Computing With Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

This course offers you an alternative pathway to access degree level study in computing. The foundation year is designed to improve your computing discipline knowledge, including programming. You will also gain the knowledge and skills needed to progress to your chosen degree.

The first year of this course (Foundation Year) will:

• Introduce you to the discipline of Computing, including programming concepts
• Inform your choice of degree specialism in Computing
• Provide you with the study skills needed for a degree-level course
• Allow you to apply academic knowledge and skills to real world technical challenges.

This course has been designed to meet the real needs of the computing industry, particularly in relation to infrastructure development and support. For the technical skills we use a mix of common hardware, open source and commercial software that is heavily used in industry, so skills developed on the course can immediately be used in in the workplace.

Our course has been developed to ensure that you cover the fundamentals before you select specialisms to study the last year of the degree.