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Information Technology Studies

BSc(Hons)
UCAS code: G904

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Key features

Very flexible admissions criteria.
Available with entry with advanced standing.
Allows a change of direction with minimum "loss of time".
A flexible, fast track route to a degree using previous pre-degree study

You may be considering coming to university to top-up your studies to degree level after completing a non-degree course, for example an HND, foundation degree or a professional body examination. You may be looking to move your place of study having not completed a degree at a different institution. In either case, you will have accumulated educational credits that can count towards a degree.

Traditional awards require you to pass a very specific profile of modules (subjects) in order for you to be awarded that specific degree. In some cases, your previous study will not link exactly into the higher levels of one of our named degrees. At this point, traditional awards need you to complete a ‘bridge’ made up of various subjects that are essential for entry into the later years of the course. This extends the amount of time you need to study and increases the number of subjects you need to pass.

This degree allows you to take full advantage of your previously accumulated credits and then agree, by negotiation, a personal course of IT studies that will lead to the award of BSc(Hons) Information Technology Studies.

What you do

Students will normally join the course at the start of Level 6 (the final year). You will be able to select modules from the published list. However, before you join the course, you will be interviewed by a senior member of academic staff to help you choose the right modules. In exceptional circumstances a student might be able to join the course at the start of, or during, Level 5.

Where next

Depending on your choice of modules, the course will equip you for a career in many spheres of business or industry that has a need for the efficient and appropriate use of IT. Recent graduates have gone on to work in IT departments in large organisations, become website developers, network administrators – even set up their own businesses.

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Qualification:	BSc(Hons)
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology
Location:	Stoke Campus
Course Start:	September.
Course Length:	Normally one academic year (two semesters). Exceptionally, students may join at the start of or during Level 5.
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:	Students will normally join this course following a successful HND or Foundation Degree. This course is also suitable for following on from professional body courses.
Application:	Via UCAS. For more information about how to apply, please click here.
UCAS Code:	G904
Fees and Bursaries:	Standard undergraduate tuition fees and bursaries. Please click here for further information.