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BSc (Honours) Computer Science
Teaches software development for a range of industries alongside the algorithms and theory behind it. A placement-year (4-year) route is available.
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A clearer look at BSc (Honours) Computer Science
Teaches software development for a range of industries alongside the algorithms and theory behind it. A placement-year (4-year) route is available.
This 36-month undergraduate route concentrates on software design and maintainable development, testing, quality and collaborative delivery, requirements, architecture and the software lifecycle. A placement or professional-experience option is recorded, which can help connect academic learning with workplace practice when available.
Course focus
What you can expect to explore
- Software design and maintainable development
- Testing, quality and collaborative delivery
- Requirements, architecture and the software lifecycle
- Programming and computational problem-solving
Skills development
Capabilities you can build
- Programming
- Software design
- Testing and debugging
- Team-based development
The balance of technical, academic and professional skills depends on the modules and assessments offered for your intake.
Learning experience
How you may learn
- Applied work such as case studies, workshops, projects or problem-based tasks.
- Independent study and progressively more complex assignments or projects.
- A placement or professional-experience route is recorded; its length, availability and eligibility should be confirmed for the selected intake.
Who is this course for?
A strong fit for students who like building dependable digital products and improving them through structured design, coding and testing. Entry requirements still determine eligibility, and students should compare the official module list with their own career goals before applying.
Career direction
Where it may lead
Relevant career directions may include:
- Software engineer
- Application developer
- Quality-assurance engineer
- Technical consultant
These are examples, not guaranteed outcomes. Employment depends on your experience, location, professional registration where applicable and the modules completed.
Course contents
Published course content for this programme.
34 curriculum items were captured from the university’s official course page. These may include modules, course units or published curriculum topics, and can change by intake, pathway and availability.
- 01Databases And The WebPublished course content
- 02HTMLPublished course content
- 03JavascriptPublished course content
- 04Mathematics For Computer SciencePublished course content
- 05Programming For Computer SciencePublished course content
- 06Problem solving, top-down design and functional decompositionPublished course content
- 07Variables and Data StructuresPublished course content
- 08Algorithms and Control StructuresPublished course content
- 09Program QualityPublished course content
- 10Software tools and Program Development EnvironmentsPublished course content
- 11Software ProjectsPublished course content
- 12Acceptance testingPublished course content
- 13Software prototyping and fidelity of prototypesPublished course content
- 14Software development process and lifecyclesPublished course content
- 15Use case modellingPublished course content
- 16Database designPublished course content
- 17Object-oriented designPublished course content
- 18User interface designPublished course content
- 19Legal, Social, Ethical and Professional issues in ITPublished course content
- 20Software testingPublished course content
- 21Sustainable development and deploymentPublished course content
- 22Data securityPublished course content
- 23Advanced ProgrammingPublished course content
- 24Object-oriented principles, concepts and design: encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphismPublished course content
- 25Abstract and interface classesPublished course content
- 26Dynamic memory managementPublished course content
- 27Memory pointers and referencesPublished course content
- 28Memory profilingPublished course content
- 29Standard template libraries (STLs)Published course content
- 30Operator overloadingPublished course content
- 31Templates / genericsPublished course content
- 32Event-based codingPublished course content
- 33Design patternsPublished course content
- 34Tool support for OO developmentPublished course content
Entry requirements
Can I apply?
- Academic
- 112 UCAS tariff points
- Sri Lankan qualifications
- Sri Lanka GCE Advanced Level accepted for undergraduate entry; HND can be considered for advanced entry; O/L holders can be considered for the International Foundation Programme (grades not stated)
- English (IELTS)
- 6.0 overall, minimum 5.5 in all skills
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Course information checked October 2026 from the official course page on shu.ac.uk. The expanded description is original GEC guidance built from the recorded course summary, award level and subject; it does not reproduce a university or partner listing word for word. Exact modules, teaching, assessment, professional recognition, fees, entry requirements and intakes can change. We confirm the latest details with Sheffield Hallam University before you apply. Global Educational Consultants is an independent consultancy.