Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Computer Science with foundation year

As the use of the internet, ‘big data’, simulation, and automation continues to grow, so does the need for computer scientists and software engineers who can provide real solutions to real problems.

This course has been designed so students can meet the demands of high-performance computing in industry. Students will learn software development, machine architecture, problem modelling and parallel computing – among other things.

The main emphasis of this degree is on the development of advanced software and the use of cutting-edge ideas to enable students to work with data on a massive scale – something employers are increasingly demanding.

Computer Science is an ever-expanding field of study with great opportunities for employment, further study and research in a variety of fields. This course's main emphasis is on the development of software using high performance computing and cutting-edge concepts to enable an intelligent understanding of data on a massive scale, learners are also introduced to fields like Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Agile Software Development practices and current issues both ethically and economically in the technology sector. The foundation year helps those with no prior experience of computing to gain the prerequisite learning needed to be successful on the course and future career.

On successful completion of this degree students will be strongly prepared for a role in many computing roles, specifically software engineering. The course very closely maps to commercial development and students will be fully prepared to move into a broad range of computing roles such as Scrum Master, Product Manager, Dev-Ops, UX-Designer and many more.