Applied Computing (Games) (with Dundee and Angus College)

Description

Why study Applied Computing (Games) at Dundee?

This is a degree for people who are creative, problem-solvers, good team-players and who enjoy a challenge. It is about the satisfaction of software development, not about office applications.

This new and exciting Widening Access Co-curriculum programme, run in collaboration with Dundee & Angus College, gives you the opportunity of securing a place at the University of Dundee if you currently fall short of our entry requirements but meet our Widening Access criteria.

The aim of the first year, taught primarily at Dundee & Angus College, is to provide you with a strong foundation in basic science, giving you the core knowledge and skills to continue in your Applied Computing studies. Key areas will be supplemented through sessions supplied by the School of Computing which will be taught on the University campus.

You will matriculate as a University of Dundee student with full access to all of the resources and facilities. On successful completion of first year you will transfer directly into year 2 of the Applied Computing programme at the University of Dundee.

Staff at both Dundee & Angus College and the University operate an open-door policy and students are encouraged to approach staff as and when they wish for help and support.

What's so good about Applied Computing at Dundee?

Our course is modelled on good practice in industry, and we update it annually to safeguard its relevance to the real world. It is successful too - our students are nationally recognised for the quality of their project work.

You will have 24-hour access to our award winning Queen Mother Building. It has an unusual mixture of lab space and breakout areas, with a range of conventional and special equipment for you to use. You can use your own laptop, if you wish to; wireless access is available throughout the building.

The institution's focus on research was highly beneficial throughout the course, as it ensures that students get insight not only into well-known areas of computer science but into newly emerging studies which will shape tomorrow's world.

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Employability

Our students are highly employable:

• They develop the expertise that employers want from computing graduates - our Industrial Advisory Board includes experts from a range of industries including Amazon, Scottish Enterprise Tayside, NCR, Chevron and Microsoft
• They work directly with the real world - international forum discussions in Level 1, .NET web application development for an external client in Level 2, internet authoring mashup in Level 3, and an industrial team project in Level 4
• They can gain work placement experience for degree credit - if you want, take a work placement in the summer vacation between Level 3 and Level 4 - it gives you valuable 'real world' work experience and a good insight into working in the computing industry. Recent work placements have been with Microsoft, NHS, Avian, Yahoo!, NCR and Cohort Studios
• They are prepared for a wide range of good career prospects in computing - the UK faces a massive shortage of graduates qualified to fill the 120,000 new jobs in computing and IT every year

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

Fee category

Fees for students starting September 2015

Scottish students

£1,820 per year of study (for Sept 2014 entry). Fees for September 2015 will be confirmed by the Scottish Government in early 2015.

Rest of UK students

Not applicable

EU students

£1,820 per year of study (for Sept 2014 entry). Fees for September 2015 will be confirmed by the Scottish Government in early 2015.

Overseas students (non-EU)

Not applicable

Not specified Start date September 2015 Course starts in September Duration full-time 48 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time

Course Content

What you will study

Honours Degree

An honours degree normally takes four years, full time, you study levels 1-4, as described below.

Typical Degree Programme

Visit the BSc overview page to learn more about our BSc programme.

Level 1 (taught in collaboration with Dundee & Angus College)

Modules taught at Dundee & Angus College:

• Operating systems 1
• Computer planning
• Computer architecture
• Project management
• Group graded unit 1
• Publishing on the web
• Web design: an introduction
• Software development: structured programming
• Software development: array data structures

Modules taught at the University of Dundee:

• Data Visualisation
• Physical Computing

One day a week will be spent at the University of Dundee's City Campus.

Level 2 - University of Dundee

• Algorithms and AI
• Object Oriented Analysis & Design
• IT project
• Multi-paradigm programming and data structures
• Computer Systems 2A
• Computer Systems 2B

Level 3

Compulsory modules:

Agile software engineering

Games programming

HCI and usability engineering

Programming for the internet

Networks and Data Communications

Optional modules:

Database systems

Computing the user experience

Theory and computation

Mathematics: statistics and probability

Level 4

• Compulsory modules:
• Individual Project
• Team project
• Graphics
• Multimedia Audio
• Technology Innovation
• Management Research Frontiers

Optional modules:

• Work placement

How you will be assessed

Assessment will be via a combination of coursework, computer-based assignments and formal examinations.

Requirements

See Course Homepage for Full Details

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Dundee.