Computer Science BSc (Hons)

You’ll explore how computer systems operate, examining hardware components, processor architectures, and the way these elements work together to run programs and manage tasks.

You’ll also investigate key operating system functions, including process management, memory management, and file systems. This will help you understand how the system coordinates resources and keeps everything running smoothly.

A major part of this module is learning to write low‑level programs using assembly language. You’ll create simple system‑level programs and see how software interacts directly with hardware and system resources.

This module will see you learn structured approaches to software development, including requirements analysis, design methods, implementation techniques, and testing strategies. These skills will guide you as you design, build, and deploy relational databases that meet real user and organisational needs.

You'll develop professional practices such as version control, clear documentation, and Agile ways of working. As you create functional databases, you’ll learn how to apply appropriate security measures and access controls to protect data effectively.

You'll create database schemas, identify security threats and apply safeguards, use established software development and quality assurance techniques, and understand how software engineering principles guide the entire process of database creation.

You’ll explore the principles and architectures behind distributed computing, examining how systems communicate, coordinate, and stay reliable across multiple locations. Alongside this, you’ll look at the protocols and integration techniques that allow IoT devices to share data and operate seamlessly.

This module builds your confidence in analysing how distributed and IoT environments behave, helping you understand performance, scalability, and the factors that shape system behaviour in real settings.

You’ll also investigate different approaches to designing and implementing distributed and IoT solutions, combining technical insight with practical reasoning.

This module explores the software development lifecycle and learn how to gather requirements through effective stakeholder engagement. These skills help you understand what users expect and how to translate those expectations into practical features.

You'll develop your capabilities in front‑end development and responsive design, giving you hands‑on experience in building interfaces that adapt well across devices.

You’ll also examine software development best practice, including code quality, maintainability, testing methodologies, and essential security principles that help keep applications reliable and safe to use.

This module introduces you to the key concept that underpin AI and machine learning. You’ll learn how different approaches support different types of intelligent behaviour.

You'll gain hands‑on experience in building and training machine learning models from scratch. You’ll work with essential programming components, experiment with neural network architectures, and learn how core building blocks come together to create functional AI systems.

This module introduces you to the core principles that underpin cybersecurity in modern computing environments.

You'll look at threat analysis, risk assessment, and build an understanding of how attackers think and how defenders respond.

Through hands‑on activities, you’ll apply cyber governance frameworks and industry standards to create evidence‑based security solutions that support real organisational needs.

You’ll examine essential cybersecurity concepts to design effective mitigation strategies, and assess governance frameworks for application in professional security practice.

This module gives you the space to demonstrate what you can achieve when you take full ownership of a significant piece of work, from identifying a topic to presenting your final outcomes.

You’ll begin by defining a clear problem or question and examining its feasibility. This involves exploring the wider context, understanding the needs and expectations of relevant stakeholders and clarifying the objectives of your proposed project. You’ll develop a plan that sets out the methods you’ll use, supported by a careful consideration of ethical responsibilities.

Through guided workshops, you’ll explore each stage of the project process, looking at research design, data collection, analysis and project organisation.

You'll also explore how appropriate technologies and research methods can support your investigation. You'll work with a supervisor to provide you with specialist guidance as you refine your approach and move towards producing your final output.

Your project may take the form of a written investigation, practical solution, digital artefact, or another approved format, but all projects must include evidence‑based conclusions or recommendations.

Alongside this hands-on element, you'll present your findings to different audiences and explain their significance or potential impact. These reflections will enhance your communication skills to support your future professional ambitions.

Through practical workshops and collaborative activities, you’ll learn how to communicate clearly, work with others respectfully and make purposeful use of technology in your learning. You’ll explore how to find and evaluate reliable information, use academic sources correctly, and reference your work following university guidelines.

You’ll also reflect on your own strengths, goals and areas for development. This will help you build self-awareness, support your wellbeing and develop as an independent learner.

Assessment includes a portfolio of tasks that demonstrate your developing academic skills where you will communicate your ideas clearly and appropriately. This may include workshop activities, short pieces of writing, or oral presentations.

You’ll learn about common network structures, communication protocols and the principles that allow devices to connect and share information. The module also examines the risks that networks face, including security threats and system vulnerabilities, and how these can be reduced through protective strategies.

You’ll also explore emerging technologies in networking and cybersecurity, and consider how they shape the way organisations and society use computing systems.

Throughout the module, you’ll apply what you learn to practical scenarios. This will help you understand how networking and security concepts can be used to address real-world computing challenges.

This module will provide you with a strong foundation in networking and security that will support your future study in computing.

You’ll explore key programming concepts, including control structures, algorithms and object-oriented programming. You’ll also learn how to choose and use appropriate data structures to solve different computational problems.

As you progress, you’ll develop practical coding skills and gain experience in designing, building and testing applications. This includes working with both console-based programs and graphical user interface (GUI) applications, helping you understand how different types of software are created.

The module focuses on hands-on learning, giving you opportunities to practise writing code and developing your own solutions to programming challenges.

This module will prepare you for more advanced study in software development, algorithm design and specialised areas of computing.

You'll learn how discrete mathematics helps you model and solve real computational problems, and you'll examine formal languages to understand how computers recognise and process information.

You'll also look at core concepts in computation theory, giving you a clearer sense of what computers can and cannot do, and how this affects the way algorithms and systems are designed.

Throughout the module, you'll apply functional programming techniques to describe and analyse dynamic systems, helping you link abstract ideas to practical computing tasks.

This module gives you a strong theoretical foundation to support your future study in computer science where you'll be able to use discrete maths to approach computational problems, describe formal languages and their properties

You’ll explore how computer systems operate, examining hardware components, processor architectures, and the way these elements work together to run programs and manage tasks.

You’ll also investigate key operating system functions, including process management, memory management, and file systems. This will help you understand how the system coordinates resources and keeps everything running smoothly.

A major part of this module is learning to write low‑level programs using assembly language. You’ll create simple system‑level programs and see how software interacts directly with hardware and system resources.

This module will see you learn structured approaches to software development, including requirements analysis, design methods, implementation techniques, and testing strategies. These skills will guide you as you design, build, and deploy relational databases that meet real user and organisational needs.

You'll develop professional practices such as version control, clear documentation, and Agile ways of working. As you create functional databases, you’ll learn how to apply appropriate security measures and access controls to protect data effectively.

You'll create database schemas, identify security threats and apply safeguards, use established software development and quality assurance techniques, and understand how software engineering principles guide the entire process of database creation.

You’ll explore the principles and architectures behind distributed computing, examining how systems communicate, coordinate, and stay reliable across multiple locations. Alongside this, you’ll look at the protocols and integration techniques that allow IoT devices to share data and operate seamlessly.

This module builds your confidence in analysing how distributed and IoT environments behave, helping you understand performance, scalability, and the factors that shape system behaviour in real settings.

You’ll also investigate different approaches to designing and implementing distributed and IoT solutions, combining technical insight with practical reasoning.

This module explores the software development lifecycle and learn how to gather requirements through effective stakeholder engagement. These skills help you understand what users expect and how to translate those expectations into practical features.

You'll develop your capabilities in front‑end development and responsive design, giving you hands‑on experience in building interfaces that adapt well across devices.

You’ll also examine software development best practice, including code quality, maintainability, testing methodologies, and essential security principles that help keep applications reliable and safe to use.

This module introduces you to the key concept that underpin AI and machine learning. You’ll learn how different approaches support different types of intelligent behaviour.

You'll gain hands‑on experience in building and training machine learning models from scratch. You’ll work with essential programming components, experiment with neural network architectures, and learn how core building blocks come together to create functional AI systems.

This module introduces you to the core principles that underpin cybersecurity in modern computing environments.

You'll look at threat analysis, risk assessment, and build an understanding of how attackers think and how defenders respond.

Through hands‑on activities, you’ll apply cyber governance frameworks and industry standards to create evidence‑based security solutions that support real organisational needs.

You’ll examine essential cybersecurity concepts to design effective mitigation strategies, and assess governance frameworks for application in professional security practice.

This module gives you the space to demonstrate what you can achieve when you take full ownership of a significant piece of work, from identifying a topic to presenting your final outcomes.

You’ll begin by defining a clear problem or question and examining its feasibility. This involves exploring the wider context, understanding the needs and expectations of relevant stakeholders and clarifying the objectives of your proposed project. You’ll develop a plan that sets out the methods you’ll use, supported by a careful consideration of ethical responsibilities.

Through guided workshops, you’ll explore each stage of the project process, looking at research design, data collection, analysis and project organisation.

You'll also explore how appropriate technologies and research methods can support your investigation. You'll work with a supervisor to provide you with specialist guidance as you refine your approach and move towards producing your final output.

Your project may take the form of a written investigation, practical solution, digital artefact, or another approved format, but all projects must include evidence‑based conclusions or recommendations.

Alongside this hands-on element, you'll present your findings to different audiences and explain their significance or potential impact. These reflections will enhance your communication skills to support your future professional ambitions.