Course Details

In today's global job market, advanced computing abilities are highly sought after, offering a plethora of chances to specialise, fill industry shortages, and further your career. For this reason, we've set up your education to provide you with a solid basis for future skill growth.

What you will discover

In today's digital world, BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year programme delivers highly sought-after abilities. We cover a wide range of computing topics in our modules, including databases (MySQL), web development (HTML, CSS, Javascript), programming (Java, Python, PHP), cloud computing, cyber security, data analysis, and computing ethics.

Depending on your goals, you can customise the abilities you acquire by selecting from two well considered pathways: an information systems track or a technical pathway.

Gain knowledge by doing

Our modules are designed to provide you the practical skills you need for your job, with many of them being "hands-on." Our programme emphasises real-world preparation through practical, authentic evaluations, in contrast to many computing courses that don't. As a result, prior to taking tests that let you show off these abilities, you'll interact with databases, create web documents, code, analyse data, and use cloud services.

Modules

You can take up to three years to finish each level of this course, which has a four to twelve-year duration. However, the majority of our students want to finish the course in four or six years.

Foundation Year 

• Getting Ready for Success in College
• Examining the Business Environment
• Developing Your Academic Capabilities
• How to Become a Successful Leader
• Organising Yourself for Success in the Future
• Research and Development Initiative

Level 4

• An Overview of Professional Development and Academic Skills (Core)
• Overview of Computer Security and Systems (Core)
• Overview of Databases (Core)
• Overview to Programming (Core)
• Overview to Web Authoring (Core)
• Collaboration and Productivity Tools for Education and Work (Core)

Level 5 

• Computer-Human Interaction (Core)
• Visualisation and Data Analytics (Core)
• Core IT Project Management
• Core Systems Analysis and Design
• Next select either
  • Technical route
  • Advanced Databases (Elective) and
  • Object Oriented Programming (Elective)
    or
  • Information Systems
  • Digital Business (Elective) and
  • Ethics, Quality and Sustainability in Technological Environments (Elective)

Level 6

• Data Mining (Core)
• Managing Innovation and Change (Core)
• Computing Project (Core)
• Then choose either
  • Technical Path
  • Cloud and Distributed Computing (Elective)
  • Development of Web Applications (Elective)
    or
  • Data and Information Systems
  • Management of Information Security (Elective)
  • Entrepreneurship in Technology (Elective)