{"id":536,"date":"2019-04-02T05:22:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T05:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=536"},"modified":"2020-09-22T04:14:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T04:14:14","slug":"cos711","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/?page_id=536","title":{"rendered":"COS711"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Faculty<\/b><\/td>Natural Sciences<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Home Department<\/b><\/td>Computer Science<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Module Topic<\/b><\/td>Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Generic Module Name<\/b><\/td>Computer Science 711<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Alpha-numeric Code<\/b><\/td>COS711<\/b><\/td><\/tr>
NQF Level<\/b><\/td> \u00a08<\/b><\/td><\/tr>
NQF Credit Value<\/b><\/td>15<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Duration<\/b><\/td>Semester<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Proposed semester to be offered.<\/b><\/td>First<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Programmes in which the module will be offered<\/b><\/td>BSc Hons (Computer Science) (3735)<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Year level<\/b><\/td>1<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Main Outcomes<\/b><\/td>

On completion of this module, students should be able to:<\/span><\/p>

  • Understand key concepts and theories in machine learning.<\/span><\/li>
  • Develop and implement key machine learning algorithms including decision tree learning, Bayesian \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0learning, back-propagation neural networks, and genetic algorithms.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr>
Main Content<\/b><\/td>
  • Concept Learning,<\/span><\/li>
  • Decision Tree Learning,<\/span><\/li>
  • Artificial Neural Networks,<\/span><\/li>
  • Bayesian Learning,<\/span><\/li>
  • Instance-Based Learning,<\/span><\/li>
  • Evolutionary Computation,<\/span><\/li>
  • Computational Learning Theory<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr>
Pre-requisite modules<\/b><\/td>None<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Co-requisite modules<\/b><\/td>None<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Prohibited module Combination<\/b><\/td>None<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Breakdown of Learning Time<\/b><\/td>Hours<\/b><\/td>Timetable Requirement per week<\/b><\/td>Other teaching modes that does not require time-table<\/b><\/td><\/tr>
Contact with lecturer: \/ tutor:<\/span><\/i><\/td>28<\/span><\/td>Lectures p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>3<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Assignments & tasks:<\/span><\/i><\/td>28<\/span><\/td>Practicals p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>2<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Practicals:<\/span><\/i><\/td>28<\/span><\/td>Tutorials p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Tutorials:<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Tests & Examinations:<\/span><\/i><\/td>8<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Selfstudy:<\/span><\/i><\/td>58<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Other:<\/span><\/i><\/td>0<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Total Learning Time<\/b><\/td>150<\/b><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Methods of Student Assessment<\/b><\/td>

Continuous Assessment (CA):<\/span> 100%<\/span><\/p>

Final Assessment (FA):<\/span> 0%<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Assessment Module type<\/b><\/td>Continuous Assessment (CA)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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COMPUTER SCIENCE 711 – COS 711 Faculty Natural Sciences Home Department Computer Science Module Topic Artificial Intelligence Generic Module Name Computer Science 711 Alpha-numeric Code COS711 NQF Level \u00a08 NQF Credit Value 15 Duration Semester Proposed semester to be offered. First Programmes in which the module will be offered BSc Hons (Computer Science) (3735) Year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}