Computer Science (Networks) with a Year in Industry

Description

Computer Science is an exciting and rapidly developing subject that offers excellent employment prospects and well-paid careers.

At the University of Kent, we teach you the fundamentals of computer science as well as giving you the opportunity to choose from a broad range of options in areas such as computer security and cryptography, mobile computing and parallel computing.

Our degree programme can be studied as the Computer Science general degree, where a subject focus is decided during the course of your study, or as a themed degree, such as Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), where a specific focus is decided at the time of enrolment and named in the degree title.

Over half our students choose to do a year in industry. This gives you work experience, a salary and the possibility of a job with the same company after graduation. You can also work during your studies as a consultant at our Kent IT Clinic, earning credit towards your degree while providing computing support to local businesses.

The School of Computing is an internationally recognised Centre of Excellence for programming education, with 95% of our research judged to be of international quality. The School is also home to two National Teaching Fellows, authors of widely used textbooks and award-winning Java teaching systems such as BlueJ and Greenfoot.

Careers

Those students who choose to take the year in industry option, find the practical experience they gain gives them a real advantage in the graduate job market. In addition, the Kent It Clinic gives you the opportunity to take on consultancy work for local companies, giving you real-world experience and earning credits towards your academic studies. Our high graduate employment rate speaks for itself, with recent graduates going on to work at Accenture, BT, Cisco, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Intel, Lilly, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Oracle, Thomson Reuters, Siemens and T-Mobile.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 14860 Year (Non-EEA)

Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 240 ECTS
Credits Total Kent credits: 480
Duration full-time 48 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time More information Go To The Course Website

Course Content

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

CO320 - Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

CO322 - Foundations of Computing I

CO323 - Databases and the Web

CO324 - Computer Systems

CO325 - Foundations of Computing II

CO328 - Human Computer Interaction

CO334 - People and Computing

CO520 - Further Object-Oriented Programming

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

CO527 - Operating Systems and Architecture

CO510 - Software Engineering

CO518 - Algorithms, Correctness and Efficiency

CO519 - Theory of Computing

CO532 - Database Systems

CO539 - Web Development

CO545 - Functional and Concurrent Programming

Year in industry

There are year in industry options on all our programmes. The School of Computing’s dedicated Placement Team help you to find a placement, and support you during the year. Students go to a wide range of large or small companies including IBM and Intel, or overseas to employers in locations including Amsterdam, Hong Kong and the USA.

Possible modules may include:

CO790 - Sandwich Year Assessment

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

CO650 - IT Consultancy Project

CO600 - Project

CO620 - Research Project

CO633 - Computer Networks and Communications

CO634 - Computer Security and Cryptography

CO636 - Cognitive Neural Networks

CO637 - Natural Computation

CO639 - Electronic Commerce

CO641 - Computer Graphics and Animation

CO643 - Computing Law and Professional Responsibility

CO645 - IT Consultancy Practice 2

CO646 - Computing in the Classroom

CB612 - New Enterprise Startup

CO528 - Introduction to Intelligent Systems

CO831 - Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing

CO832 - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 CAE score : 60(Grade C)

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

take an IELTS test.

Requirements

The University will consider applications from students offering a wide range of qualifications, typical requirements are listed below, students offering alternative qualifications should contact the Admissions Office for further advice. It is not possible to offer places to all students who meet this typical offer/minimum requirement.

Qualification

Typical offer/minimum requirement

• A level: ABB
• GCSE: Mathematics grade C
• Access to HE Diploma: The University of Kent will not necessarily make conditional offers to all access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If an offer is made candidates will be required to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.
• BTEC Level 5 HND: Distinction for direct entry to Stage 2
• International Baccalaureate: 34 points overall or 16 at HL including Mathematics 5 at HL or SL or Mathematics Studies 6 at SL.

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 Kent.

Accreditation

This programme has full CITP and partial CEng accreditation from the British Computer Society (BCS).