BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year

Bucks New University

Bachelor's degree

In High Wycombe

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    4 Years

This course is offered as a four year programme, including an initial Foundation Year. You may also be interested in our three year BSc (Hons) Computing course.

The Foundation Year will allow you to develop your academic study skills and build confidence in your abilities, identifying your own strengths and development needs for progression onto an undergraduate degree.

During your first year, we will help you identify what employers are looking for from their future recruits, including practical and transferrable skills, personal qualities and business awareness. This new knowledge will lay an excellent foundation for you when you graduate, enabling you to present yourself effectively to employers using a CV, application form and during interviews.

We will also encourage you to develop your entrepreneurial skills. We’ll show you how to formulate a plan for a new idea or product, showing who your customers are and how their needs will be met. You’ll also learn how to pitch your ideas in a range of ways.

Other modules in the Foundation Year include Computing Essentials, covering web design and mobile apps, networking and programming, and also Digital Media which will give you the basic processing skills needed to manage content such as images, animations and audio.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

On request

About this course

Our programme balances theory and practice in computing systems and software engineering. This course provides a strong foundation and offers the opportunity to specialise in various computing branches of the industry. Students focus on their areas of specialist interest by choice of options and through an individual project in the final year. Thus enabling you to move forward into a number of sector career paths such as Software Developer, System Development, Mobile Development, Networking & Security, Database Management, IT support and Research.

Being able to contribute to the analysis, design, creation and management of information systems and software, you will find a variety of exciting and dynamic career paths open to you. You will be qualified to work in software development, systems analysis, corporate or Government IT, database administration, web system development, system support, network engineering and research. You may also enjoy a career in the vibrant and growing area of Mobile and Cloud Computing.

If you do not meet the minimum requirements for the three-year programme, or do not feel fully prepared for a Level 4 course, this four-year programme including a Foundation Year could be for you.

You'll need to hold GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above, and will usually have achieved a minimum of 90 credits from a Level 3 qualification such as A Levels or BTECs.

International students should hold an IELTS of 5.5 (minimum of 5.5 in all areas).

Applicants will also be invited to attend an interview.

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Subjects

  • Computing
  • Database
  • Programming
  • Business Modelling
  • Web Development
  • Mobile Systems
  • Network Systems
  • Web Applications
  • Advanced Programming
  • Cloud computing
  • Project
  • Media

Course programme

This module map provides a list of the modules that make up your course.

Each module is worth a specified number of credits (typically either 15 or 30 credits for undergraduate courses). Compulsory (or ‘core’) modules cover key subject knowledge, while ‘option’ modules enable you to develop your own interests. For a full-time course you must take modules worth a total of 120 credits at each level of the course. The number of option modules you can take depends on the number of compulsory modules at each level. You can find more information about how your course is structured via the Academic Advice pages.

Our teaching is informed by research and employer requirements, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the subject area. In addition, where we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an option module, this may not be offered. If an option module does not run, we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

The modules available on this course are as follows:

Foundation Year Modules
  • Inquiry and Research Skills
  • Digital Media
  • Computing Essentials
  • Preparing for Success Knowledge and Creativity
  • Preparing for Success Self-development and Responsibility
Year 1 Modules
  • Application Programming
  • Business Modelling
  • Computer Architectures
  • Digital Technologies and Professional Practice
  • Networking
  • Programming Concepts
  • User Experience (UX)
  • Web Development
Year 2 Modules
  • Web Applications
  • Network Systems
  • Object Oriented Systems Development
  • Database Design
  • Open Source Systems
  • Software Engineering
  • Intro to Intelligent Systems (Team Project)
  • Mobile Systems
Year 3 Modules
  • Advanced Programming (optional)
  • Knowledge-Based Systems in A.I. (optional)
  • Cloud Computing (optional)
  • Database Development (optional)
  • Enterprise Systems Development (optional)
  • Advanced Mobile Development
  • Quality Assurance and Testing
  • Learning Machines and Intelligent Agents (optional)
  • Security (optional)
  • Database Technologies (optional)
  • Data Structures and Algorithms (optional)
  • Project

Additional information

Full Time International, September 2019: £12,000 per year

Full Time Home and EU, February 2020: £9,250 per year

Full Time International, February 2020: £12,000 per year

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BSc (Hons) Computing with Foundation Year

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