Computer Science Top-up
University of Roehampton
UCAS Code: G410 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
University of Roehampton
UCAS Code: G410 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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About this course
**Why this course?**
• You will build upon your existing knowledge and enhance your potential to thrive in the sector, or in postgraduate study.
• The programme mixes virtual and face to face teaching with project-based learning, ensuring you graduate with technical fluency.
• This programme incorporates professional body requirements and standards with collaboration, community and social ethics.
• Study in our brand new state-of-the-art media centre on campus.
**About this course**
If you have a HND/DipHE qualification, this programme allows you top-up your qualifications to a full degree, giving you access to more graduate career opportunities.
This one-year top up programme is designed to provide a firm understanding of computer science. It will equip you with the skills you need for a successful career in the sector.
**Skills**
A degree in computer science is a gateway into nearly every industry. Technological advances have created a requirement for organisations across all sectors and industries to employ people who are competent, fluent and experienced in multiple areas of computing.
The programme has been constructed to give you experience of professional work culture while you study, focusing on collaborative working practices in technology and using team based project management software, such as Scrum and Kanban, that allows people to work together to deliver software for people. By studying in this way, you will learn what makes a responsible computer practitioner in legal, social, ethical and professional contexts.
**Career opportunities**
It has been designed for students who want to work in the evolving modern technology world. You will be taught by experts at the forefront of research with experience in industry, ensuring you are provided with the latest knowledge and skills in this fast-moving sector.
Graduates can go into any IT career, from government and public sector, to large IT organisations and media. Roles include software engineer, software developer, data scientist, cyber security analyst, DevOps engineer, and artificial Intelligence and automated operations engineer.
Modules
Final-Year Project
Data Visualisation
Machine Learning
Data Engineering
Cyber-Security
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