BEngComputers with Electronics (Including Placement Year)

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, sandwich
Nominal duration	4 years
Study language	English
Awards	BEng
Course code	GH4P

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=UG00080&subgroup=1

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Professional Development
Mathematics for Computing
Introduction to Programming
Object-Oriented Programming
Introduction to Databases
Network Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Digital Systems
Digital Electronic Systems

Year 2

Group Project & Industrial Practice
C Programming and Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
Digital Systems Design
Human Computer Interfaces and Visualisation (optional)
Web Application Programming (optional)
Robotics (optional)
C++ Programming (optional)
Software Engineering (optional)
Data Structures and Algorithms (optional)

Final year

Individual Project
Large Scale Software Systems and Extreme Programming (optional)
Network Engineering (optional)
Advanced Embedded Systems Design (optional)
Network Security and Cryptographic Principles (optional)
Virtual Worlds (optional)
Computer Vision (optional)
Mobile Robotics (optional)
Natural Language Engineering (optional)
Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Programming (optional)

Career opportunities

Essex graduates in computer science have been very successful in finding employment as systems analysts, software engineers, programmers and systems engineers, while a number go on to postgraduate study or research.

Our department has a large pool of external contacts, ranging from companies providing robots for the media industry, through vehicle diagnostics, to the control of intelligent mobile robotic cameras, who work with us and our students to provide advice, placements and eventually graduate opportunities.

Our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:

BT
EDS
IBM
Royal Bank of Scotland
Accenture
Google
Force India F1