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Business Computing

BSc(Hons)
UCAS code: G511

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Computer-based systems to solve business problems and support business processes
Flexible admissions criteria.
Optional placement year.
Final year group case study brings all the topics together.
Accredited by the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS).
British Computer Society - Chartered IT Professional (CITP) accreditation.

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This course will provide you with the skills to use computer-based systems, to solve business problems and support business processes. You will also gain a sound knowledge of business areas such as finance, law and business resource management and learn how to design and use some of the latest computer-based business systems.

What you do

Putting together your business and computing knowledge will allow you to use computers to meet the needs of business in a variety of work situations.

After a common first year introducing you to business and computing concepts, tools and techniques, Level 5 (year 2) covers the development of user-centred systems including legal issues, networking, databases and the web and human computer interaction and usability.

An optional one-year placement period can be integrated into your course, or alternatively, you may choose to undertake a shorter work experience module that develops your ability to apply IT solutions to business problems.

In the final year, you will concentrate on the strategic role of information in business including critical problems in using IT and the use of IT for innovation and entrepreneurship. You will also undertake a major project that allows you to simulate the application of IT in a business situation.

Further award and module information can be found here.

This award is part of the Applied IT Degree Scheme.

Where next

This course will equip you for a career in any of the main areas of business, where you will be able to use your computing skills. Your graduate destination is likely to be within a business area (such as finance, marketing or human resources) perhaps as a ‘power user’ (a computer literate business person who has the ability to get the best out of today’s computer-based business systems) or within a management services department as a business analyst.

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Qualification:	BSc(Hons)
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology
Location:	Stoke Campus
Course Start:	September.
Course Length:	Normally three years without a placement and four years with a placement; up to eight years part-time.
Attendance:	Typically, a full-time student will have 16 hours per week of class contact time. In addition, you will need to spend time reading around the subject, researching topics, and completing assessed work.
Entry Requirements:	All applicants are individually assessed on their qualifications, skills and experience. However, a typical three A level or BTEC National Diploma offer will be 240 UCAS tariff points. Please click here for further information.
Application:	Application for this course is through UCAS. For guidance on the application process click here.
UCAS Code:	G511
Fees and Bursaries:	Standard undergraduate tuition fees and bursaries. Please click here for further information.