Information Technology Management

Description

The richness of careers in the IT industry means that students are not always clear about which area they wish to specialise in before they join us. Some do not decide until they reach the final year. With this in mind, we have designed this Framework to have a common first year and a second year which is largely common. This design gives you exposure to a variety of modern technologies and techniques, before you make your final decision. The first two years cover those areas we know to be foundational for all professionals in this field, in addition year two enables a measure of specialism. In the final year, you have the opportunity to specialise further or to keep your education broader and more general.

Computing in Business Week

Teams of first year computing students take part in BU’s annual Computing in Business event every May as part of their end of year assessment.

Placement Experience

You can take any courses in the framework either as a four year sandwich course, with a 40 week industrial placement in the third year, or as a full-time three year course. We strongly encourage school and college leavers to do the placement, it helps in a number of ways for example:

• It has been shown to improve students' final degree classification. Having a chance to put theory into practice and see how real businesses operate makes a real difference to your outlook.
• The one year experience greatly improves student employment prospects - because of that real world experience. Some students are offered jobs after they graduate by their placement company. Some companies even help with fees for the final year.
• It can help with final career choice. For example some students want to be analysts or marketers but after a year in industry they sometimes say that doing it eight hours a day for five days a week has taken the fun out of it. Alternatively people who 'hated' databases sometimes come back from placement saying they really enjoyed doing it on placement and want to specialise in that area.

However we understand that some people want to complete their degree in three years and we are more than happy to help them achieve their aims.

Detailed Course Facts

• EUR 10620 Year (EEA)
• EUR 14750 Year (Non-EEA)

For 2014 entry:

• UK/EU/Channel Islands full-time students: £9,000
• International full-time students: £12,500

• English

Course Content

To view the course content, please visit the course profile on our website.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

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

Requirements

260 to 300 tariff points, including 3 A-levels, or equivalent qualifications. BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM

Relevant subjects:
Computing, ICT or IT, Sciences, Business Studies, Economics

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 Bournemouth University.

Funding

For fees and funding information, please visit our website.

Accreditation

This course is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS).