Undergraduate Pathway in Computer Science

Program Overview

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Overview

This pathway will help you gain the skills and knowledge on the core concepts needed to understand computing and their application in organisations. With the fast-changing pace of technological advances, you will experience learning at an individual as well as group level, ranging from report writing to designing your own business web page.

Your Pathway to Brunel University London.

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Your pathway to Brunel University London:

High School

Stage 1

University Foundation

Stage 2

First Year University Studies

Stage 3

Second Year University Studies

Stage 4

Final Year University

This pathway is delivered by Brunel Pathway College and leads to these degrees:

Business Computing BSc

Business Computing (eBusiness) BSc

Computer Science BSc

Business Computing (Human Computer Interaction) BSc

Business Computing (Social Media) BSc

Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) BSc

Computer Science (Digital Media and Games) BSc

Computer Science (Software Engineering) BSc

Computer Science (Network Computing) BSc

Program Outline

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Course content

In all Brunel University London computer study degrees, students develop a range of skills valued by employers such as communication, critical thinking, analysis, teamwork, career planning and project management. Each programme has a strong contemporary feel and relates theory and concepts to the practical issues facing employers and employees in the 21st Century. Successful completion of the degree can lead to career opportunities in marketing, enterprise, business accounting, accountancy, business operations, HRM, finance, recruitment consulting and other graduate level job depending on which degree path is followed after the Foundation study is completed.

The programme syllabus is designed around the acquisition of core academic skills and literacy development that underpins successful higher education outcomes: academic research, ICT, critical thinking and the promotion of self-awareness.

In-course written, reading, listening and oral assessment is built in to modules through general interaction between tutors and students through small group tutorials or individual tutorials/appraisals.

Typical Foundation Modules:

Business Mathematics/ Mathematics for Economics and Finance

Economics

Interactive Learning Skills and Communication 1

Management

Marketing

Principles of Accounting

Principles of ICT

Statistics

Typical First Year Modules:

Data and Information

Group Project Lab

Group Project Lecture

Group Project Tutorial

Information Systems and Organisations

Interactive Learning Skills and Communication 2

Introductory Programming

Logic and Computation

This is an intensive programme with a minimum 16 hours per week and a corresponding number of ongoing assessment tasks designed to provide a scaffolded structure for students at this entry level to Higher Education.

This course can be studied Foundation: 2 semesters, First year: 2 semesters full-time, starting in September.

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Careers and your future

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Assessment and feedback