About the course
There is a growing demand for graduates able to meet the information and organisational needs of businesses. This course provides you with the academic and technical skills to interpret develop and manage information and data systems.
With this degree you explore the information and organisation structures used in business and gain knowledge and skills in exploiting existing software alongside designing and developing information systems.
In your first year you gain a bedrock of knowledge about databases and computer networks; the mathematics of computational thinking and data; and programming and data structures. You then develop and consolidate your understanding in areas such as data engineering retrieval and presentation; data mining; data management; systems development; and artificial intelligence.
Why choose this course?
- Build the skills needed to conceptualise develop and manage information systems
- Develop your ability to analyse interpret and handle the huge amount of data businesses generate on a daily basis
- Understand industrial-standard technologies and advanced information technology strategies including grid and cloud computing
- Learn from an academic team who are experts in information systems data science and computing
- Benefit from studying in a dedicated environment using the latest high-tech industry-standard equipment
- Develop the technical ability to interact with business analysts computer programmers software engineers and computer scientists
- Explore and widen your career opportunities with our network of industry contacts
- Take the course over four years and include a fee-free year in industry (see below) gaining experience adding to your CV and making contacts for the future