Artificial Intelligence and Data Science with Foundation Year

Including a foundation year as part of your four-year study programme will give you a head start in your academic and professional life. The foundation year offers the chance to strengthen your skills, knowledge and confidence before you advance to stage one of your honours degree. It could also be beneficial if you are planning a career change. If you like and enjoy mathematics then this is an exciting future focused course for you.

KEY FEATURES OF THE COURSE:

EMPLOYABILITY: Be a graduate that’s sought after by an industry offering attractive salaries and significant progression right from the start of your career

WORKING WITH INDUSTRY: Take advantage of our connections with employers on work placements and projects

NO EXAMS!: We’ll assess you via other methods throughout your degree instead

OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR: Gain valuable experience in industry by taking an optional placement year between years two and three

FLEXIBILITY: Benefit from the option to transfer to another degree in our Computing portfolio after your first year

HOW YOU’LL LEARN

You’ll learn in a variety of ways – lectures, seminars and tutorials will give you the opportunity to develop understanding. Practical sessions will give you the chance to develop your skills in both equipment use and the evaluation of experimental procedures and data. In your third year you’ll take an Individual Project module where you’ll be encouraged to use and apply research and innovation tools and approached in a practical context. Team working will also allow you to develop interpersonal and communication skills – an important skill for the workplace. 

YOUR CAREER

Data Science jobs are becoming increasingly in demand across all sectors including engineering, technology, society, commerce and healthcare. You could move into roles such as: 


• Data scientist 



• Data analyst 



• Data engineer 



• Data architect 



• Machine learning engineer 



• Business intelligence engineer 



STUDY OPTIONS

This course is also available without a Foundation Year option.

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