The BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Business aims to produce graduate software developers who specialise in managing software development for business.  
 
We focus on the design, construction and application of computing systems to meet the requirements of business organisations.

What you’ll learn

With students joining the programme from a variety of different backgrounds, year one brings everyone to the same level of knowledge.  
 
The remaining years of the Computer Science with Business programme will give you a firm grounding in the principles of computer programme design and business organisation.  You will also have the opportunity to extend your knowledge beyond the traditional business use of IT, getting fully up to speed with new developments with the internet, e-business and distributed computing and multimedia systems.  
 
If you choose our four year course, you’ll spend your third year in a paid professional placement of direct relevance to your studies. This placement will give you invaluable practical experience in a real work environment and further enhance your career prospects. Our staff will help you find a suitable placement and support you during your year.

Our current and recent placement employers include companies in the UK and abroad such as: IBM, 3M, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Intel, BT, Corus and TNT.
 
In your final year, you’ll be able to select options of relevance to your chosen career and also undertake an in depth project on a subject of particular interest. Your project could be based on a topic from an extensive list or you can suggest your own, perhaps based on your professional placement.
 
We provide opportunities to get involved in our student-run software development organisation, Beautiful Canoe (https://beautifulcanoe.com/), through the provision of a number of summer internships every year.

There is also an Industry Club, open to everyone, which gives you opportunities to meet with employers and showcase your work, increasing your chance of securing that all-important graduate job or placement.

Your learning experience will be a combination of lectures and seminars and more practical teaching, including lab exercises, practical classes and computer-aided learning. This variety enables you to develop the skills and experiences you need to create, analyse, test and develop systems in the workplace.

Assessment is through of written exams, projects and coursework. The proportion varies according to the modules chosen but examinations typically comprise around 75% and continuous assessment around 25%.

Employers actively support Tech Industry Gold degrees in both design and delivery, giving students unique opportunities to learn from many different companies throughout their studies and, on graduation, students are highly attractive to these students.

Our graduates have also gone on to work at exciting businesses including Capgemini, Microsoft, Toyota, KPMG and Coca-Cola.