Business Computing BSc Placement offered

Our Level 1 course meets the needs of students joining us from a wide variety of backgrounds and with diverse computing experience. These classes build a firm foundation for the rest of your degree by introducing you to the style and ethos of both the School and the computing profession.

By the end of Level 1, you’ll have covered the fundamental concepts of computer science and the computer-based systems necessary in business.

• Software Design
• Software Design Implementation Event
• Data and Information
• Level 1 Group Project
• Introductory Programming
• Information Systems and Organisations
• Logic and Computation

You’ll further specialise in Business Computing including systems analysis and design. You’ll also explore human and organisational aspects of computer-based systems, as well as the changes in processes and technology that organisations must make if they’re to get the best from their information.

• Level 2 Group Project
• Software Development and Management
• Usability Engineering
• Business Analysis and Process Modelling
• ICTs in Society

In this final year, you’ll study options to broaden your understanding of computing. You’ll begin to address research-level issues in the area of computing for business.

• Business Computing Project
• Advanced Topics in Buisiness Computing

Optional modules:

• eBusiness
• Human Computer Interaction
• Social Media
• Software Project Management
• Cybersecurity

This is a substantial individual project for which you research a business computing topic in depth. If you’re on a sandwich course it’s quite likely that this project will be of interest to future employers. This is assessed and is worth a third of your Level 3 marks.

Examples of past projects have included:

• Security issues in the development of electronic cash
• Contingency planning for healthcare information systems
• Interface design for a social networking intranet site
• Increasing consumer trust in eCommerce and issues in enterprise systems implementation.

Your choice of options will be determined by whether you follow the general Business Computing course or whether you choose to include a specialist option.

For example, if you choose the general Business Computing course, you can choose three options from the following:

• eBusiness
• Human Computer Interaction
• Social Media
• Software Project Management
• Cybersecurity.

If you choose Business Computing with a specialism, such as Business Computing (eBusiness), the specialist module will make up one of your options, and you can choose two others from the list above.

We revise the options available each year to reflect the range of specialist interests among our staff, and industry trends.

Read more about the structure of undergraduate degrees at Brunel and what you will learn on the course.