BSc (Hons) Data Computing Intelligence with Foundation Year

This degree uses the pioneering CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) education model – developed by the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in collaboration with business. This will help your natural creativity and thirst for problem-solving flourish as you learn and some of your teaching will be done via real world inspired projects. You will be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars and practical labs. You will typically have around 12 contact hours per week and are expected to also spend about 4 hours each week coordinating with team members on group activities. Labs will often emphasise working in small groups to enable you to discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures and place theory into practice.

The course will consist of blend of online and face-to-face campus practical learning in computing laboratories and face-to- face and online theoretical and practical learning.

When not attending timetabled sessions, it is expected you will continue learning through self-study. Typically, this involves completing computer-based exercises, preparing for workshops and seminars, undertaking research in the library, working on projects, undertaking coursework assignments or preparing for class-tests and examinations and reading journal articles and books. Your module leader will direct you towards specific readings and/or activities to complete before class.

For your final year dissertation, you will undertake independent research and will be assigned a supervisor, who will guide you through your first substantial and independent work through regular scheduled meetings.

Your overall workload typically consists of 12 contact hours and an additional 30 hours of independent learning. In addition, there may be field trips.

For each 20-credit module, your study time will be about 10 hours a week plus work on assessments or preparation for examinations. Assessments would normally be expected to take approximately 50 hours for an assignment worth 50% of a 20 credit module. A similar amount of preparation and revision time would be expected for an examination worth 50% of a 20 credit module.

The team consists of highly qualified academics who have a range of expertise and experience. All our team members hold Doctoral or professional qualifications (e.g. Member of the British Computer Society or Eur. Ing.) or comparative industrial experience.

Postgraduate students assist in some teaching and assessing some modules. However, experienced academics teach the majority of lectures and seminars.