Computer Studies / Computing

Course summary

Computer Science is a part of everything we do and it enables you to solve complex and challenging problems. Computer Science opens doors to many lucrative careers, even if your primary career is something else, expertise in Computer Science will help you. Is it for me? You should enjoy working with computers and have plenty of programming experience. This course is suitable for students who are keen to understand how things work. The emphasis is on computational thinking, which is about developing logical skills needed to solve problems, and write code. You will need a systematic and logical approach to problem solving, together with a numerical competence. Computer Science is an exciting and challenging field and it is constantly evolving. Computer Science is a very useful subject to consider if you are interested in pursuing a career as a computer programmer, hardware engineer, network engineer, systems analyst, database administrator or webmaster to name but a few. The computing industry is constantly developing and the rate of change is increasingly rapid. Such is the pace of change that it is impossible to predict future developments in job terms but it seems clear that there will be increasing career opportunities within the field of computing and IT.