Ancillary Student
Department of Computer Science, UCL
Definition of Ancillary Students
The following non-CS students are classified as *Ancillary students* by the Department of Computer Science (CS), UCL.
Students currently studying at another UCL department.
Students (visiting from a partner university) currently studying at another UCL department.
Students studying at a non-CS department of another institute/college of the federation of the University of London (UoL, https://www.london.ac.uk/).
Ancillary students are at two levels.
UG Ancillary students: Ancillary students currently on an undergraduate (UG) programme for a BSc or MEng degree.
PG Ancillary students: Ancillary students currently on a taught postgraduate (PG) programme for a MSc degree (excluding any research-based or PhD students).
Module application policy
Any UG or PG ancillary student can apply for only **ONE** CS module per term. No exception.
An ancillary student MUST obtain the following two support letters BEFORE applying for a CS module.
A support letter from the ancillary student’s programme director, who should (1) confirm that there is no equivalent or similar module available at their department/institute, and (2) explain the rational for the student to take the CS module.
A support letter from the module leader (ML) of the CS module, who should confirm that (1) the ancillary student has met all restrictions and academic requisites, (2) the ML is willing to accept the non-CS ancillary student to the module, and (3) there is no need for the ML to make any special arrangement for the ancillary student.
Notes
An ancillary student should consult with their programme director (and their personal tutor) regarding the suitability of a CS module as a part of their degree programme.
An ancillary student should find information about a CS module on its webpage. If there is any doubt, the student should contact the ML directly for up-to-date information and clarification.
It is an ancillary student's responsibility to contact their programme director and the ML and obtain their support letters.
Normally, ancillary students do not need to contact the CS teaching admin team or the CS tutor before obtaining the 2 support letters.
CS Modules Available to Ancillary Students
Re: UG Ancillary student
The following four UG-level CS modules are available to UG ancillary students.
COMP0015 Introduction to Programming (Term 1)
COMP0142 Machine Learning for Domain Specialists (Term 2)
COMP0210 Research Computing with C++ (Term 2)
COMP0233 Research Software Engineering with Python (Term 1)
There may be more options if an Ancillary student is on one of the following UCL programmes. If so, please contact the CS Tutor (see below).
IEP Intelligent Systems minor
IEP Programming minor
BASc Arts and Sciences
iBSc Mathematics, Computers and Medicine
MEng Engineering (Electronic with Computer Science).
The CS department is not able to offer any other module to UG Ancillary students. No exception.
Re: PG Ancillary student
An PG Ancillary student can potential choose any PG-level module offered by the CS department *** if *** the student can provide the two support letters.
Please note that the support letter from the student's programme director must explicitly confirm that their department/institute does not offer any module equivalent or similar to the CS module. This is very important, and there is no exception.
Application Procedure
After receiving the two support letters, an Ancillary student can submit their application to the CS Tutor for Ancillary Student (see below) with ALL of the following information.
Student information
LASTNAME, Firstname (as in their passport)
Is the student based at an institute/college of UoL? If so, the name of their institute/college.
Student number
University email address
Department
Current year of study
Degree programme and URL
Programme director name and email
Teaching admin team email
CS module
Module code and name
Module webpage URL
ML name and email
Reason to choose the module (up to 100 words).
Is there any timetable clash? If yes, please explain.
Up-to-date university transcript as a PDF attachment.
Support letter/email from their programme director (see above) as a PDF attachment.
Support letter/email from the ML of the CS module (see above) as a PDF attachment.
Contact
The CS Tutor for Ancillary Student: Prof. Shi ZHOU; email: <s.zhou@ucl.ac.uk>
The CS Teaching Admin team: <cs.undergraduate@ucl.ac.uk>
Email policy:
Student should send emails only from their university email address
Email title should start with “Ancillary - LASTNAME, Firstname”, where the LASTNAME is all in capital letters.
Please do not cc to others unless it is needed.