Information Technology Degrees Online

Course structure

There are four core modules:
Information Organisation and Retrieval
Society, Information and Policy
Management
Applied Information Research
Optional modules include:
Knowledge Management
Cataloguing and Classification
Information and Communications Technologies
Communications Policies and Society

One option can be taken as a free option from another Masters course in the University.

Course structure

The course consists of eight core modules and a Research Interpreting Project of 7,000 words. The modules are:
The Interpreter’s Skills and Tools
Interpreting Theories and Research for Interpreters
Conference Interpreting (language B)
Remote Interpreting (telephone and video-conferencing) (language B)
The Interpreter’s Professional Environment and Work Placement
Public Service Interpreting (health or legal option)
Conference Interpreting (language C)
Remote Interpreting (telephone and video-conferencing) (language C)
MA Research Interpreting Project

These degrees equip you with advanced skills in information technology, and an understanding of how these can be applied to the challenges of management in a modern organisation.

Stages 1 and 2: You are introduced to a broad range of topics in Information systems (see All Degrees below). A third of your time at each Stage is also spent studying management modules that include foundations of accounting, marketing essentials and human resource management.

Industrial placement: Students taking the Industrial Placement degree spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 on a work placement with an IT-related company.

Stage 3: In addition to the common elements (see All Degrees below), a third of your time is devoted to management modules including innovation and creativity, public services management and electronic business.
Information Systems – All Degrees

Our Information Systems degrees share common core modules that help you develop an understanding of the applications of information systems (IS), with reference to standard software and hardware platforms. A third of your time at each Stage is spent on modules in other subjects, which vary depending on which degree you choose. There is sufficient overlap with the computing science programmes in Stage 1 to permit transfer from those degrees to an information systems degree at the end of Stage 1 (but not vice versa).

Stage 1: You concentrate on developing essential IS skills, including an introduction to problem solving and programming and world wide web and its client-side technologies.

Stage 2: You build on your IS skills, with a key component being the interaction with computer users at all levels and in different forms. You also undertake a software engineering team project.

Stage 3: You receive further experience in aspects of IS development and support, such as software project management and system administration. You also undertake an individual project which gives you the opportunity to demonstrate that you can apply your IS skills to the additional subject you have studied throughout your programme.

These degrees seek to develop graduates with advanced skills in information technology who also understand how IT can support accountancy activities within an organisation.

Stages 1 and 2: You are introduced to a broad range of topics in information systems (see All Degrees below). A third of your time at each Stage is also spent studying accountancy modules that include management and organisation, financial control and income measurement.

Industrial placement: Students taking the Industrial Placement degree spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 on a work placement with an IT-related company.

Stage 3: In addition to the common elements (see All Degrees below), a third of your time is again devoted to accountancy modules including financial accounting, management accounting and accounting, development and change.

Information Systems
Our Information Systems degrees share common core modules that help you develop an understanding of the applications of information systems (IS), with reference to standard software and hardware platforms. A third of your time at each Stage is spent on modules in other subjects, which vary depending on which degree you choose. There is sufficient overlap with the computing science programmes in Stage 1 to permit transfer from those degrees to an information systems degree at the end of Stage 1 (but not vice versa).

Stage 1: You concentrate on developing essential IS skills, including an introduction to problem solving and programming and world wide web and its client-side technologies.

Stage 2: You build on your IS skills, with a key component being the interaction with computer users at all levels and in different forms. You also undertake a software engineering team project.

Stage 3: You receive further experience in aspects of IS development and support, such as software project management and system administration. You also undertake an individual project which gives you the opportunity to demonstrate that you can apply your IS skills to the additional subject you have studied throughout your programme.

You gain extensive knowledge of the principles and theory that underpin information systems.

Stages 1 and 2: You are introduced to a broad range of topics in information systems (see All Degrees below). In this and subsequent Stages you spend one third of your time studying one or more subjects in another area. Popular choices include accounting, business studies, economics, law, management, a modern language and psychology.

Industrial placement: Students taking the Industrial Placement degree spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 on a work placement with an IT-related company.

Stage 3: In addition to the common elements (see All Degrees below) a third of your time is devoted to advanced modules in the other subjects studied in previous Stages.

Information Systems
Our Information Systems degrees share common core modules that help you develop an understanding of the applications of information systems (IS), with reference to standard software and hardware platforms. A third of your time at each Stage is spent on modules in other subjects, which vary depending on which degree you choose. There is sufficient overlap with the computing science programmes in Stage 1 to permit transfer from those degrees to an information systems degree at the end of Stage 1 (but not vice versa).

Stage 1: You concentrate on developing essential IS skills, including an introduction to problem solving and programming and world wide web and its client-side technologies.

Stage 2: You build on your IS skills, with a key component being the interaction with computer users at all levels and in different forms. You also undertake a software engineering team project.

Stage 3: You receive further experience in aspects of IS development and support, such as software project management and system administration. You also undertake an individual project which gives you the opportunity to demonstrate that you can apply your IS skills to the additional subject you have studied throughout your programme.

You gain extensive knowledge of the principles and theory that underpin information systems.

Stages 1 and 2: You are introduced to a broad range of topics in information systems (see All Degrees below). In this and subsequent Stages you spend one third of your time studying one or more subjects in another area. Popular choices include accounting, business studies, economics, law, management, a modern language and psychology.

Industrial placement: Students taking the Industrial Placement degree spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 on a work placement with an IT-related company.

Stage 3: In addition to the common elements (see All Degrees below) a third of your time is devoted to advanced modules in the other subjects studied in previous Stages.

Our Information Systems degrees share common core modules that help you develop an understanding of the applications of information systems (IS), with reference to standard software and hardware platforms. A third of your time at each Stage is spent on modules in other subjects, which vary depending on which degree you choose. There is sufficient overlap with the computing science programmes in Stage 1 to permit transfer from those degrees to an information systems degree at the end of Stage 1 (but not vice versa).

Stage 1: You concentrate on developing essential IS skills, including an introduction to problem solving and programming and world wide web and its client-side technologies.

Stage 2: You build on your IS skills, with a key component being the interaction with computer users at all levels and in different forms. You also undertake a software engineering team project.

Stage 3: You receive further experience in aspects of IS development and support, such as software project management and system administration. You also undertake an individual project which gives you the opportunity to demonstrate that you can apply your IS skills to the additional subject you have studied throughout your programme.

These degrees equip you with advanced skills in information technology, and an understanding of how these can be applied to the challenges of management in a modern organisation.

Stages 1 and 2: You are introduced to a broad range of topics in Information systems (see All Degrees below). A third of your time at each Stage is also spent studying management modules that include foundations of accounting, marketing essentials and human resource management.

Industrial placement: Students taking the Industrial Placement degree spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 on a work placement with an IT-related company.

Stage 3: In addition to the common elements (see All Degrees below), a third of your time is devoted to management modules including innovation and creativity, public services management and electronic business.

Our Information Systems degrees share common core modules that help you develop an understanding of the applications of information systems (IS), with reference to standard software and hardware platforms. A third of your time at each Stage is spent on modules in other subjects, which vary depending on which degree you choose. There is sufficient overlap with the computing science programmes in Stage 1 to permit transfer from those degrees to an information systems degree at the end of Stage 1 (but not vice versa).

Stage 1: You concentrate on developing essential IS skills, including an introduction to problem solving and programming and world wide web and its client-side technologies.

Stage 2: You build on your IS skills, with a key component being the interaction with computer users at all levels and in different forms. You also undertake a software engineering team project.

Stage 3: You receive further experience in aspects of IS development and support, such as software project management and system administration. You also undertake an individual project which gives you the opportunity to demonstrate that you can apply your IS skills to the additional subject you have studied throughout your programme.

The aim of this course is to enable you to become knowledgeable about computing in industrial and commercial organisations and to be able to assess what computing is appropriate in a given circumstance. To do this you will need a good understanding of computer science and a grasp of the important elements of accounting and management. In the final year you will take core modules in advanced information systems and a choice of computing topics.

The aim of this course is to enable you to become knowledgable about computing in industrial and commercial organisations and to be able to assess what computing is appropriate in a given circumstance.

To do this you will need a good understanding of computer science and a grasp of the important elements of accounting and management. In the final year you will take core modules in advanced information systems and a choice of computing topics.

The Certificate in IT is the foundation level of BCS Professional Examinations and is the academic equivalent to Year 1 of a UK university honours degree and is recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as Level 4.

The Certificate in IT requires the following core modules to be completed:

• Information Systems
• Software Development
• Computer & Network Technology

BCS recommends a minimum of 200 hours study per module and the course culminates in a 2 hour written examination.

Students who complete the Certificate in IT examinations are eligible to apply for BCS Associate Memembership (AMBCS).

We are constantly updating the programme and designing new modules to reflect the interests of our students and the local community. Even if your particular interests are not currently represented (for example, public sector computing, educational computing etc), we may be able to set up new modules in these areas or arrange for you to study validated modules in other programmes of study.

The full list of available modules follows:
All students (core modules)
(except for PG Certificate & PG Diploma)

CO7100 Research Dissertation
CO7101 Research Methods 1 / Professional & Academic Standards
CO7102 Research Methods 2 / Project Management
CO7103 Information Systems Management & Strategy

Full-time students
(additionally to core modules)
CO7108 Comparative Methodologies for System Design
CO7111 Creative Programming & Problem Solving
COM714 Usability and Interactive Systems

Internet & eBusiness pathway
(additionally to core modules)
CO7104 eBusiness, Fulfilment & Logistics
CO7105 Internet Technology
COM714 Usability and Interactive Systems

Professionals in Education pathway
(additionally to core modules)
CO7109 I.S. for Professionals in Education: Managing ICT Resources
CO7110 I.S. for Professionals in Education: ICT for teaching and learning strategies
COM714 Usability and Interactive Systems

Optional Modules
CO7106 Data Communication & Network Management
CO7107 Data warehousing & multi-dimensional databases
CO7112 Knowledge Management
CO7113 Artificial Intelligence