Information Technology
| Key facts | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Medway |
| Award: | BSc (Hons) |
| Type: | Full-time |
| Options: | A year in industry |
| Further information | |
| Download: | Subject leaflet |
| Online: | Department |
The Information Technology (IT) degrees give you the skills you need for the practical application of computing to areas typically found in industry. These include e-commerce, information systems, and computer consultancy. The Business Information Technology degree builds on the IT course, but also includes financial accounting, marketing and managing enterprises. Graduates who have both IT knowledge and business skills can expect excellent career prospects.
Our IT course can be studied as the ‘Information Technology’ general degree, where a subject focus is decided during the course of the study, or as a themed degree, such as ‘Information Technology (Consultancy)’, where a specific focus is decided at the time of enrolment and named in the degree title.
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Over half our students choose to do a Year in Industry. This gives you work experience, a salary and the possibility of a job with the same company after graduation. You can also work during your studies as a consultant at the Kent IT Clinic, earning cash or credit towards your degree while providing computing support to local businesses.
An internationally recognised centre of excellence for programming education, the School of Computing is a leader in computer science teaching and home to two National Teaching Fellows, authors of widely used textbooks and award-winning Java teaching systems, such as BlueJ and Greenfoot.
Degree programmes
Single honours
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- Business Information Technology (NG14:K) 3 years
- Business Information Technology with a Year in Industry (NG1F:K) 4 years
- Information Technology (G503:K) 3 years
- Information Technology with a Year in Industry (G505:K) 4 years
- Information Technology (Consultancy) (G508:K) 3 years
- Information Technology (Consultancy) with a Year in Industry (G509:K) 4 years
- Information Technology (Software Engineering) (G5G6:K) 3 years
- Information Technology (Software Engineering) with a Year in Industry (G5GP:K) 4 years
- Information Technology (Web Applications) (G5G4:K) 3 years
- Information Technology (Web Applications) with a Year in Industry (G5GK:K) 4 years
Core modules
Stage 1
Core modules
You take the following shared core modules, and other core module(s), depending on your chosen subject.
- Computing Concepts and Practice
- Introduction to Information Systems
- Mathematics for Computing
- People and Computing
- Visual Programming
Business Information Technology
- Economics
Information Technology
- Applications Project
- Computer Systems
Stage 2
Core modules
- Database Systems
- Networking
Business Information Technology
- Automation Tools or IT Consultancy Methods or Software Engineering Process
- Financial and Management Accounting
- Information Systems Analysis
- Principles of Marketing
Information Technology (depending on theme)
- Dynamic Web
- IT Consultancy Methods
- Object-Oriented Programming 1
- Software Engineering Project Workshop
Plus other compulsory and optional modules depending on your chosen programme.
Options
- Human Computer Interaction
- Information Systems Analysis
- Object-Oriented Programming 2
- Principles of Marketing
- Software Engineering Process
Stage 3
Core module
Business Information Technology
- Strategic Management Practice • Either Group Project (30 credits) or Information Systems Study and Computing Law
Information Technology (depending on theme)
- Group Project or IT Consultancy Practice
Options
Including, but not limited to, and depending on your programme:
- Advanced Programming Techniques
- Computing Law and Professional Responsibility
- Computer Security and Cryptography
- Data Mining
- Distributed Systems
- Electronic Commerce
- Enterprise
- Industrial Relations
- IT Consultancy Practice
- Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
- Object-Oriented Programming 2
- Semantic Web
- Software Failure and Risk.
Year in industry
There are Year in Industry options on some of our joint honours programmes. With this option, you spend a year working in industry between Stages 2 and 3. Our dedicated Placement Team can help you find a placement and support you during the year. Our students go to a wide range of companies, including IBM, Intel and Thomson Reuters, or overseas to employers in locations, including Amsterdam, Hong Kong and India.
Teaching and assessment
Most modules run for a single 12-week term, and usually include a combination of lectures, seminars, private study and practical sessions.
Teaching is based on lectures, with practical classes and seminars, but we are also introducing more innovative ways of teaching, such as virtual learning environments, videoconferencing and work-based tuition. Work includes group projects, case studies and computer simulations, with a large-scale project of your own choice in the final year. Assessment is by a combination of coursework and end-ofyear examination, apart from the project, which is assessed wholly by coursework.
Entry requirements
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Offer levels
A/AS level 280 points (3.5 A level equivalents) inc either 18 units at A level or GCE double A level, IB Diploma 33 points inc 4 in HL Mathematics or 5 in SL Mathematics or IB Diploma with 14 points at Higher inc 4 in HL Mathematics or 5 in SL Mathematics.
BTEC National Diploma Distinction, Merit, Merit.
Required subjects
- GCSE Mathematics grade C
Careers
Professional recognition
NG14:K, NG1F:K: These programmes have partial British Computer Society Chartered IT Professional (BCS CITP) accreditation.
G503:K, G505:K: These programmes have Initial Full BCS CITP accreditation.
Our recent graduates now work at Accenture, Barclays Capital, BT, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Intel, KCC, Kent Police, Lilly, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, Sun Microsystems, T-Mobile and Thales
