Computing

Home of the two-year degree, the University of Buckingham, based in the South East of England, is ranked 6th for Student Satisfaction in the UK (National Student Survey, 2020).
We are proudly independent and not-for-profit, and offer courses in Allied Health, Business, Computing, Education, Humanities, Law, Medicine, Psychology and Security and Intelligence. We are one of the few universities in the UK that offer September and January start dates for almost all of our courses.
Based in Buckingham on a riverside campus, we are only 20 minutes’ from Milton Keynes central station and a short drive from Bicester, Aylesbury, Banbury and Northampton. There is free parking on-site and we are within easy reach of London and Oxford.
Our award-winning small class tutorials ensure every student is known by name and supported throughout their studies, including by dedicated personal tutors.
As pioneers of the two-year degree, we offer a condensed version of the traditional three-year degree, meaning you can gain a full honours degree and complete your studies a whole year earlier. Alternatively, you can complete both your undergraduate and master’s degree with us in just three years: saving you time and money.
A BSc Computing degree looks at the computing and communications technologies that lie at the heart of modern society. They include hardware, software, networks, tools, telecommunications equipment and required standards that provide the technological framework on which the delivery of information services is based. The IT industry is reporting a widening gap in software skills while hard technology is developing and diversifying fast.
The overall aim of this intensive programme is to enable all students to develop their potential so that they can apply what they have learnt to deal with computational problems and develop solutions in a real-world environment. Through studying this programme, students learn how to specify, design, develop and operate efficient and innovative computer-based systems and gain up-to-date knowledge of the relevant computing technologies at an advanced level within a shorter space of time.

Second Year Specialisms
In the second year of your BSc Computing degree, you will choose to specialise in one of the following:

• Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

• Cyber Security

• Computer Games and Immersive Applications Development

• Software Development

Each specialism pathway contains modules designed to ensure you develop the skills necessary to progress into employment in these areas of the Computing sector.

The content of this fast-track programme is compatible with the UK QAA subject benchmark statement for Computing and with the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The intensive nature of the programme requires motivation, commitment and above all good management of time.

Individual project for the BSc Computing degree
A particularly important feature of the BSc Computing degree (and all BSc Computing major with minor programmes) is the individual project, which extends over the first three terms of the second year, and involves the specification, development and testing of a substantial piece of software. The project is a crucial element of the degree, counting for 45 units. In support of this, you will, for example, learn to program in C# and C++, as well as taking modules in databases, human-computer interaction, and Internet & World Wide Web technologies.

Course Modules

Introduction to Computer Systems (Level 4),
Introduction to Operating Systems (Level 4),
Introduction to Statistics (Level 4),
Mathematics for Computing (Level 4),
Study Skills for Science (Level 4),
Problem Solving and Programming 1 (Level 4),
Problem Solving and Programming 2 (Level 5),
Human-Computer Interaction (Level 5),
Multimedia Systems (Level 5),
Object-Oriented Programming (Level 5),
Principles of Computer Networks (Level 5),
Principles of Database Systems (Level 5),
Professional, Ethical and Legal Issues (Level 5),
Web Applications Development (Level 5),
Algorithm Design, Implementation and Analysis (Level 6),
Cloud Computing (Level 6),
Embedded Systems (Level 6),
Image Processing (Level 6),
Information Security (Level 6),
Mobile Application Development (Level 6),
Software Engineering (Level 6),
Software Project Management (Level 6),
Technologies for Business Intelligence (Level 6),
Project (Level 6).

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT