Course summary

Explore your creativity and expand your professional skills by entering the creative industries on an Integrated Foundation Year degree. Taught over four years, these courses include an introductory year to build a solid foundation before you go on to specialise in your chosen subject at degree level. If you're interested in taking on a new subject, or have been out of education for a while, then our Integrated Foundation Year courses might just be for you. These four-year courses include an introductory year to help you build the core skills needed for degree-level study. This is a chance for you to let your imagination run wild and explore your creativity, expand your professional skills and develop enhanced subject knowledge in the domain you want to study. We’ll help nurture your expertise in problem solving, risk-taking, designing and making as you develop your abilities through five core modules. After your foundation year, you’ll have a deeper knowledge of your subject, a clear understanding of your strengths, a developed practical and technical skill set and the confidence to excel in your chosen degree subject when you join other students for the rest of your course. Become a daring computer scientist. New immersive realities, data-rich and informed interactions, automations and ever-more immersive systems are shaping the way we operate and interact with each other – and computer science underpins it all. On this Computer Science BSc, you’ll leverage scientific principles and cutting-edge technology to create new and compelling products and services. We champion an applied approach to making innovative software in a way that mirrors industry practice, so you’re ready to hit the ground running when you graduate. You will: Develop technical, design thinking and production skills in your chosen specialism Learn teamwork, leadership and project management skills through a variety of learning environments Develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills through the development of unique and innovative projects Complete your chosen degree over a four-year period Gain hands-on experience, immersing yourself in computer programming and software engineering to build your own software Join a community of technologists spanning diverse specialisms, from games, immersive, web, robotics, artificial intelligence and user experience Benefit from our strong track record of market-led incubation and entrepreneurial ethos, working on projects in partnership with RealWORKS and Cornwall Business School to realise and launch your own products and services Leverage user-centred design thinking and incorporate cutting-edge advances into the digital products and services you create Collaborate in multidisciplinary Agile teams to realise projects with real commercial potential