**why msc advanced computer science at the university of hertfordshire?** - employment prospects: our graduates work as software engineers, developers, and project managers for organisations including ibm and microsoft.  - industry accreditations: accredited by the british computer society (bcs) and the chartered institute for it on behalf of the engineering council, which enables you to prepare for registration as a chartered engineer.  - work-related learning: you have a one-year paid-placement work-placement option. students have gained work-placements with organisations including hewlett packard, bt, and vodafone.  this course will enable you to enhance your career prospects or prepare for a programme of research that requires knowledge of one or more of these sub-discipline areas. you will have a wide range of taught modules from which to choose and will be expected to complete a major project that extends and applies what you have learnt in one or more of the taught modules they have taken.