What will I learn?
**Course overview**\Computer scientists are integral to modern life, from automating production lines to being the brains behind our smartphones. Computer science skills are in high demand across industries including financial organisations, software houses, communications companies, data warehouses, multinational companies, governmental agencies, computer games, manufacturing and healthcare. You study programming, mobile development, network management, systems security, and artificial intelligence systems, and develop skills in data processing, storage, and data transmission.**Top reasons to study this course*** **British Computer Society (BCS) academic membership:** get free BCS membership to accelerate your career path with CV builder tools, e-learning courses, mentorships programmes, jobs boards and volunteering opportunities.* **Industry links:** work on live industry briefs, competitions and hackathons with companies including Cisco, Cubic Transportation Systems, Sage, TUI, Atombank, HMRC and Waterstons.* **State-of-the-art facilities:** learn in industry-standard computing labs with specialist equipment used to undertake development projects and build innovative prototypes.* **Career-ready:** our ExpoSeries of events allow you to showcase your skills to industry professionals who are seeking to recruit new and rising talent.**Employability**\There are varied job roles available to computer science graduates including IT consultant, information systems manager, systems analyst, software developer, computer network architect, web developer, and IT project manager.Our graduates have secured jobs in organisations including IBM, Amazon, Schlumberger, Ordnance Survey, Codemasters, npower, Cisco, HMRC, NHS, Traceco and Clicksco.The optional work placement year allows you to keep up-to-date with the latest technical developments and techniques. Our students have been placed in organisations such as Dupont, Accenture, General Electric, Nissan, Nicander, Red Embedded, Microsoft, Intel, Thomson Reuters, Glaxo Smith Kline and GCHQ.
