Web Design & Development BSc (Hons)

COURSE INFORMATION (2010 ENTRY)

3 years full-time or 4 years sandwich

School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences
Pandon Building, Newcastle City Campus

Web design and development on today's internet is incredibly multidisciplinary. This programme offers a high-quality design/development web education and provides a multi-disciplined approach that meets employers demands for well-rounded graduates who can implement and manage end-to-end web design and development projects. Graduates from this degree will be knowledgeable of current and emergent web design methodologies and technologies, will have a broad based business awareness (including e-business) and will be taught real-life skills to prepare them for a career in a broad spectrum of companies.

N.B. This information applies to 2010 entry - if you are interested in 2011 entry, please contact us

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COURSEWORK AND ASSESSMENT

Different methods are used to assess students; coursework assignments and/or examinations. Assignments can take the form of, e.g. individual and/or group work, research reports, analysis and design exercises, and programming exercises.

CAREERS

Career prospects are excellent, with opportunities to work in a wide variety of organisations. Graduates can be involved in a variety of aspects including designing, developing and managing web based solutions to business problems.

Highly skilled professionals who can design and develop feature rich interactive web based systems are in great demand. According to Silicon.com (2007), web developers are now among the most sought after IT professionals in the UK. Demand for suitable professionals is being driven by the rise in web based business applications and the wider e-commerce boom.

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COURSE MODULES

Year 1

CM0426 - Digital Media Design & Technical Production (CORE, 20 Credits)

CM0427 - Introduction to Multimedia Programming (CORE, 20 Credits)

CM0429 - Relational Databases (CORE, 20 Credits)

LI0412 - Digital Visual Communication (CORE, 20 Credits)

LI0413 - Web Production for the Web Professional (CORE, 40 Credits)

Year 2

CM0160 - Foundations of Human Computer Interaction (CORE, 10 Credits)

CM0558 - Professional Development & Project Management (CORE, 20 Credits)

CM0560 - 2D Computer Graphics & Animation (CORE, 20 Credits)

CM0562 - Interactive Multimedia Applications (CORE, 10 Credits)

CM0564 - Music, Business and Digital Technology (OPTION, 20 Credits)

IS0503 - Integrative Consultancy Project (OPTION, 20 Credits)

LI0268 - Interpretations and Use of the Media (OPTION, 20 Credits)

LI0527 - Web Usability and Development (CORE, 20 Credits)

ML0981 - Unilang (DUMMY) Level 5 Year Long (OPTION, 20 Credits)

Year 3

CM0567 - CEIS Professional Placement (CORE, 0 Credits)

Year 4

CG0007 - Advanced Human Computer Interaction (Advanced HCI) (OPTION, 10 Credits)

CG0052 - Social and Current Issues in Computing (OPTION, 10 Credits)

CG0122 - Internet Case Project (CORE, 10 Credits)

CG0189 - Intelligent Systems (OPTION, 10 Credits)

CM0550 - An Introduction to C# for Desktop Applications (OPTION, 10 Credits)

CM0608 - Multimedia Assets for Computer Games (OPTION, 20 Credits)

CM0617 - Entrepreneurship & Small Bus. Start up in Informatics (OPTION, 10 Credits)

CM0625 - Advanced Multimedia Systems (OPTION, 20 Credits)

CM0645 - Individual Project (CORE, 40 Credits)

CM0648 - Professionalism & Ethical Practice (CORE, 10 Credits)

CM0655 - Emerging Web Technology & Methods (CORE, 20 Credits)

CM0665 - Web Application Integration (CORE, 20 Credits)

IS0352 - E-Commerce and E-Business Fundamentals (OPTION, 10 Credits)

IS0609 - E-Business: Strategy, Applications and Implementation (OPTION, 10 Credits)

IS0619 - Graduate Enterprise for CEIS (OPTION, 20 Credits)

ML0982 - Unilang (DUMMY) Level 6 Year Long (OPTION, 20 Credits)

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