Course summary

Our degree courses with Foundation year offer the opportunity to prepare you for advanced study before you progress onto a full honours degree at the University of Westminster. Whether you do not feel ready for degree-level study, don’t have the right qualifications, want to change your subject specialism or return to study after an absence from education, we aim to encourage a broad range of students to undertake our Foundation year in order to progress onto their full honours degree with us. The Foundation year is designed to give you the opportunity to explore new ideas, opening up new perspectives on the key debates within your chosen field. During the foundation year you will explore a range of creative disciplines and get a chance to develop in your chosen field, benefiting from workshops in our high end facilities and working with leading academics who will encourage you to become a confident and creative thinker. Core modules accelerate your academic and professional development and you will also take modules within your chosen field, giving you the chance to develop a cross-disciplinary perspective on your course. On successful completion of the Foundation year, you'll be able to move on to study for the Business Computing BSc Honours (formerly Business Information Systems BSc) over a further three years study. Our Business Computing BSc combines key elements of computer science including, programming, databases, system analysis and design, analytics, and AI with business disciplines such as management, marketing, finance. The course emphasises the practical application of technology to solve real-world business challenges and improve digital business operations. A career as an IT professional offers exciting and rewarding opportunities, especially as businesses increasingly rely on information systems and IT qualified managers to drive innovation, support daily operations and develop strategic plans to address future challenges and opportunities. By studying the course, you’ll understand both the business environment in which computer systems operate, the technical aspects of how to design, build and select information systems applications to meet business needs and the value of artificial intelligence in business decisions and strategy. Our course offers a short-term business-based learning experience that will give you the opportunity to work on a real-world business problem and put your new knowledge and skills into practice within the context of a business ecosystem, You’ll research, analyse and present a well-reasoned recommendation as a professional report or software utility to achieve certain organisational goals. You’ll also have the opportunity to undertake a year in industry (work placement) after completing the second year of your study. This will help you gain work experience and enhance your employability. The Business Computing BSc will prepare you for roles that bridge technology and business, including requirements and data analysis, IT management, cloud computing, entrepreneurship, information security, prompt engineering, AI and business innovation.