You will study a wide variety of areas which may include AI, computer games development, human-computer interaction, software engineering, and security. You’ll learn to use technology to create new opportunities and to solve a wide range of problems, benefiting every aspect of society from the home to business, government, and beyond. Our teaching is informed by our cutting-edge research, and we also reflect what’s happening now in the industry. You will follow a set of modules providing a specialism in information systems, evolutionary systems, or creative computing.
You’ll have access to our own computing labs, based on Microsoft Windows and Linux, plus a wide range of software. This degree builds the essential skills which are in demand from employers looking for systems analysts, software engineers, and consultants. You’ll graduate with a wide range of computing skills plus a highly developed approach to problem-solving.
Year 1
- Programming I – Programming Fundamentals
- Fundamentals of Computing
- Communication, Confidence, and Competence
- Calculus
- Algebra
OPTIONAL MODULES
- Cybercrime
- Systems and Architecture
- Computer Animation and Multimedia
- Natural Computation
- Introduction to Interaction Design
Year 2
- Software Engineering
- Differential Equations
OPTIONAL MODULES
- Web Technologies
- Programming II – Data Structures and Algorithms
- Mobile Application Development
- Computational and Artificial Intelligence I
- Database Systems
- Advanced Programming Practices
- Individual Study Topic in Computer Science
- Digital Forensics
- Probability
- Computational Mathematics
- Exploring Algebra and Analysis
- Complex Variable I and Vector Calculus
- Dynamics
- Abstract Algebra
- Linear Statistical Models
- Analysis II
- Professional Mathematics and Data Science
Year 3
- Third Year Double Project – ISP
OPTIONAL MODULES
- Software Engineering Project Management
- Games Computing
- Advanced Information Systems
- Advanced Databases and Applications
- Communications and Networks
- Advanced Web Technologies
- Computational and Artificial Intelligence II
- Graph Theory
- Non-linear Differential Equations
- Partial Differential Equations
- Group Theory
- Number Theory and Cryptography
- Financial Mathematics
- Project II – ISP
- Fluid Mechanics
- Complex Variable II
- Waves
- Medical Statistics
- Mathematical Biology
- Introduction to Mathematics Teaching
- Linear Algebra and Rings
- Introduction to Linear Elasticity
- Mathematical Modelling
Employability:
Keele graduates have gone to work for companies as diverse as Apple, BAE Systems, Barclays, Capgemini, EA Games, Experian, Microsoft, and the Ministry of Defence. Mathematics helps you to take novel approaches to problem solving and make critical interpretations of data and text; your skills will be in demand wherever there’s a need for logical thinking. An extremely wide range of career paths is open to mathematicians, where high levels of mathematical ability are desirable.
Previous employers
- BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
- Bitjam
- FIDESSA
- Hong Kong Esports
- Playtech
