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Duration of programme: Standard 4 years (where students join the programme in year 1)听
Award on successful completion: Bachelor of Science with Honours听
Location of delivery: 麻豆原创, Bell Street, Dundee听
Accreditation: BCS 鈥� the Chartered Institute for IT 听
Composition of the programme: 120 SCQF (Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework) credits (60 ECTS) in each academic year, delivered in modules of 20 credits each, with 3 modules taken in term 1, and 3 in term 2 each year. 听In each of Year 1 and Year 2 one twenty credit comprises a series of microcredentials. An independent project worth a total of 60 credits is included in the final year.听
Contact hours and workload: Each academic year typically requires 1200 hours of student effort; on average across the 4 years of this programme, 29% of that time is in lectures, seminars and similar activities; the remainder is independent study.听
Assessment methods: Throughout the programme there is a mixture of coursework, project, class test and closed-book examinations; each module being assessed by the most appropriate assessment mode for the topic being studied.听
Academic staff: This programme is delivered principally by staff in the Department of Cybersecurity and Computing in the Faculty of Design, Informatics and Business. Staff profiles can be viewed at /academic-faculties-and-graduate-school/faculty-of-design-informatics-and-business/听
Core modules in the programme:听
Computer Hardware Architecture and Operating Systems
Programming with C++
Software Design
Data Structures and Algorithms 1
Application Design
Data Structures and Algorithms 2
Software Engineering Practice
Professional Project Planning & Prototyping
Professional Project Development and Delivery
Honours Project
Other modules that may be offered, but are subject to change over time:听
Computer Networking 1
Fundamentals of Development and Security
Secure Web Development
Designing for the User
Web Services Development
Software Development for Mobile Devices
听Fundamentals of Machine Learning
Enterprise Systems Engineering and Big Data
Advanced topics in Computing
IoT and Cloud Secure Development
Developments in the discipline: Programming languages, APIs, development tools and hardware used will change over time to reflect current industry practice.听