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+title: Graduation!
+subtitle: A list of projects I worked on while at Swansea University.
+date: 2018/07/27
+thumbnail-img: "/assets/img/misc/Thomas_GradCapThrow_July2018.JPG"
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+I'm incredibly proud to confirm I have graduated with a Master's Degree in Computing (MEng) with First Class Honours!
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+![Tossing my graduation cap](/assets/img/misc/Thomas_GradCapThrow_July2018.JPG)
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+Whilst I was over the moon with this achievement in itself, my graduation ceremony came with an additional surprise when I was presented the award for "Best Overall performance by a Final year Student on a 4 Year Degree in the College of Science Department of Computer Science".
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+![Award certificate](/assets/img/misc/BestOverallPerformanceAward.jpg)
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+![Award presentation](/assets/img/misc/Thomas_TopOfDeptAward_July2018.JPG)
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+Overall, I achieved an average grade of 81.9% across all modules over my 4 year course, achieving at least a first (70%+) in all modules, which included:
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+- Programming 1+2 (Java)
+- Professional Issues 1+2
+- Concepts of Computer Science 1+2 (Assembly)
+- Modelling Computing Systems 1+2
+- Declarative Programming (Haskell, Prolog)
+- Software Engineering 1+2 (Java)
+- Database Systems (SQL)
+- Algorithms (Java)
+- Concurrency (Java)
+- Data Representation, Markup Languages & Web Services (Java, Js, PHP, RESTful APIs)
+- Computer Graphics (Java)
+- Web Application Development (C#, HTML, CSS, Js, AJAX, ASP.NET MVC)
+- Advanced Object Oriented Programming (Java, C++)
+- SE Project Implementation & Dissertation (C++)
+- SE Project Specification & Development (C++)
+- SE Project Planning & Management
+- Cryptography & IT-Security (Java)
+- Big Data & Machine Learning (MatLab)
+- Software Testing
+- High Performance Computing (C/C++)
+- Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (MatLab)
+- Operating Systems & Architectures (C++)
+- Software Team Project (C#, RESTful APIs)
+- Software Delivery Project (C#, Unity)
+- Data Visualization (C++)
+- Graphics Processor Programming (OpenGL, OpenCL, C++)
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+The 4 years I spent at Swansea University were a blast, and I look forward to applying the many skills I've learned as I transition to the professional world of Software Development!