Course summary
- Study your foundation year, then progress to a degree with industry accreditation from the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
- Develop technical literacy and confidence to configure industry-strength software applications to construct robust information systems.
- Gain a critical awareness of current and future technical environments and learn how to manage IT systems within them.
- Be equipped with a strong understanding of the context of organisations.
The course has more than just a technical focus. There is a strong thread of helping you understand why businesses want information systems, and how to translate user requirements into working systems. You learn how to apply classic and agile project management methods, and implement practical methods to make systems secure and recoverable.
Future careers
ThisÊComputing with Foundation Year (Honours) programme from Sheffield Hallam University prepares you for a career as a:
- website developer
- database designer/administrator
- application developer
- IT solutions analyst
- applications support analyst
- technical support engineer
- business consultant
- project architect
