Course Content
Year 1
Core modules in this year include:
- Architecture and Operating Systems – 20 credits
- Comp Tutorial Level 4 – 0 credits
- Core Computing Concepts – 20 credits
- Database Systems Development – 20 credits
- Networking Essentials – 40 credits
- System Administration and Internetworking – 20 credits
Year 2
Core modules in this year include:
- Comp Tutorial Level 5 – 0 credits
- Network Servers and Services – 20 credits
- Network Simulation and Traffic Management – 20 credits
- Routing and Switching – 20 credits
- Virtualisation and Cloud Computing – 20 credits
- Wide Area Networks – 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- Big Data – 20 credits
- Computing Undergraduate Ambassador – 20 credits
- Ethical Hacking – 20 credits
- Modern Foreign Language (Institution-wide Language Programme) – 20 credits
Placement year (optional)
- Work Placement Year – 120 credits
- Study Abroad
Year 3
Core modules in this year include:
- Comp Tutorial Level 6 – 0 credits
- Enterprise and ISP Network Solutions – 20 credits
- Individual Project (engineering) – 40 credits
- Network Design – 20 credits
Optional modules in this year include:
- Distributed Systems and Security – 20 credits
- Fuzzy Systems and Networks – 20 credits
- Hacking 4 Mod – 20 credits
- Internet of Things – 20 credits
- Malware Forensics – 20 credits
- Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms – 20 credits
- Wireless Networks – 20 credits