BScInformation and Communication Technology (Including Placement Year)

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, sandwich
Nominal duration	4 years
Study language	English
Awards	BSc
Course code	GH56

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher) good results in Mathematics

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=UG00212&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
Web Development
Network Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Digital Systems

Year 2

Group Project & Industrial Practice
Software Engineering
Databases and Information Retrieval
ICT Systems Integration and Management
Computer and Data Networks
Computer Security
Application Programming (optional)
Data Structures and Algorithms (optional)
Human Computer Interfaces and Visualisation (optional)
Operating Systems (optional)
Web Application Programming (optional)
C++ Programming (optional)

Final year

Individual Project
Information Retrieval
Large Scale Software Systems and Extreme Programming
Network Security and Cryptographic Principles
Natural Language Engineering (optional)
Virtual Worlds (optional)
Network Engineering (optional)

Career opportunities

Studying ICT at Essex could be your pathway to playing a role in future data management in field as wide ranging as geo-politics to economic forecasting.

Our department has a large pool of external contacts, ranging from companies providing robots for the media industry, through vehicle diagnostics, to the transforming of unstructured data to cloud based multidimensional data cube, 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