Computing and Digital Technologies

Why is Computing and Digital Technology designed the way it is? Who designs it and for whom? At Swansea, you’ll learn how to code and much more. We’ll empower you to create and innovate to solve real-world problems. From day one, you’ll be building software, exploring new technologies, and developing the skills that employers are looking for.

You’ll dive into high-demand areas like artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, data science, software engineering, and mobile app development. We don’t list specific tools and languages here, because we constantly update our curriculum to match what industry needs when you graduate, not what it needed when you started.

Our curriculum is shaped by industry input and delivered by experts who work at the cutting edge. From BAFTA-nominated game developers to world-leading cyber security experts and researchers collaborating with Airbus, Microsoft, HSBC, and Siemens – your lecturers excel in theory and make a difference in practice.

You’ll learn in state-of-the-art labs, collaborate with your peers, and showcase your work to employers at our annual Project Fair. Whether you're interested in building cloud-based systems, designing accessible apps, exploring Internet of Things (IoT) technologies or developing technologies that haven’t even been invented yet, you’ll graduate with a portfolio that demonstrates your skills - and gives you the confidence to use them.

Throughout this three-year programme, you will encounter topics that will expand your appreciation of the societal, cultural, economic, and political impacts of Computing and Digital Technology. You will be able to utilise a set of industry standard tools to plan, develop and produce digital products ranging from marketing campaigns to computer games.

In Year 1, you will typically study areas including: Data Representation & Computer Architecture; Programming & Software Engineering 1; Introduction to Data Science; Professional Issues, Security & Digital Technology; Programming & Software Engineering 2.

In Year 2, you will typically study areas including: Technologies and Society; Digital Content Creation; Digital Technology Group Project; Database Systems; Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction; Intelligent Robotics.

In Year 3, you will typically study areas including: Invention and Innovation in Computing; Digital Controversies: Understanding the Impacts of Technology; Computer Science Project Implementation and Dissertation; Computer Science Project Specification and Development; Blockchain technology and its applications; User Experience.

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS