BSc (Hons) Information Technology for Business (Top-up) (Full Time)
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BSc (Hons) Information Technology for Business (Top-up) (Full Time)
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Description
This course offers two specialised pathways for those who have a strong interest in the use of information technology in the business environment and wish to gain a BSc (Hons) degree with only one extra year of full-time study.
For the business pathway, you will be aiming to work in companies as a user of systems, rather than building them. Ultimate career goals might be within business management, business analysis, strategic planning or project management. The computing pathway would interest those already involved in database or software development.
In recognition of the diverse prior learning experiences of students on a ‘top-up’ award of this nature, an academic and professional pra…
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This course offers two specialised pathways for those who have a strong interest in the use of information technology in the business environment and wish to gain a BSc (Hons) degree with only one extra year of full-time study.
For the business pathway, you will be aiming to work in companies as a user of systems, rather than building them. Ultimate career goals might be within business management, business analysis, strategic planning or project management. The computing pathway would interest those already involved in database or software development.
In recognition of the diverse prior learning experiences of students on a ‘top-up’ award of this nature, an academic and professional practice unit is used to develop the graduate skill set and provide targeted support for individual students.
In addition to the full-time mode, students may study this course on a flexible part-time basis.
|Industrial focus
The course is vocationally oriented and the emphasis on practical learning will ensure that you are well prepared for a career as an IT professional.
Course content
One Year Top-up
Four core units and two pathway option units:
- Academic and Professional Practice
- Project Research Paper
- Strategic Information Systems
- Business Operations.
Business pathway
- Decision Support Systems
- e-Business.
Computing pathway
- Software Systems Development
- Advanced and Distributed Databases.
Why choose Solent?
This one-year top-up course is designed to give those that have qualifications at FHEQ Level 5 a further year of study, in order to gain a bachelor’s honours degree.
- Access to the Faculty’s own network of desktop PCs, in addition to the University’s general network of PCs and Apple Macs
- External speakers are invited for regular British Computer Society meetings.
Assessment
Assignments, case studies, group work, seminars and a project research paper.
Projects/work experience
Though there is no formal industrial placement scheme for this course, students may gain industrial experience during vacations.
Key career skills
IT, presentation, project management, communication, evaluation and problem solving.
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