In this programme, the Department of Computing works jointly with the Department of Design to provide an interdisciplinary and highly interactive degree that will enable you to apply technology in creative and innovative ways. You will be able to move effortlessly between technological and design issues and use your integrated skills in these areas to work at the cutting edge of many of the most exciting commercial industries.
What you study
Core courses introduce you to basic computer skills, the fundamentals of computing (hardware, software, architecture and operating systems), and how different kinds of data can be represented and stored on computer media. You also concentrate on the internet, and you’ll be given the necessary mathematical background you will need in your computing studies. An additional course provides an introduction to design principles and the issues surrounding design practice; a large part of it is studio-based.
Courses in the second year introduce team working and help you develop report writing skills. You study the development of database systems, object-oriented software engineering principles and techniques, and specific features of the programming language Java. Theoretical and practice-based work will be completed with the Department of Design, where you will begin to make connections between the computing and design elements of your studies, producing fully functional, well-designed dynamic websites.
Our degrees include an optional industrial placement year between the second and final year of study. Although we encourage you to take the opportunity of a placement year, you can also complete your degree in a straight three years.
Your final year consists of option courses and a major project, in which you apply your new technological skills to solve real-world problems in innovative and practical ways.
For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals. If you do not have a Science- or Mathematics-based A-level, you should normally have at least Grade B at GCSE Mathematics. If you are already studying for the BSc in Computing and Information Systems on the University of London External Programme, you may transfer onto the second year of this degree.
A Progression Agreement is a formal arrangement between two or more
education providers. It spells out what a learner needs to do to be
considered for a place on a named programme of study. Progression Agreements
may vary in the conditions they specify but they all aim to give guaranteed
pathways into higher education.
Advice on courses and careers:-
The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone
interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and
cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students,
Parents/ Carers, Tutors and Careers Advisers via email, phone or organised
workshops and 1 to 1 sessions.
To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on
http://www.creativeway.org.uk/IAG Or contact one of our career advisers: Matt Ball 07889 001764
m.ball@uel.ac.uk or Sarah
Comerford 07515 051509
s.comerford@uel.ac.uk