Entry requirementsEntry requirements 200 UCAS points of which 160 points from subjects studied to A-level or equivalent; 3 GCSEs at grade C or above (including English and mathematics) or equivalent. Applications from students taking Access to Higher Education courses are also welcome
Academic titleSoftware Engineering, BEng Hons
Course descriptionThe programme has been designed with the active involvement of representatives from the computing industry to meet the growing demand for graduates with the necessary knowledge and technical skills needed to design, create, operate and maintain software systems. Students employ the latest technologies and programming languages, develop a sound theoretical understanding and in-depth practical experience of designing, constructing and modifying a wide range of software systems.
Opportunities exist within the programme to take industrial examinations such as Cisco, Microsoft and Sun certifications. All students on the degree are automatically enrolled as student members of the British Computer Society (BCS) and the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE), the chartered bodies responsible for establishing and maintaining technical and ethical standards in the profession.
From Grids to Z, from Win-Win Spiral to Extreme programming, at the end of the degree students are equipped to deal with the most intense demands of enterprise application development and high-level software management.
Year 1
-Computer Programming
-Systems Building
-Computer and Communication Systems
-Logical Foundation
Year 2
-Software Engineering
-Programming
-Computer and Communication Systems
-Formal Methods and the Theory of Computing
Optional Sandwich Year (Work Placement)
Final Year
-Final Project
-Software Engineering
-Programming Distributed Components
Option from:
-Artificial Intelligence
-Computer Architecture and Opening Systems
-Distributed Applications Development
-Enterprise Database Systems
-E-Technology
-Human Computer Interaction and Interaction Design
-Network Infrastructures for Distributed Applications
-Network Management
-Web Application Technologies
Professional recognition
This degree is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS). The programme can lead to full exemption from the BCS Certificate, Diploma, Professional Graduate Diploma (PGD) and PGD Project, as well as partial Chartered Engineer
Career options
Employment opportunities in industry, commerce and research as software engineering professionals