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What is computer science?
Computer science is intimately concerned with knowing, in detail, how computers and computer systems work. Building on that knowledge helps us understand how we can create computer systems and program them to do what we want them to do. It is also about the way computers store and process information and how humans and computers interact with each other. It is currently hard to think of an area of human endeavour in which computers don’t play an integral role. Computing professionals are the architects of this new information age.
How will I study?
The school provides high quality teaching and a well-equipped and supportive learning environment. Hands-on programming sessions, computer-aided learning tools, web-based teaching materials and tutorials support traditional lecture programmes. Project work, both individual and in groups, is a key feature of all our programmes. The modules on our programmes place emphasis on how computers work and how they may be used to solve real-world problems.
Professional accreditation
The BSc Computer Science and BSc Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence are accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS). This is an external recognition of the excellence of our teaching. It is also a recognition that the skills you learn while studying our degrees are of relevance to industry. Graduates from these degrees may join the BCS and, after typically five years of industry experience, may achieve UK chartered engineer (CEng) status.
Career prospects
While many computer science graduates become programmers, others are employed in a variety of jobs. These include computer analysts, IT consultants and planners, network/systems designers and engineers, researchers, software designers and engineers, web designers, web developers and producers as well as roles across accountancy and investment/merchant banking, advertising and marketing, business and financial analysis, and legal and quality assurance professions. Some of our graduates have gone on to work for companies such as Adobe, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft. Others have found jobs with employers such as Accenture, Experian and Ocado.
Computer science is intimately concerned with knowing, in detail, how computers and computer systems work. Building on that knowledge helps us understand how we can create computer systems and program them to do what we want them to do. It is also about the way computers store and process information and how humans and computers interact with each other. It is currently hard to think of an area of human endeavour in which computers don’t play an integral role. Computing professionals are the architects of this new information age.
How will I study?
The school provides high quality teaching and a well-equipped and supportive learning environment. Hands-on programming sessions, computer-aided learning tools, web-based teaching materials and tutorials support traditional lecture programmes. Project work, both individual and in groups, is a key feature of all our programmes. The modules on our programmes place emphasis on how computers work and how they may be used to solve real-world problems.
Professional accreditation
The BSc Computer Science and BSc Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence are accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS). This is an external recognition of the excellence of our teaching. It is also a recognition that the skills you learn while studying our degrees are of relevance to industry. Graduates from these degrees may join the BCS and, after typically five years of industry experience, may achieve UK chartered engineer (CEng) status.
Career prospects
While many computer science graduates become programmers, others are employed in a variety of jobs. These include computer analysts, IT consultants and planners, network/systems designers and engineers, researchers, software designers and engineers, web designers, web developers and producers as well as roles across accountancy and investment/merchant banking, advertising and marketing, business and financial analysis, and legal and quality assurance professions. Some of our graduates have gone on to work for companies such as Adobe, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft. Others have found jobs with employers such as Accenture, Experian and Ocado.