a) above. These shall be forwarded to the examiners for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and shall notify to candidates and tutors;
3. (c) viva voce examination, unless individually dispensed by the examiners.
4. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
5. The Standing Committee for the M.Sc. in Software Engineering shall have the discretion to permit any candidate for the postgraduate diploma to be exempted from submitting up to two of the total of eight assignments required under 3(b) above, provided that the Standing Committee is satisfied that such a candidate has undertaken equivalent study, of an appropriate standard, normally at another institution of higher education.
6. The Standing Committee shall have the discretion to permit any assignments submitted as part of the course for the Postgraduate Certificate in Software Engineering, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Software and Systems Security, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Object Technology, to be submitted for the examination for the Diploma. The corresponding period of study undertaken for the Postgraduate Certificate shall be counted towards the maximum period of study for the Diploma.
7. If any candidate who is successful in the examination for the Postgraduate Diploma in Software Engineering has previously successfully completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Software Engineering, or the Postgraduate Certificate in Software and Systems Security or the Postgraduate Certificate in Object Technology, and for that examination has incorporated the assignments submitted for the Postgraduate Certificate into the Postgraduate Diploma, then the Postgraduate Diploma will subsume his or her Certificate.
8. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners may re-enter the examination on not more than one occasion which shall normally be within one year of the initial failure. No written assignment shall be submitted to the examiners on more than one occasion.