Information Technology Degrees Online

This practically oriented course introduces students to the skills and knowledge that they will require to pursue a successful career in computing and information technology.

What will you study?
Programme Design and Implementation: uses the Java language to introduce the principles, knowledge and skills required to design, implement, test and document programs written in a structured high level language.

Database Modelling: introduces the principles of database modelling, relational database design and manipulation with SQL, database processing with transactions and procedures,object and distributed databases, data exchange and interoperability and emerging data models. Practical experience is gained in all areas of Oracle.

Computer Networks and Operating Systems: provides an appreciation of computer systems and their underpinning hardware and software, including an appreciation of how computers can be linked through the internet and local networks.

Project Management Studies: An introduction to the skills and knowledge needed to manage a computer project.

Research Methods: Develops an understanding of the research methods that can be applied to the subject of Computer Science.

Hypermedia for the Information Professional: familiarises students with some of the principles of effective web site design and with some of the tools required to create and develop hypermedia documents for integration into web pages. Current industry standard page mark-up scripting languages will also be introduced.

Systems Analysis and Design with UML: introduces students to the software development life cycle, systems analysis and IT applications. It will also enable students to develop workable solutions to business information system problems using the object oriented (OO) paradigm. They will have the opportunity to apply a well-established OO method. Advanced modelling concepts and techniques will also be used to build complex object models. Students will understand the need for, and have appreciation of, professional codes of practice for analysis and design.

MSc Project: provides students with experience of undertaking a substantial piece of research and software development related to the modules taken elsewhere on the programme. It should enable them to demonstrate personal enterprise and self reliance, combined with a high level of subject understanding and technical competence within the field of computing and information technology.

This practically oriented course introduces students to the skills and knowledge that they will require to pursue a successful career in computing and information technology.

What will you study?
Programme Design and Implementation
- uses the Java language to introduce the principles, knowledge and skills required to design, implement, test and document programs written in a structured high level language.

Database Modelling
- introduces the principles of database modelling, relational database design and manipulation with SQL, database processing with transactions and procedures,object and distributed databases, data exchange and interoperability and emerging data models. Practical experience is gained in all areas of Oracle.

Computer Networks and Operating Systems
- provides an appreciation of computer systems and their underpinning hardware and software, including an appreciation of how computers can be linked through the internet and local networks.

Project Management Studies
- an introduction to the skills and knowledge needed to manage a computer project.

Research Methods

MSc Project
Provides students with experience of undertaking a substantial piece of research and software development related to the modules taken elsewhere on the programme. It should enable them to demonstrate personal enterprise and self reliance, combined with a high level of subject understanding and technical competence within the field of computing and information technology.

COURSEWORK AND ASSESSMENT
Each module on the course is separately assessed. This could be by either coursework assignments and/or examinations. Assignments can take the form of research reports, systems analysis documentation, or programming exercises, as appropriate for the module. The programme also includes a major project.

TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES
Graduates will have gained a number of valuable transferable skills including in the Java language, database design (using Oracle), system analysis (including the Unified Modelling Language (UML) and computer networking. They will also gain exposure to project management and aspects of web development.

This practically oriented course introduces students to the skills and knowledge that they will require to pursue a successful career in computing and information technology.

What will you study?
Programme Design and Implementation
- uses the Java language to introduce the principles, knowledge and skills required to design, implement, test and document programs written in a structured high level language.

Database Modelling
- introduces the principles of database modelling, relational database design and manipulation with SQL, database processing with transactions and procedures,object and distributed databases, data exchange and interoperability and emerging data models. Practical experience is gained in all areas of Oracle.

Computer Networks and Operating Systems
- provides an appreciation of computer systems and their underpinning hardware and software, including an appreciation of how computers can be linked through the internet and local networks.

Project Management Studies
- an introduction to the skills and knowledge needed to manage a computer project.

Research Methods
- develops an understanding of the research methods that can be applied to the subject of Computer Science.

Hypermedia for the Information Professional – familiarises students with some of the principles of effective web site design and with some of the tools required to create and develop hypermedia documents for integration into web pages. Current industry standard page mark-up scripting languages will also be introduced.

Systems Analysis and Design with UML
- introduces students to the software development life cycle, systems analysis and IT applications. It will also enable students to develop workable solutions to business information system problems using the object oriented (OO) paradigm. They will have the opportunity to apply a well-established OO method. Advanced modelling concepts and techniques will also be used to build complex object models. Students will understand the need for, and have appreciation of, professional codes of practice for analysis and design.

This course is aimed at giving the students an exposure to the fascinating world of information technology(IT). In today’s world, IT and its applications are permeating into more and more facets of human life. A good grounding in the fundamentals of IT will therefore stand the student in good stead in personal and professional life. In addition, programming in Java is also introduced. Programming is aimed to develop a new way of thinking — gaining an in-depth understanding of the problems, dissecting them and then successfully tackling them. Java has been selected as the programming language because of its ever-increasing popularity due to its wide applicability.

Content: *Fundamentals of IT — introduction to the internet and the world wide web (WWW) *Information technology — an overview of what it is and what are its applications *Computer system types, components, digital signals, microprocessors, input/output devices, storage devices etc. *Introduction to software — operating systems, word processing and DTP, spreadsheet and database applications *Foundations of modern networks — overview of different architectures and protocols *Multimedia *IT applications in business *Personal, social and ethical issues in IT *Java Programming — fundamentals of object oriented programming, features of Java *Overview of Java language — program structure, tokens, statements, Java virtual machine, constants, variables and data types, operators and expressions, decision making and looping, classes, objects and methods, arrays strings and vectors, interfaces *Applet programming, graphics programming.