Computer Science (with Integrated Foundation Year)

This computer science foundation year is a perfect gateway to studying on one of the City St George’s Computer Science degrees and will suit you if you have an interest in how software technologies are built and work.

The Foundation route will allow you to improve your computing skills and acclimatise to University teaching and assessment styles, with a view to joining one of our Computer Science, Games Technology, Cyber Security and Data Science degrees the following year.

Although the computer science foundation year does not confer an official award, successful completion will enable entry onto one of the City St George's Computer Science courses, including:

• BSc Computer Science

• BSc Computer Science with Games Technology

• MSci Computer Science

• MSci Computer Science with Games Technology

• MSci Computer Science with Cyber Security

• MSci Data Science.

A range of Computer Science modules will develop your understanding of the fundamentals, your programming skills and building web applications. Mathematics modules will ensure you have the logical and analytic skills for more advanced theoretical Computer Science topics.

Finally, you will receive training on basic employability and transferable skills.

​​You can find extensive information about the modules you can expect to study on this course on our website:
https://www.city.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate/computer-science-foundation-programme

The Foundation Programme employs continuous assessment based around frequent class tests and group work.

Students can also expect a higher number of contact hours per week (around 14 hours) in the form of teaching and tutorials, than in the subsequent years of our Computer Science degrees where self-study plays a larger part.

The approximate percentage of the course assessment, based on 2018/19 entry is as follows:

Foundation year
50% written, 50% coursework.