BSc (Hons) ICT with Business

Three-year BSc Four-year BSc with placement Organisational Information Systems International Business Strategy Global Business Environment Management of Service Operations PDF Course Leaflet Undergraduate Course Booklet

UCAS Codes

3-Year BSc G5N1 BSc/ICTB 4-Year BSc G5NC BSc/ICTB4 Bradford UCAS code is BRADF B56

Learning outcomes indicate what you should know and understand, and be able to do on successful completion of the course.  These have been developed with reference to the Computing subject benchmarks. As such, you will develop the following:

• Knowledge and Understanding of information and communications technologies and the scientific principles that underpin them, the principles of underlying hardware and software; knowledge of and competence in a range of programming and scripting languages and software applications packages, databases, networking, and systems administration; the management context –  psychological concepts and their relation to the workplace, key concepts and principles of marketing, theory and research concerning the recruitment, retention, and development of staff, the role of financial information in organisations, key factors influencing work performance; the nature and role of the human resource management (HRM) function, the requirements of information systems management.
  
  
• Discipline Specific Skills in developing well-structured information resources across the range of digital delivery systems; competence across the range of ICTs to ECDL level; fundamentals of video and audio production and their technical underpinnings; relational database design; programming in a major object-oriented language; scripting languages; virtual environments; multimedia and web interface and application development; computer networking and systems administration; the ability to evaluate a company’s marketing effectiveness; interpretation and analysis of financial information; ability to apply knowledge to problem solving relating to work performance in organisations; the analysis of HR issues and the formulation of appropriate HRM responses;  ability to critically analyse information system requirements.
  
  
• Personal and Transferable Skills in data management & presentation; interpretation of information; IT and communication skills; creative and systematic problem solving; reflective and enquiring learning; teamwork & leadership; effective project management; and personal management.

An optional placement year, normally taken between Stages Two and Three, will enable you to extend and apply your learning in an appropriate industrial context, and gain first-hand experience of how your skills might be applied in the workplace.