First Year Pathway in Information and Computer Science - Continue to Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Business Computing (Human - Computer Interactions) (with Placement year)

LBIC offers University First Year studies for candidates who do not meet the direct entry criteria or hold high school qualifications that are not recognised. Upon successful completion of the pathway programme students will progress onto the second year of their Brunel University London progression degree.

By specialising in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), students will learn how to understand the user experience (UX), and to use the insights they gain to help build systems that better meet the user’s needs. Through a mixture of theory and real-world practice, students will learn how to assess organisational problems and apply solutions. At Brunel they teach students how to determine a dynamic mix of processes, which allow information delivery systems and users to carry out business effectively and efficiently. Students will come to intuitively understand how an organisation’s information systems need to adapt to the changes and developments natural to growth and progress.

Featured modules include software development and management, usability engineering and process modelling, e-business, and social media. Other Web 2.0 technologies and simulation modelling also feature.

This course is designed for flexibility, students can select modules and specialise gradually. Students can transfer between Computer Science and Business Computing up to the start of Level 2, then they can choose a specialism up to the start of Level 3.

One third of each year of this programme is project-based. On Levels 1 and 2, students build a software solution in a team, and in the final year they carry out an individual project. Students also have the opportunity to showcase their projects at the annual Made in Brunel (Software Innovation) event, with awards presented by the likes of Cisco, Sky and Xerox.