BSc (Hons) Computer Science at Keele University

Unlock your potential in one of today’s most exciting and in-demand fields. Our Computer Science BSc puts you at the forefront of technology, from mastering artificial intelligence and coding to tackling real-world challenges. Through hands-on industry experience, cutting-edge projects and your own research, you will graduate ready to innovate, lead and thrive across industry, the public sector or further study.

Faculty: Faculty of Natural Sciences  |  Department: School of Computer Science and Mathematics  |  Duration: 3 years or 4 years with international or placement year  |  Study mode: full-time; placement year option  |  Intake: 2027 entry  |  Location: Keele, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 compulsory modules: Agile Minds: Development and the Professional World, Computational Foundations, Problem Solving and Computer Programming, Introduction to Cybercrime: Systems, Society, and Security, Fundamentals of Computer Systems. Year 2 compulsory modules: Web Technologies and Databases, Human-Centred Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Year 3 compulsory modules: Research and Development Project in Computer Science, Advanced Web Development and Databases.

Career pathways

You will graduate with a wide variety of in demand, subject specific and transferable skills across many areas including problem solving, computational thinking, team working, management and modelling. The opportunities for graduates with computing skills are continuously growing. Roles graduates could go on to include: AI data analyst, Big data engineer, Cyber security analyst, DevOps engineer, Forensic computer analyst, Games developer.

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