Computing Solutions for Business Part Time

• This course is for computing graduates.
• Study the area of applied business computing.
• Aims to build on your existing graduate skills.
• Start in September or January.

This course is for Computing/IT graduates who would like to extend their studies into the area of applied business computing and would like to take a breadth of subjects at postraduate level.  Heavy emphasis is placed on theory and practical issues in order that you gain the ability to develop business computing artifacts and implementations.  This award includes a possible placement in industry.  This period is particularly valuable if you wish to enhance your skills in a working environment.  Frequently the work in industry drives the focus the student has in the dissertation.

At the end of the first study period you are eligible for the Postgraduate Certificate, at the end of the second, the Postgraduate Diploma and at the end of the dissertation, the MSc.

You will study six core modules over the duration of the course, plus two specific options and finally you will write a disseration to complete the MSc.

The course is available to start in either September or January and requires 4 hours attendance per week.  Currently, it is timetabled to run on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Core modules (SIX + Dissertation)

• CE54001-7 Management of Business and  IT
• CE54010-7 Object Oriented Software Systems Development
• CE54005-7 Java for Enterprise Applications
• CE54006-7 Design of Enterprise Communication Systems
• CE00803-7 Research Methods and Proposal
  
• CE54014-7 MSc Dissertation

Options (TWO) from the following portfolio.  The choice of modules made available to run for a particular academic year is based on considering the part-time MSc Computing Solutions for Business cohort and the full-time MSc Computing Solutions for Business cohort needs.

We cannot guarantee that all option modules will run.

• CE54004-7 The Management of Database Environments
• CE54007-7 Applied Network Systems and Technologies
• CE54008-7 Business Process Re-Engineering with IT
• CE00233-7 Internet Applications Development and Computer Networks
• CE00228-7 Managing Multimedia Systems  
• CE54009-7 Mobile Applications Development
• CE54012-7 Applied Mobile Communication Systems
• CE00231-7 Software Quality Engineering   
• CE00203-7 Strategic Planning and Systems Development
• CE54002-7 Perspectives in IT Security
  
• CEP54003-7 Industrial Placement

You will be equipped to enter a wide variety of careers in IT, including hardware specialist; networking specialist; software developer or analyst, or computer systems manager.  Former students of this course have secured or enhanced their positions in companies ranging from small software houses to multinationals.

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