department of computing & informatics - bournemouth
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Department of Computing & Informatics
Outline
Our history Our facilities What we do Companies that employ our
students Our strengths What we need from you
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Our History
1988 – Information System Management
2015 – Department of Computing and Informatics
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Growing
53 Students 1988 - 1989
186 Students 2010 - 2011
280+ Students 2016 - 2017
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Facilities
150k+ on workstations 200k+ on backend servers And we are still investing
on our facilities
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24x7 Computing Study Zone
Unique pod design for better study collaboration
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Development Labs 7
Networking Labs 8
Forensics Lab 9
Our Degrees
Computing for Business BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology (“BIT”) BSc (Hons) Information Technology Management
Computing BSc (Hons) Computing BSc (Hons) Computer Networks BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
Computing for Forensics/Security BSc (Hons) Forensic Computing & Security
…and BSc (Hons) Cyber Security Management
Runs separate
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What we do
Year 1 Common to everyone
Year 2 You begin to specialise
Year 3 In Industry
Year 4 You specialise
Your subjects
Your project
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Common 1st Year
Computers & Networks Relational Databases Programming User-centred Web Development Systems Analysis & Design Business & Professional Issues
Assessment either:
50:50 coursework : exam or 100 coursework Coursework
individual and group work
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How Year 1 works
Two semesters
Exams January May
6 Lectures per week 6 One-hour labs / seminars per week
Additional lab hours for programming First year tutors for academic and pastoral care Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) Computing in Business Week
Practical group work on a development project
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2nd Year Unit Name Business
Courses Computing
Courses Forensics/ Security
Systems Design X X X
Infrastructure Strategy X X X
Proj Mgmt & Teamworking X X X
Business for IT X
Network & Software Eng. X
Digital Forensics X
Ethical Hacking & Counter-msrs X
Data Management X O1 O
Application Programming O O1 O
Web Programming O O2 O
Web Technology Integration O O2 O
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Placements (3rd Year)
Very important part of the course Put into practice your first two years learning Very valuable industrial experience Big competitive edge for graduate employment
Minimum of 40 weeks Paid, large or small company, UK or abroad. Our Placement Service
Helps you find and apply for suitable placements Also provides supervision while on placement.
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Final Year (4th Year)
Semester 1 3 taught units: January Exams
Semester 2 Individual project
BSc (Hons) Computing Choose any 3 subjects (almost)
All Other Degrees 2 Core subjects (fixed) Choice of the 3rd
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Some Final Year Units Currently Taught 1. Advanced Development 2. Advanced Networks 3. Business Development &
Enterprise 4. Business Processes &
Requirements 5. Cyber Crime 6. Data Mining 7. Human Factors in Computing
Systems 8. Information Assurance 9. Machine Intelligence 10. Management in Computing
11. Network Configuration Management
12. Software Quality & Testing 13. Software Systems Modelling 14. Ubiquitous & Pervasive
Computing Systems 15. Web Information Systems
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The Individual Project
You choose what you work on Software development, research,
feasibility study, … Produce
An artefact (equivalent to 5,000 words) A written dissertation (10,000 words)
Real customer if possible
Individual Project Supervisor
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Putting It All Into Practice • Year 1: CiB week
• Working in teams for a week with a unified task covering all six subjects
• Year 2: PMT • Working in groups
for two weeks with route specific challenges
• Year 3: 9 months industrial placement
• Year 4: Individual Project
• Working independently from January to May
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Examples of Placement Companies & Graduate Employers
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Some Numbers for Placement Just as an example here placement
numbers which we counted up especially for you.
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 10
Bournemouth University 6
Eli Lilly and Company 6
Bournemouth & Poole College 5
J.P.Morgan 5
Intel 5
General Electric 4
IBM 4
Micro Nav Ltd 4
Cisco Systems 3
National Oceanography Centre 3
AbbVie 2
Atlas Elektronik UK 2
B&Q Plc 2
Bank of England 2
BlackBerry 2
BMW Group 2
Cryptic Software Ltd 2
Debenhams PLC 2
Gamma 2
GE Capital EMEA 2
iBid 2
Mars Information Services 2
Maseco LLP 2
Mattel UK Ltd 2
Moore Stephens 2
Ordnance Survey 2
PepsiCo 2
Poole Bay Holdings 2
South Wilts Grammar School 2
The Walt Disney Company 2
Volkswagen Financial Services 2
Aero Engine Controls 1
Amsys PLC 1
Anglo-European College of Chiropractic 1
Anyvan 1
Archant Community Media Limited 1
Ash Gaming ltd. 1
Auto Clubs International Ltd 1
Avius Experience 1
Barracuda Networks Limited 1
BASEC 1
BaxterStorey (WSH Limited) 1
Big Box Storage 1
Bondable 1
Bournemouth School 1
Brockenhurst College 1
C4L 1
Capgemini UK Plc 1
Capita 1
Castle Court School 1
Caterpillar 1
Centrica/British Gas 1
Citi Group 1
Clock 1
Cognito 1
Createful 1
CSC 1
Digital Avenue 1
DNX 1
eCircle 1
EDF 1
Emporio UK Ltd 1
ENSBURY WINE 1
First Choice 1
Foster Denovo 1
Frazer-Nash Consultancy 1
Fujitsu 1
General Electric Aviation 1
Go South Coast 1
Google Ireland Ltd. 1
Gresham Computing Plc 1
Hamworthy Middle School 1
Harris Federation 1
Hewlett Packard Ltd 1
IADigital LTD 1
The Intel & IBM graduate interview process has usually 4 stages, but for BU
Computing graduates is only a
3 stage process.
Imtech Traffic and Infra 1 Inaige 1 Information Services Plc 1 Inmarsat 1 Investec Wealth & Investment 1 JSITLINK 1 Keyfort limited 1 King Edward VI School 1 Lifecycle Software 1 Logica 1 LV 1 Mars Chocolate UK Limited 1 MBDA 1 Microsoft 1 Miniclip 1 Monckton Chambers 1 Mouchel 1 MVG Media 1 NDS/Cisco 2 Norfolk and Surrey Constabulary 1 Numatic International Ltd 1 Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council 1
Oakstone International Ltd 1 Osmond Ergonomics 1 Osmond Group Limited 1 Pearson Technology 1 Peek Traffic 1 PhotoBox Limited 1 Plymouth Marine Laboratory 1 PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP 1 Pruhealth 1 PSA Wholesale Ltd. 1 Puchi Petwear 1 QAS LTD 1 Qualcomm 1 RedWeb 1 Richard Taunton Sixth Form College 1 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd 1 Royal Mail Group 1 Royal Wotton Bassett Academy 1 SC HOSTINGBIT S.R.L. 1 Screwfix 1 Shanghai 9Yee Co.Ltd 1 Siemens 1
T & R Direct Insurance Services 1 Telesoft Technologies 2 The Body Shop 1 The Logic Group 1 Townside 1 Triple Helix LTD 1 Unicorn Training Group 1 Urban Science 1 Vapourmax LTD 1 Vauxhall/General Motors 1 Wallgate 1 Wiggle.ltd 1 Wireless Data Services Ltd. 1 World stores limited 1 WYSI Patrnership 1 Xerox UK Limited 1
Our Strengths – among others Friendly, safe and inclusive
PAL&AA
Halls or BU managed accommodation All UG first years
Industry standard facilities Research / Industry based staff Career / personal development
all the way
Industry and Commerce Relevant
Outstanding employability Professional practice Technical nature Accredited by BCS
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