First Year Pathway in Information and Computer Science - Continue to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Business Computing (Social Media) (with Placement year)

LBIC offers University First Year studies for candidates who do not meet the direct entry criteria or hold high school qualifications that are not recognised. Upon successful completion of the pathway programme students will progress onto the second year of their Brunel University London progression degree. This Business Computing (Social Media) BSc course looks at the ways that social media has transformed how we connect and how we do business in the 21st century. Students study how the internet has rapidly evolved to accommodate services and technologies which can be used by companies as commercial tools. In the final year, students take a closer look at applications integral to supporting business such as Skype, Facebook and Twitter.

Through a mixture of theory and real-world practice, students will learn how to assess organisational problems and apply solutions. Brunel teaches students how to determine a dynamic mix of processes, which allow information delivery systems and users to carry out business effectively and efficiently. Students come to intuitively understand how an organisation’s information systems need to adapt to the changes and developments natural to growth and progress.

This course is designed for flexibility, students can select modules and specialise gradually. Students can transfer between Computer Science and Business Computing up to the start of Level 2, then they can choose a specialism up to the start of Level 3.

One third of each year of this programme is project-based. On Levels 1 and 2, students build a software solution in a team, and in the final year they carry out an individual project. Students also have the opportunity to showcase their projects at the annual Made in Brunel (Software Innovation) event, with awards presented by the likes of Cisco, Sky and Xerox.