Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence with a Foundation Year

Program Overview

Program Overview

The BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Year course is aimed at producing computer scientists for roles such as computer programmer, software developer, website designer, and artificial intelligence and machine learning engineer. Skilled in cyber security, cloud computing, deep learning, natural language processing, and computer vision, graduates deliver high-value software solutions for the modern economy.

Available in the UK to home and international students, the course enables you to study a diverse program, ensuring you are incredibly well-equipped for employment within the industry once completing your degree.

Foundation Year

The Foundation Year course option enables you to study for our BSc (Hons) degree over an extended full-time duration of four years by including a Foundation Certificate (year one of four). The Foundation Certificate provides a broad study program that underpins the follow-on degree. In order to progress to the next year of your degree, it is necessary to achieve a pass in all of the modules of the Foundation Certificate.

In your first year, you will share five out of six modules with the BSc (Hons) Computer Science course. The first year covers fundamental concepts, such as computer programming, algorithms and data structures, computer systems, website development, and introductory artificial intelligence, and nurtures your creativity with an innovation project.

Key Features

• Brand new facilities at STEAMhouse - This state-of-the-art building is the new home for our Computing courses.
• Learn from industry experts - Our staff have a wide range of research and industrial experience.
• Strong industry links - With companies such as Oracle, Linux Professional Institute, Microsoft, and Apple.
• Become a specialist - You will learn about the international standards and regulatory frameworks to allow you to work in an ever-changing computing industry, both at a local level and a global stage.
• Optional professional placement year - You will have the opportunity to undertake professional placement in between your second and final year of study.
• Practice-based - With emphasis on computer lab-based practical work and project delivery.

Modules and Learning

Knowledge and understanding are acquired though a mixture of formal lectures, tutor-led seminars, and practical activities, with other independent learning activities at all stages.

Emphasis is placed on guided, self-directed, and student-centered learning, aimed at giving you increasing independence of approach, thought, and process.

The course provides access to effective commercial development environments and ensures you have practical awareness of computer systems requirements. You are required to meet strict deadlines, and to manage and plan your overall workload.

Assessment

Knowledge is assessed by a number of methods, including seminars, coursework, viva, presentation, interactive automated assessment, formal examination, and project work. Assessment criteria are published both at a generic course level and to provide guidance for individual items of assessment.

Anonymous marking systems are in place for all formal examinations.

Facilities

• Computer networking - The laboratories are well-equipped for all our computer networking courses, as well as specialist areas for practical work.
• Software development and computer programming - There are a number of open access, software development, and computer programming laboratories.
• Systems laboratories - Our embedded systems laboratories are used to develop real-time systems, such as specialist hardware training and development resources.
• Electronic systems - To underpin the basic principles of electronic systems, we have a well-equipped laboratory of general and specialist test and measurement kits.
• Forensic computing - Our successful development of forensic computing has led to a specialist forensics laboratory.

Entry Requirements

• Essential requirements - 80 UCAS Tariff points. GCSE and other level 2 requirements - This course does not require evidence of GCSE qualifications.
• A Level - 80 UCAS Tariff points (or equivalent).
• Pearson BTEC (Diploma / Extended Diploma/ Extended Certificate) - 80 UCAS Tariff points.
• T Level - Pass overall (C or above on the core).
• Access to HE Diploma - Pass with 60 credits, 45 credits at Level 3.
• OCR Cambridge Technical qualifications - 80 UCAS Tariff points.

International Students

• International qualifications - Obtain a minimum of 24 points overall (International Baccalaureate Diploma).
• English language requirements - IELTS 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each band.
• Please see your country page for further details on the equivalent qualifications we accept.

Career Opportunities

• Graduate jobs - The graduates can apply for job roles such as:
• Software Developer.
• Software Engineer.
• Web Developer.
• Computer Programmer.
• Java Developer.
• Python Programmer.
• Machine Learning Engineer.
• Data Scientist.
• Data Engineer.
• Backend Developer.
• Analyst.
• Machine Learning Operations Engineer.
• Further study - You can progress onto a range of postgraduate studies.
• Placements - You will have the opportunity to take a placement year between your second and third year.

Our Staff

Our academic staff have industry backgrounds and are actively involved in various research areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cyber Security, Networking, and Game Development.