BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology

Bachelor's degree

In Bournemouth

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bournemouth

Our Business Information Technology degree is a popular and well-established course that will provide you with the technical skills and knowledge required to create IT applications, and to understand the business environment in which that development takes place. It combines the study of IT with relevant aspects of business, providing you with a variety of options once you graduate.
What’s more, all our courses are accredited by the British Computing Society (BCS). To be awarded Chartered IT Professional status from BCS you will need to complete a year of further learning beyond graduation and meet other criteria, details of which can be found on the BCS website.
We understand that computing is a diverse subject and that it can be difficult to know what area you’d like to specialise in at this stage in your career. That’s why all of our courses within the computing framework share a common first year, giving you the time to really explore the subject before deciding on a specialism. There are courses that allow you to keep a relatively wide focus, as well as degrees that provide a greater level of specialism, giving you plenty of flexibility when it comes to which direction you want your career to take.
This course forms part of BU's framework of computing alongside the following other courses:
BSc (Hons) Computing
BSc (Hons) Computer Networks
BSc (Hons) Forensic Computing & Security
BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
BSc (Hons) Information Technology Management
You only need to apply for one of the courses in the framework. If you change your mind and would prefer to study a different course within the framework, you will have the opportunity to change your final degree title during your study with us.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bournemouth (Dorset)
Fern Barrow, Talbot Campus, BH12 5BB

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Networking
  • Market
  • Computing
  • Networks
  • Network
  • Usability training
  • Teaching
  • Quality
  • Design
  • Marketing
  • Web
  • Financial
  • Project
  • Planning
  • Systems
  • Technology
  • Industry
  • Engineering
  • Team Training
  • Quality Training
  • Financial Training
  • Programming
  • Network Training
  • Learning Teaching

Course programme

Course details On this course you will usually be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry. Year 1 Core units Business & Professional Issues: Preparing you for work in the computing profession, You'll develop skills in teamwork, business appreciation, communication, professional behaviour, CV writing and research, and improve your knowledge of the computing industry. Computers & Networks: You'll learn about data representations for storage and transmission, the basic architecture of computers, peripherals, operating systems and file systems, and networking protocols. Programming: You'll learn to write programs that meet set specifications using a single programming language. Relational Databases: Gain an understanding of the issues involved in developing and using relational databases, and become an expert in Structured Query Language and database design techniques. Systems Analysis & Design: How the Systems Development process affects business. This includes the modelling business systems using informal and formal techniques, and merging parts needed for system provision such as the human computer interface and computer systems design. User Centred Web Development: The best practices for designing and developing Web pages and sites. You'll gain practical skills by mark-up languages to create static web pages, and an understanding of how simple multi-media techniques can improve the web-user's experience. Year 2 Core units Business for IT: You'll learn to analyse marketing and financial issues involved in business and units in a business. Data Management: You will develop further skills and understanding of the techniques and technologies used in databases and data management. Infrastructure Strategy: Explore the relationship between the goals of Information Systems and the infrastructure strategies of small and medium enterprises. Look at computer and networking infrastructures and characteristics like flexibility, scalability, performance, resilience, quality of service and security, and design choices and implications of corporate infrastructure. Project Management & Team Working: You'll gain experience of working in a team on an IT systems development project, which will prepare you for work placement in Systems Design: With a focus on ‘upstream’ development tasks, you'll learn about the needs and of software system designs, and explore the problems with traditional systems development such as human computer interface design and usability. Option units You'll choose one of the following units: Application Programming: Building on your previous programming experience, you'll design more complex applications and explore data persistence, concurrency, and networking. Web Programming: You’ll learn to select and apply technologies appropriate to the issues being addressed. You will also develop an understanding of the legal, ethical and social issues in this rapidly changing environment. Web Technology Integration: Design templates and apply them to content management systems, which are selected on a specific business model. Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year. Year 3 You'll complete a minimum 30-week industrial work placement which can be carried out anywhere in the world. The placement year offers a chance to gain experience and make contacts for the future. Year 4 Core units Business Development & Enterprise: Gain an understanding of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and use idea generation techniques to identify market opportunities. You'll create marketing plans using environment, competitor, market, customer and demand analysis to investigate market opportunities. You'll also learn to use financial accounting and planning methods to create and evaluate financial plans for business developments. Data Mining: The Principles and techniques of data analysis. You'll carry out data analysis experiments. Individual Project: Study a topic of your choice independently. You'll coherently present your process and product. Option units You'll choose one of the following units: Advanced Development: The design of applications that support enterprise activities. There will be an emphasis on mixing applications and Internet-based services. Advanced Networks: Evaluate computer networks and what they're capable of. You'll discuss the latest developments in communication technologies, the links between cellular and data networks, and issues affecting network performance and security. Business Development & Enterprise: Gain an understanding of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and use idea generation techniques to identify market opportunities. You'll create marketing plans using environment, competitor, market, customer and demand analysis to investigate market opportunities. You'll also learn to use financial accounting and planning methods to create and evaluate financial plans for business developments. Human Factors in Computing Systems: This unit will present generic Human Computer Interaction research that can be used for a range of software and systems engineering projects. You'll learn about design processes, standards and guidelines, usability tools and techniques, and workload measurement approaches. Information Assurance: A growing and diverse study of how information flows through cyberspace. Information Assurance is about getting the right Information, to the right people at the right time. Machine Intelligence for Business Decision-making: Gain sound, practical knowledge of machine intelligence and bio-inspired computer techniques that are often used for solving problems in business, finance, planning and management. Management in Computing: Learn how to manage a range of computing activities from supplier and consumer perspectives. Network Configuration Management: Address issues in network design, and learn about the tools you'll need to run networks. Security by Design: Select and critically evaluate the usability criteria that security mechanisms have to meet and design and evaluate secure systems that organisations need to ensure long-term, productive security. Software Quality & Testing: How to make sure software has been made to a good enough quality. Software Systems Modelling: Practice how to use software systems that use Unified Modelling Language (UML). Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing Systems: Mobile and pervasive systems impact personal and business activities. You'll learn about the benefits and limits of mobile technology and design your own mobile and pervasive technology. Web Information Systems: Explore web development methods of all scales. This will help you identify and solve likely problems in every stage of the development process. Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year. Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may change from year to year. Scheduled learning and teaching activities Contact hours The hours below give an indication of how you can expect to spend your time during each year of this course. You will learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and practical sessions. Your independent learning could include reading books and journal articles, working on group projects, preparing presentations, conducting library research and writing your assignments. This is a very hands-on course and in addition to timetabled lectures and seminars, our students have 24/7 access to dedicated facilities which include the latest hardware and software tools, e.g. for virtualisation, physical and virtual networking, programming, Linux, Windows 7, Android development, as well as dedicated general-purpose facilities. We are members of Microsoft DreamSpark. Year 1 – 33% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 407 hours Independent learning: 793 hours Year 2 – 23% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 380 hours Independent learning: 820 hours Year 3 – Placement year Year 4 - 11% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 162 hours (estimated) Independent learning: 1038 hours (actual) 54% of the course is assessed by coursework Year 1: 62% Year 2: 70% Year 3: 0% Final year: 83% Throughout the course you will be assessed by coursework culminating in your final year research project, but you will also undertake group work and written exams. Our computing courses are very practically based, and so you will be assessed in a manner appropriate to the subject. Many units will require you to work as part of a team. Programme specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance. All statistics shown are taken from Unistats, Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE), BU institutional data and Ipsos MORI (National Student Survey) unless otherwise stated.

BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology

£ 9,250 + VAT