Professional Software Development

Entry requirements

• 1) A second class honours degree or better from a university of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, from the Council for National Academic Awards, the National Council for Educational Awards, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, or from an institution of another country which has been recognised as being of an equivalent standard; or

  2) an equivalent standard (normally 50%) in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification; and

  3) the content of the qualification presented (as described in (i) may have a maximum of 50% computing content.

  AND
  You must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements for admission to a first degree course and hold a GCSE pass in English Language and Mathematics at grade C or above (or equivalent).

Months of entry

September

Course content

The intensive one-year Masters conversion course is aimed at highly motivated graduates with a good honours degree in any discipline other than computing. There is a strong demand in the local economy and beyond for graduates with software development skills. This course will give you the skills needed to
apply best practice in software engineering across a variety of organisations. While the course has a particular focus on the employment needs of the local economy, the skills and abilities developed are easily transferred to a global stage.

You will cover topics including programming skills, computer hardware, operating systems, professional software development, software architecture and design, database systems, and web-based app development.

You will be well placed to find employment in private industry, public sector organisations and in research. You’ll gain the necessary skills to work in roles such as software developers, software testers and/or academic or commercial researchers, as well as have the capacity to diversify into other roles such as
independent consultancy.

Professional Recognition - The MSc Professional Software Development is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS), the Chartered Institute for IT, for
the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a chartered IT professional.

Information for international students

English language requirements - The minimum requirement for this course is academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5.