BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year

Course Details:

Modules

During your foundation year you’ll study 6 modules that will prepare you with the skills you need to move on to your full degree course. Then, over 3 years you’ll study a total of 360 credit hours over seventeen modules. In years 2 and 3, you’ll study the required ‘core’ modules and choose 2 ‘elective’ modules from a choice of 4 options. This allows you to select specialised modules which cover topics that you want to learn about the most.

Foundation Year

• Preparing for University Success

• Exploring the Business Environment

• Advancing your Academic Skills

• Becoming an Effective Leader

• Planning for Your Future Success

• Investigation & Innovation Project

 Year 2

• Introduction to Academic Skills and Professional Development (Core)

• Introduction to Computer Systems and Security (Core)

• Introduction to Databases (Core)

• Introduction to Programming (Core)

• Introduction to Web Authoring (Core)

• Productivity and Collaboration Tools for Learning and Work (Core)

Year 3

• Human Computer Interaction (Core)

• Data Analytics and Visualisation (Core)

• IT Project Management (Core)

• Systems Analysis and Design (Core)

• Then choose either

• Technical route

• Advanced Databases (Elective) and

• Object Oriented Programming (Elective)

or

• Managerial route

• Digital Business (Elective) and

• Ethics, Quality and Sustainability in Technological Environments (Elective)

Year 4

• Data Mining (Core)

• Managing Innovation and Change (Core)

• Computing Project (Core)

• Then choose either

• Technical route

• Distributed and Cloud Computing (Elective)

• Web Application Development (Elective)

or

• Managerial route

• Information Security Management (Elective)

• Technology Entrepreneurship (Elective)