Liepaja University

Academic Bachelor in Computer Science

The central aim of the program is to give academic education in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. 

3 years, ACADEMIC BACHELOR degree of Natural Science in Computer Science

Matriculation requirements:

• General Certificate of Secondary Education (official transcript is required);
• The grade in Mathematics from the GCSE (if there are more than one discipline the average grade is taken into account);
• The grade in English from the GCSE;

Assessment

Assessment of students’ knowledge is a continuous process, which lasts during the whole semester and it is done on the basis of independent assignments and tests, as well as passing credit tests and examinations twice a year. During the semester each course envisages several independent assignments – practical and laboratory works, tests, and reports. At the end of each course, students pass a written or oral examination or a credit test. In some courses, during which both lectures and laboratory works are planned, students take both a credit test and an examination. Assessment is made by a ten-point scale or with the help of a credit test.

Methods of teaching and learning

Acquisition of the study program is organized in the form of lectures, seminars, practical classes, and laboratory works, students’ independent assignments (individually, literary studies, development of a project in small groups). Implementation of each course envisages integration of knowledge, skills, and abilities, a succession of the courses in their relation to writing the students’ research project.