Computing Bsc (hons) in University of Northampton, UK

Computing Bsc (hons) in University of Northampton

Our Computing degree gives you the opportunity to explore different ideas, developing innovate solutions of improvements to current issues in the computing industry. You’ll be given an insight into the computing industry, investigating the wide reaching influences that computers and computing technology have on the world, while making contributions to help find your place within the industry. This programmes covers the fundamental principles that are key to computing technology and its various uses.

Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd. We’ve created the Northampton Employment Promise because we are so confident that if you focus on your studies and complete one of our awards you’ll be highly employable by the time you graduate. Putting you in a great position to secure employment or continue your studies.

Course Details

Throughout your degree you will cover software engineering methods, database implementation and system design, with multiple users and multiple platforms in mind. You will also study the background theory, including practical implications of knowledge based systems, neural networks and evolutionary algorithms on the development of artificial intelligence systems.

In your first year, you will share common modules with all Computing students. In year two and three, you will have the flexibility and choice to focus on a specialism. You can study a range of topics in Computing including: web technology, mobile computing, software Engineering, web technology and security, networks/systems engineering, and graphics and visualisation. You can also continue a multidisciplinary approach which will give you more flexibility for future career prospects.

Methods of Learning

You will be taught through a variety of activities and problem solving challenges, so that you can apply your theoretical knowledge. Being able to analyse problems, implement statistical methods, research solutions and apply them in new ways are all skills that are highly valued in the computing industry. You will develop your expertise using a range of technical practical skills and enhance your statistical and analytical methodology to review situations quickly, to provide possible solutions.

Assessments

A wide range of assessment tools are used including essays, reports and end of year examinations.

Scholarships

EU and International Scholarships

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Sir Thomas White Scholarship

The Sir Thomas White scholarship will support and acknowledge an academically gifted student, with the proviso that the selection panel is confident that there is…

TD Lewis Scholarship

The T D Lewis Scholarship provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students with financial awards of up to £1,000.  This scholarship is awarded on educational excellence…

The Chancellor's Fund

The Chancellor’s Fund is a bi-annual fund providing students with awards of between £100 and £1,000. You must be a current student to apply.  The…

The Reid Science and Engineering Bursary

The Reid Science and Engineering Bursary supports a small number of undergraduate students who are studying a full-time three year BSc or BEng in Environmental…

Wilson Endowment Scholarship

The Wilson Endowment Scholarship provides a £1,500 scholarship to undergraduate students from the Northamptonshire area. The endowed scholarship was donated in memory of Mr Lynn Wilson,…

 

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