Computing & Information Technology Including Professional Experience

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Start date: September 2024

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2024 entry application deadlines

For courses starting in 2024 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If your completed application – including all your personal details and your academic reference – is submitted by the deadline, it is guaranteed to be considered.

16 October 2023 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – any course at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry. You can add choices with a different deadline later, but don’t forget you can only have five choices in total.

31 January 2024 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – for the majority of courses.

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Technology advances at a rapid pace and businesses must adapt if they are to compete in an ever expanding global economy. A degree in Computer and Information Technology gives you a grounding in a broad range of information technology subjects as well as the skills to manage and administrate complex digital infrastructure.

The course develops applied computing, interpersonal, communication and IT skills and readies graduates to develop, select, deliver, manage and maintain cutting-edge IT infrastructures and advanced IT systems. It is ideal for students who are interested in IT and are keen to learn programming, web development, database design and human-computer interaction, it also requires team working skills and nuanced interpersonal interaction.

This is further enhanced by a placement year, where you will put into practice the skills you have acquired. In fact, employer experience is embedded into every aspect of Computer and Information Technology at Queen’s. This allows students to engage and learn from prospective employers from day one, vastly improving our graduate employability rates.

Introduction This degree aims to teach the necessary skills, tools and techniques to enable our graduates to embark on careers as IT professionals in a wide variety of roles, and involves extensive practical work with a significant portion completed in team-orientated projects.

There is an emphasis on user experience and information security throughout the degree, which contains the following themes which may change due to the nature of the IT Industry and keeping up with industrial trends:
• Programming
• Computer Architecture
• Computer Networks
• Database Systems
• Human-Computer Interaction
• IT Infrastructure Specification and Design
• IT System Administration
• Professionalism
• Web-Based Development

Themes such as these will be incorporated over the first two years. Students then undertake a full year's paid placement, which is an opportunity both to practise the principles learned to date and to gain practical experience as an IT professional. Students then take their final year modules, including a major project, which pull together many of the individual themes of the degree.

Placement Employers
Our past students have also gained work placement with organisations such as: Liberty IT; Microsoft; Citi; Asidua; Kainos; Cybersource.

The information below is intended as an example only, featuring module details for the current year of study (2023/24). Modules are reviewed on an annual basis and may be subject to future changes – revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year.

Year 1
Core Modules
• Databases (20 credits)
• Fundamentals of Maths for Computing (20 credits)
• Introduction to Computer Architecture (20 credits)
• Introduction to Cyber Security (20 credits)

Optional Modules
• Software Design Principles (20 credits)
• Object Oriented Programming (20 credits)
• Programming (20 credits)
• Procedural Programming (20 credits)
• Computer Science Challenges (20 credits)
• Web Technologies (20 credits)

Year 2
Core Modules
• Professional and Transferrable Skills (20 credits)
• User Experience Design (20 credits)
• Systems Administration and Support (20 credits)
• Introduction to Enterprise Computing (IEC) (20 credits)
• Server Side Web Development (20 credits)

Optional Modules
• Networks and Protocols (20 credits)
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (20 credits)
• Systems Security and Cryptography (20 credits)

Year 3
Core Modules
• Year of Professional Experience (120 credits)

Year 4
Core Modules
• Team-based Software Innovation (20 credits)
• CIT Project (IT Enterprise Project) (40 credits)
• Data Analysis and Visualisation (20 credits)

Optional Modules
• Software Design Principles, Patterns, Practice and Innovation (20 credits)
• Network Security (20 credits)
• Software Testing (20 credits)

Assessment
Details of assessments associated with this course are outlined below:
The way in which you are assessed will vary according to the Learning objectives of each module. Some modules are assessed solely through project work or written assignments. Others are assessed through a combination of coursework and end of semester examinations. Details of how each module is assessed are shown in the Student Handbook which is provided to all students during their first year induction.

Admissions
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Fax: 028 9097 5151
Email address: admissions@qub.ac.uk