About the course

IT has never been so important to the strategic, operational and tactical needs of business. This course responds to the growing market demand for graduates who bring with them a suite of knowledge and skills encompassing information systems engineering; modern business practice; and project management.

The focus of the course is on the use of information systems for business analysis and intelligence, and, as such, it offers you a thorough grounding in information tools for the modern business environment. You develop a firm understanding of business information and organisation structures as well as skills in using the software for designing and developing information systems.

Alongside this information systems focus, you explore a range of business processes, and their applications, as well as gaining skills in project, finance and virtual management techniques.

Why choose this course?

• Develop your knowledge of system analysis and design; modern database practices; decision support systems; and data mining
• Study in our specialist STEM building, complete with dedicated computing environments
• Be able to communicate confidently with business analysts, computer programmers and software engineers
• Explore the entrepreneurial possibilities of IT and discover how the needs of business can offer an enormous range of opportunities
• Benefit from a series of talks and guidance from speakers and experts in the industry, across a range of business sectors
• Take the course over four years and benefit from a fee-free year in industry (see below), when you can gain experience, make contacts and build your CV
• If you need to step up into higher education, start with a Foundation Year (see below) which guarantees you a place on the degree course

Dr Schetinin has obtained a PhD in Computer Science (Computational Intelligence) in 1997. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Jena (Germany) and then at the University of Exeter. He joined the department in 2005.