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This class will provide you with a solid foundation in the principles of Object-Oriented Programming. You’ll start off by learning and applying the fundamental theory by writing short programs. Towards the end of the year you’ll carry out a programming project which will involve you designing, building and testing a small system.

This class will provide you with a high-level overview of the software engineering lifecycle, software development processes, anatomy of software systems, testing principles and practices, maintenance and evolution. You will discover how these are used or applied within your organisation.

You’ll gain a practical, high-level understanding of web systems and the languages and tools that can be used for their creation. You’ll acquire the skills to create a small web system, considering issues such as accessibility and security.

You will gain a practical understanding of how to decompose problems into their component parts and abstract these parts to provide a solution. These skills are vital for computer programming.

You will gain an understanding of leadership and management within the workplace and will acquire skills in leadership, recruitment and selection, and personal and professional growth.

You’ll undertake a series of mini-projects based around the work you carry out in your workplace. This will enable you to apply your academic knowledge to your work and build up a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate that you meet various professionally-defined competencies. You'll be guided by one of our Learning Advisers.

This class will further develop your skills in object-oriented programming and equip you with a practical knowledge of abstract data types. You’ll develop larger programs with specialised data structures using APIs from a specification. You’ll also acquire an analytical and empirical appreciation of the behaviour of algorithms and the use of data types.

You’ll gain experience of designing larger scale software systems. You’ll develop a practical knowledge of software design and development methodologies and be able to apply industry-standard design notations such as UML and agile user story management.

You’ll develop a conceptual and practical understanding of database modelling, database design and database technology. The class builds on a basic understanding of the relational database approach, covering more complex SQL query design and efficient execution.

You’ll learn a low-level programming language and develop an understanding of its relationship with the instruction set of the computer, and how data is organised in memory.

You’ll develop knowledge and appreciation of the legal, social, ethical and professional issues involved in the use of computer technology, and be guided by the adoption of appropriate professional, ethical and legal practices.

You’ll identify a more complex series of mini-projects to carry out at work to enable you to demonstrate the application of aspects of your degree within an industrial context. You’ll further develop your professional skills by undertaking personal development planning, and continue to build your e-portfolio of work-related evidence to demonstrate that you meet various professional competencies (e.g. competencies defined by the British Computer Society for Registered IT Technician, RITTech, registration). You will be guided by one of our Learning Advisers.

You’ll build on your programming skills by developing a practical understanding of OS process and thread models, process and thread scheduling, and inter-process communication. You’ll consolidate this knowledge by developing and testing concurrent programs.

This class begins with an introduction to Python. You’ll then gain knowledge and understanding of the challenges posed by big data and learn about the key algorithms and techniques which are used for data analytics. You'll consolidate this knowledge through practical work involving the use of Python.

This class will equip you with knowledge and understanding of computer networking. You’ll gain a practical understanding of the topic by designing and implementing a basic communications network in a virtual environment.

You’ll be introduced to the principles, tools and techniques for developing good user-centred systems. You’ll also become familiar with various evaluation techniques with respect to usability and accessibility.

This class will equip you with the knowledge and understanding of how to manage and execute a collaborative software project. You’ll put this knowledge and understanding into practice within the Group Project which runs in parallel with this class.

This class will extend and deepen your experience of analysing, designing and implementing a medium-sized software system. You’ll also gain more experience of working within a group environment. The group project is designed to consolidate the knowledge and practical skills that you’ve acquired through taking all of the other year three classes.

This class will enable you to develop more advanced professional skills and competencies, e.g. those defined by the British Computer Society for Chartered IT Professional, CITP. You’ll identify a project or series of mini-projects based on the work that you carry out as part of your job, and produce personal development plans and an e-portfolio of evidence to demonstrate you meet the CITP competencies. You'll be guided by one of our Learning Advisers.

This class is a key part of the fourth-year curriculum. Through discussion with your employer, academic year director and Learning Adviser, you'll identify and undertake a work-based individual project. This will involve the analysis, design, implementation and testing of a software system, and writing a dissertation to document the entire process.

In addition to the work-based project, you can choose three optional classes from a wide, and ever-expanding range of options in areas such as:

• advanced software development
• cybersecurity
• data science
• dev ops
• machine learning
• artificial intelligence
• business/project management