Studying with the Department of Computer Science & Information Systems

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Choosing Your Course – the level you want to study

Certificate and Professional Development

Postgraduate taught courses Postgraduate research

Undergraduate

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Choosing Your Course – your level of previous study No degree

Foundation degree in IT or

HE Certificate in Computing

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management

Other Degree

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Programmes of Study

Professional Development• Certificates of Continuing Education

•IT Applications •Web Design & Authoring•Open Source and Database Web

Applications• Certificates of Higher Education

•Information Technology •Web Design Technologies

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IT Applications Programme

Introduction to the use of  ICT and web technologies in a business environment

Develop professional and work-related IT skills

Learn how to apply these skills in commercial and not-for-profit organisations

Obtain a Certificate of Continuing Education (4 modules)

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IT Applications Programme

Progress to a Certificate of Higher Education (4 modules) or Foundation Degree (2 years of study)

No formal entry qualification but require good level of IT skills

Flexible start Study in evening or on Saturday

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Undergraduate Programmes of Study

Undergraduate (part-time): • Foundation Degree in IT• Foundation Degree in Web Technologies• BSc Computing• BSc in Information Systems & Management

Undergraduate (full-time, evening)• BSc Computing• FD in IT & FD in Web Tech, from Oct 2014

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Foundation Degrees

Develop practical IT skills

Integrate academic and work-based learning

Aim to equip students with skills, knowledge and understanding relevant to employment

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Foundation Degrees

No formal entry requirement

Entry based on short selection test – English, maths, IT

Two years and two terms of study

Obtain a recognised qualification (FdSc)

Progress to an honours degree (BSc)

Foundation Degree in Information Technology

For those aiming for a career in the IT sector• IT fundamentals• Web design• Database• Management studies• Information systems• Programming

October or January start10

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Foundation Degree in Web Technologies

For those aiming for a career in the Web technologies sector• Web design• Web development• Programming• Database

October or January start

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BSc Computing – part-time

4yr BSc in Computing, part-time evening, Y1 entry Admission via selection test, A-levels or

equivalent Also “follow-on” from our FdIT and FdWT – two

more years part-time study, Y3 entry Accept entrants with equivalent degrees Equivalent of six 15-credit modules per year 3 evenings per week 17 compulsory modules; 7 choices from many

options

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BSc Computing – full-time

3yr BSc in Computing, full-time evening, Y1 entry Admission via A-levels or equivalent qualifications Applications only through UCAS

• At least 280 UCAS points, normally at least BBC• At least one A-level in mathematics or science• GCSEs in mathematics and English; at least a B in each

Equivalent of eight 15-credit modules per year 4 evenings per week Same module choices as part-time option

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BSc Information Systems & Management

For those entry to a career in Information Systems

Aims to equip students with programming, IS and Management skills & knowledge

Obtain a recognised qualification (BSc)

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BSc Information Systems & Management

Entry based on 90 minute selection test in English & maths

Covers design, implementation and operation of Information Systems, together with the practice and theory of Management

Wide range of advanced IS, Computing and Management modules

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Postgraduate Programmes of Study

October start, full-time (1 year) & part-time (2 years): MSc Computer Science MSc Information Technology MSc in Computing for Financial Services (pt only) MSc Advanced Computing Technologies, with pathways in

Internet & Web Technologies, Intelligent Technologies, and Data Analytics

PGCert Cloud & Data Technologies (pt only – over 1 or 2 years) MSc Information Systems & Management MSc in Learning Technologies MSc Creative Industries (Computing Pathway) MRes in Computer Science

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MSc Computer Science

For holders of degrees in a subject other than computing

Facilitates entry to the Computing industry, through knowledge of:• Object-oriented programming, analysis and

design• Information systems, database

management, internet technologies, computer systems, foundations of computing

• Other specialist options in computing

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MSc Information Technology

For holders of degrees in a subject other than computing

Facilitates entry to the IT industry, through knowledge of:• Information Systems Development• Management topics• Professionalism in IT• Specialist options in computing and

management

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MSc Computing for Financial Services

For holders of non-computing degrees Facilitates entry to Computing professions

specifically in the Finance sector, through knowledge of:• Theory and practice of financial markets and

portfolio management• Object-oriented programming, analysis and

design• Software engineering tools and environments• Database Management• Other specialist options in computing

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MSc Advanced Computing Technologies

For those who already have a degree in Computer Science, or equivalent

Pathways lead to awards:• MSc Advanced Computing Technologies• MSc Information and Web Technologies • MSc Intelligent Technologies • MSc Data Analytics

Specialised modules covering advanced technologies and recent research developments

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PG Cert Cloud and Data Technologies

For those who already have a degree in Computer Science, or equivalent

Specialised modules covering cloud and data technologies and recent research developments

May be followed 1 or 2 years part-time Successful students may proceed to the

final year part-time of MSc Advanced Computing Technologies

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MSc Information Systems & Management

A mid-career programme For those with a degree in Computing,

Information Systems or Management Focuses on Project Management

• Some exemption available for holders of PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner

Facilitates a wide range of socio-technical innovation studies

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MSc in Learning Technologies

For those wishing to gain specialist knowledge of developing learning technologies

First degree may be in Computing or in another subject (there are 2 routes through the degree)

Twin focus on both the computer science and the learning theory underpinning the optimal development of learning technologies

Jointly taught by LKL staff from Birkbeck and the Institute of Education

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MSc Creative Industries (Computing Pathway)

For those with a background in either computing or creative industries

Two different sets of compulsory computer science modules for students with and without significant computing experience respectively

The opportunity to cross disciplines and explore topics in journalism, screenwriting, digital media, arts management, web design, and computer programming

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MRes Computer Science

For those wishing to • advance their knowledge of an area of

research interest and research methods before embarking on an MPhil/PhD research degree; or

• apply the specialist knowledge gained on this degree in their career

Consists of• Dissertation: relating to a research project • A Research Methods module• Three further specialist taught modules

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Postgraduate research

MPhil and PhD research degrees Full-time (3 years) and part-time (6 years) Flexible start Individual supervised research Research Groups and Centres:

• Computational Intelligence • Information & Web Technologies• London Knowledge Lab

Some areas of particular research interest: • Data mining, search engines, semantic web,

information retrieval, information management, information systems, computational intelligence, learning environments, pervasive computing, adaptive systems, computer vision, image processing…

Computing Facilities

Newly refurbished labs with 125 computers running multiple operating systems

Computing Facilities

operating systems: Unix, Windows, Linux programming languages/environments: C++, C#, C, Java (J2SE, J2EE), ANSI-C,

ANSI-C++, AspectJ, Jakarta Tomcat, Glider, Eclipse, Poseidon, BlueJ, WebMatrix, Netbeans, Python, Ruby, Groovy ...

software design/development: IBM Rational Rose (C++, Java, Visual Studio), VS.NET

modelling environments: Matlab, Image Precessing Toolbox, Fuzzy Logic Toolbox, StarLogo, Protege

database management systems: Oracle, SQLserver, MySQL, DB2, PostgreSQL data mining: SPSS Modeler, SQLserver web content development: Adobe CS4 (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks), Perl, PHP,

GIMP XML development: XMLSpy, xt, xmlgrep, oxygen X/Unix: Hummingbird, Cygwin bash, Putty, Hummingbird Secure Shell office tools: Microsoft Office, Open Office, Visio, LaTeX (MikTeX), TextPad,

GhostScript/GSview virtual learning environment: Blackboard, Moodle, WebCT browsers: Firefox, Firefox svg, Opera, IE, Chrome email: Thunderbird, OutlookExpress, webmail logic circuit design: Digital Works

More informationhttp://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/courses/