Course summary

This new top-up degree course in Computer Science and Practice at UCA Farnham offers an exciting take on computing within a creative context to build on the skills you have already attained in your earlier studies. It focuses on understanding and working with computer systems and networks at a deep level, but also how those skills are put into dialogue with other fields. Building upon your foundational knowledge, which will include experience with Python and Java, this course promotes your development as a transdisciplinary, multifaceted student – skills which are highly sought after in the creative industries. You will develop computer science knowledge, practice and technical skills in a design-oriented, creative context. Your theoretical knowledge of the computing discipline will be developed within the framework of understanding its professional and international context. The curriculum emphasises designing and producing software outputs, supported by theoretical frameworks, problem solving skills and group working experience. As well as developing knowledge and understanding of programming, data types and databases, web design and development and user interfaces, you'll also learn about he software engineering frameworks of project management and the software lifecycle. Artificial intelligence and cyber security, which are critical to modern computing, will be explored in some depth.