Course summary

Overview Learn to program the future and gain a solid foundation in a range of computing fields, including managing and storing data for banks and businesses, designing and creating action-packed game, improving web usability and user experience to developing next generation web apps via rapid prototyping, with application of predictive artificial intelligence (AI). You’ll also explore data science, machine learning, computer vision, graphics, computational biology, and speech processing, as well as secure software and systems engineering. This course is ideal if you’re a digital native who already lives and breathes computing, whether it’s through coding your own next generation apps and websites, designing your own games, or building your own hardware or solving industry problems using holistic computing techniques. About This Course This four-year degree with a year abroad will give you the chance to study your subject in depth, preparing you for an exciting career working with the rapidly changing technology of computing. Our students have a range of programming and mathematical backgrounds, so the course is structured to enable you to achieve the same level of understanding across the fundamental areas of the subject by the end of your first year. We emphasise the importance of practical skills, and our core modules will help you develop the skills essential to a career as a computing professional, while our optional modules will allow you to get to grips with the wide range of questions that arise in both research and industry. You’ll acquire a strong grounding in the theory of computing science, as well as gaining experience and skills in software engineering and problem solving. You’ll become a competent programmer in a range of modern general purpose languages such as Java, JavaScript. Python, C and C++. You’ll explore the underlying principles of the subject and learn to adopt a logical, systematic approach and use holistic techniques for developing solutions to real-world problems. You’ll also benefit from our particular expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, computer vision, graphics, computational biology, data science and speech processing, as well as web, software engineering and systems engineering. You’ll follow the BSc programme structure for the first three years, gaining a solid foundation in programming, problem solving, and relevant mathematics and computing theory. Our common course structure means that it’s possible to transfer between our BSc Computing Science, BSc Computing Science with a Year in Industry, and MComp in Computing Science with Study Abroad courses. If, for any reason, you decide not to continue to year four, or wish to take a year in industry instead, you can transfer to the relevant BSc course at any point in your first three years. Disclaimer Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: www.uea.ac.uk