Mobile Device Application Development MSc

Staffordshire University

Postgraduate

In Stoke-On-Trent

£ 9,000 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Stoke-on-trent

  • Duration

    18 Months

This award is aimed at graduates of Computing-related degrees who want to develop the key skills needed to create applications for phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. As well as downloadable applications for the consumer market, you will learn to create mobile clients for larger computer systems.
You can complete in 13 months if you are able to undertake and finish your dissertation over the summer vacation
This is a full-time, on campus award but you can also study Mobile Device Application Development part-time by distance learning. There is also a placement version of this course.

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Location

Start date

Stoke-On-Trent (Staffordshire)
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College Road, ST4 2DE

Start date

On request

About this course

Normal requirements are at least a UK second class honours degree or equivalent in a related computing discipline
If you do not meet the above but have significant appropriate experience, your application will be considered, provided that you satisfy the University that you are capable of responding to the challenge of postgraduate work.
If your first language is not English, you will need to demonstrate that you are fluent enough to cope with the course. A minimum score of IELTS 6 or TOEFL 550 (213 computer-based) is normally required.

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Subjects

  • Application Development
  • Systems
  • Design
  • Computing

Course programme



You need to be an experienced programmer before you start. Core modules on the award will teach you the programming and software engineering skills needed to develop and publish applications on three of the most popular mobile platforms: Android (Java), iOS (Objective-C) and Windows Phone (C#).
You will also study the design aspects of mobile systems, from user interface design to the design of enterprise systems which incorporate mobility.
You will undertake an MSc dissertation which will involve researching and demonstrating advanced techniques in mobile application development. You can complete in 13 months if you are able to undertake and finish your dissertation over the summer vacation.
Our laboratories are equipped with high-spec PCs with development environments for Android (Android Studio) and Windows Phone. iPhone and iPad development is supported with a laboratory of iMacs equipped with the XCode developer toolset. There are a variety of mobile devices available for application deployment and testing.
Core modules
COSE70633 Enterprise Mobility
COSE70611 Android Application Development
COSE70610 Advanced Android Application Development
COSE70609 Location Aware Mobile Application Development
COSE70612 Application Development for iOS Devices
COIS71024 Professional Development
COIS71040 Research Methods
COIS71052 MSc Dissertation
Plus one option from a selection of Masters-level Computing modules

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