Business Information Technology BSc (Hons)

Course overview

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This course is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS)*

Students have the opportunity of completing Cisco CCNA certification courses during this degree course at the BU Cisco Certified Local Networking Academy.

Business IT is very well established at Bournemouth, with a good variety of units available for those who wish to broaden their study. This course is one of our longest traditions, being in its fifteenth year. It has produced many very successful graduates - including millionaires, though we do not promise that for everyone! It provides a good, rounded set of abilities that enable its graduates to work in a wide set of areas of business and IT.

The course will appeal to those applicants who are interested in a technology-based computing course, but who wish to combine that with study of relevant aspects of business. Our focus on business process picks out the area of business where the greatest use of IT is found. The course emphasises the importance of personal development and group working, as modern IT requires good 'people skills' and is strongly team-based.

Framework Overview

This course forms part of the Computing Framework of courses, allowing you to change your choice of course within the Framework to best suit your needs.

The richness of careers in the IT industry means that students are not always clear about which area they wish to specialise in before they join us. Some do not decide until they reach the final year. With this in mind, we have designed this Framework to have a common first year and a second year which is largely common. This design gives you exposure to a variety of modern technologies and techniques, before you make your final decision. The first two years cover those areas we know to be foundational for all professionals in this field, in addition year two enables a measure of specialism. In the final year, you have the opportunity to specialise further or to keep your education broader and more general.

*It is a general condition of the BCS that for Chartered IT Professional registration it will be necessary for students undertaking a Bachelors Honours degree programme to complete a year of further learning beyond graduation.