(Hons) Information Technology

Overview

Overview 

• Choose this course with an emphasis on the application and deployment of computing in organisations such as businesses, or change to one of the others in our flexible programme
• Be taught by highly qualified staff, most with a PhD or other advanced degree plus research, teaching, or professional experience
• Be part of a highly regarded well established computer science department with excellent facilities, a strong research background, and links to business and industry
• Prepare yourself for a career in the IT sector through a mix of academic, professional and practical study, with opportunities for industry certifications and a paid placement year. Previous students have worked placements at companies including GSK, Xerox, and BT

• Recent graduates from Computer Science have gone on to work at amazing organisations including Sega Europe, NHS, and Lloyds Bank.

What you will learn

First Year

You will learn the foundations of the subject including topics such as an overview of the field, programming, modelling, and computing platforms. (Hons) Information Technology is offered at University of Hertfordshire .

Second Year

You will deepen your understanding and develop more advanced skills. There are modules on IT in business/organisations, software development, requirements, databases, web scripting and operating systems and networks.

Third Year

You have the option of taking a one-year paid work placement, or you can study abroad at one of our partner universities worldwide.

Final Year

You will study project planning, security management, the user experience and databases, plus two options. Finally you will undertake an individual project, typically an extensive piece of practical work.

As well as academic skills and significant experience of the key areas of computer science and IT, you will also gain those skills needed for employment. These include team work, creativity, communications, business awareness, and professionalism. You will acquire these throughout the course plus there is a core module on in the second year covering the legal, social and ethical knowledge necessary to become an IT professional.