A Degree with a Foundation Year gives you guaranteed entry to an Undergraduate course.
Whether you’re returning to learning and require additional help and support to up-skill, or if you didn’t quite meet the grades to pursue an Undergraduate course, our Degrees with Foundation Year provide a fantastic entry route for you to work towards a degree level qualification.
With our guidance and support you’ll get up to speed within one year, and will be ready to seamlessly progress on to undergraduate study at Bedfordshire.
The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree.
This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will need to successfully complete the Foundation Year to progress on to the first year of your bachelor’s degree.
In your first year, you gain a solid foundation in databases and computer networks; software engineering; computational thinking; programming; and data structures. Moving forward, you then have the opportunity for specialist study in areas such as desktop applications development; mobile application development; web technologies; and software for enterprise. Your final-year project will allow you to work with greater focus, opening up the possibility of conducting further research in the future.
The degrees offering a Foundation Year provide excellent preparation for your future studies.
During your Foundation Year you will get the opportunity to talk to tutors about your degree study and future career aspirations, and receive guidance on the most appropriate Undergraduate course to help you achieve this; providing you meet the entry requirements and pass the Foundation Year.
B.Sc Software Engineering will equip you to develop the intellectual and pragmatic skills needed to develop quality software artefacts that not only function, and meet client requirements, but also fit within the pragmatic constraints.
Recent graduates have obtained a variety of graduate trainee positions both in industry and the public sector, with good prospects for further promotion in a competitive job market.
Initially, you are likely to gain roles such as a trainee skilled practitioner with the prospect for later progression leading to posts of responsibility supervising work within a team-based development and support settings within industrial and commercial settings.
From the game developers to manager of IT and communications services, you will have a range of opportunities open to you as a BSc(Hons) SE graduate.
Jobs related to your degree are:
Application Analyst
Application Developer
Data Analyst
Database Administrator
Games Developer
Information Systems Manager
IT Consultant
Multimedia Programmer
SEO Specialist
Systems Analysts
UX Designer
Web Designer
Web Developer
Jobs where your degree would be useful are :
Digital Copywriter
IT Sales Professional
IT Trainer
Nanotechnologist
Network Engineer
Social Media Manager
Technical Author
Web Content Author
The Units which make up the course are:
Year Foundation | |
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PFP001-1 Learning English for Academic Purposes and Study Skills | CORE 10 Credits |
PFP002-1 Writing for Academic Purposes | CORE 10 Credits |
PFP003-1 Personal and Professional Development | CORE 10 Credits |
PFP004-1 Fundamentals of Computers | CORE 15 Credits |
PFP005-1 Basic Statistics | CORE 15 Credits |
PFP001-2 Introduction to Algorithm and Programming | CORE 15 Credits |
PFP002-2 Internet and WWW | CORE 15 Credits |
PFP003-2 Basic Mathematics | CORE 15 Credits |
PFP004-2 Introduction to OOPs | CORE 15 Credits |
You are assessed in a variety of ways. Most units are assessed through coursework, Case study group and individual projects, portfolios, essays, presentations, or exams. Constant feedback and advice from a supervisory or unit team will be provided to support you in your work.
You are assessed on your understanding of the Foundation course. You are required to comprehend the basic range of intellectual concepts which form the foundations of the subject and application area and will be assessed on your ability to articulate such concepts in a coherent manner, in a variety of written assessments/written briefs.
The basic criteria required for entry to the courses are listed as follows: The applicants should have any of the following:
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