BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Online)

What will I study?

With online study, you study at your own choice of time and place, saving on travel and accommodation costs and fitting in with your other commitments.

Our programmes begin on specific dates, you study as a small group, there are deadlines for coursework assignments and online tests with a fixed 24-hour period to take them in. This way you combine the flexibility of distance learning with the self-discipline and community spirit of conventional tuition. Our students come from all over the world so you will have a great opportunity to gain first-hand experience of global networking.

With online study, you use the Internet for learning: to access course information, to communicate with others, and to transmit completed assignments for marking. We take advantage of online technologies to provide faster and more effective communication and to deliver much richer learning materials than is normally possible with other forms of distance learning.

This means that wherever you are in the world, providing you have access to a suitable PC and Internet connection, you can study for a University of Hertfordshire award without attending the University in person.

Course Length

For entry at Level 4 the programme in its entirety is offered in two study patterns:

• an entirely part-time study pattern (6 years in duration) or
• a study pattern which offers part-time study for levels 4 and 5 or full-time study for level 5 and 6 (4 or 5 years in duration).

For entry at Level 6 the programme in its entirety is offered in two study patterns:

• an entirely part-time study pattern (2 years in duration) or
• an entirely full-time study pattern (1 year in duration)

Level 5

Module

• Operating Systems and Computer Networks
• Programming, Algorithms & Data Structures (COM)
• Software Development Exercise (COM)
• Contemporary Issues (COM)
• Databases (COM)

Level 6

Module

• Quantum Computing
• Programming & Software Engineering Practice (COM)
• Computer Science Project (COM)
• Project Planning (COM)
• Computer Systems Security (COM)
• Mobile Computing (COM)
• Data Mining and Visualisation (COM)