Mobile App Development

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Mobile applications (apps) are one of the fastest growing areas of computing there is shortage of mobile app developers and very few computing professionals have any education or training in this area.
On this mobile app development masters course you learn to design and develop mobile apps for smartphones and tablets without needing any previous computer programming experience. Become skilled with the tools and technologies required to develop for platforms such as iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8.

Our course enables you to join this exciting area of modern computing. We prepare you for a career as a mobile app developer. There is also the potential for you to go on to study for a PhD in a specialist area.

What you study
You learn to program and become skilled in using industry-standard tools and technologies to build mobile apps and design excellent user experiences for your apps. You implement cloud services to support and enhance your mobile apps and develop your understanding of essential research methods and processes to take your studies further.

How you learn
You experience a number of different approaches to learning and teaching including:

* lecture sessions
* tutorial and practical sessions
* freelance sessions and workshops
* self-directed study

Critical reflection is key to successful problem solving and essential to the creative process. To develop your own reflective practice at an advanced level, you test and assess your solutions against criteria that you develop in the light of your research.

How you are assessed
Assessment takes a variety of forms including:

* designing and developing software
* presentations
* peer reviews
* reports, blogs and essays.

We typically give on-going feedback during lectures and tutorials and assessment feedback using online methods.

Core modules
* Masters Project: Mobile App Development
* Mobile App Programming
* Mobile Web Services
* Object Oriented Programming
* Research Methods for Computing
* Systems Analysis and Design
* UX Modelling

Modules offered may vary.

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Postgraduate funding support
From September 2013 benefit from a 10% fees discount towards your postgraduate taught course (part-time or full-time) if you:

* are a continuing Teesside University student progressing from an undergraduate to postgraduate course or
* have graduated from an undergraduate course at Teesside University within the last two years (2011-12) or
* graduated with first-class honours from an undergraduate course at any other university within the last two years (2011-12)