Business, Computing and Information Management (BCIM) Undergraduate Prospectus 2010
BA (Hons)
Location Location
Southwark Southwark campus
International Foundation Course
Social Technology
Duration Duration
Business or Computing
3 years (full-time) 1 year (full-time)
Start date Start date
September September
Number of places How to apply
30 Via UCAS
Business, Computing and Information Management Business, Computing and Information Management
Course description You will be encouraged to work
How to apply UCAS code
Course description You will receive academic advice and
This is a new course which engages both with other students on the
Via UCAS N128
The International Foundation course is guidance from our course directors and
a new, but rapidly developing area of course and to develop your personal
UCAS code Course contact
designed for EU students whose first careers officers and, upon successful
modern society, and will provide ample skills in problem solving and making
BA (Hons) G441 Helen Connies-Laing
language is not English and/or who have completion of the course, you can
opportunity for students to consider the decisions about how the technologies
BA (Hons Top-up) G440
conniehc@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7836
not been formally educated in the UK. progress to a suitable degree at LSBU.
implications and applications of modern will be used. You will gain a sound
Typical offer Non-standard entry requirements
At LSBU, we focus on developing your Most students stay within the Faculty
technologies. understanding of the implications
160 UCAS Tariff points School leaver or mature (over 21) learner already
academic language skills and increasing and study business or computing
of the various technologies and how
academically qualified for Higher Education but
your confidence in communicating courses. However, some students
Course units lacking English language/academic study skills
It is not a technological course, but they can be used to develop and
Year 1 necessary for UK HE studies. Must have minimum
and operating within the UK Higher progress to the social sciences and
rather considers how technologies can enhance working and social life and
– Commercial Information Systems Development* IELTS 4.5 or equivalent.
Education environment. follow law, sociology, hospitality, or
be used and concentrates on the human will be encouraged to develop, and
– Computing Culture and Practice
combined degrees.
– Language Analysis 1 Course units
(BCIM) aspects of those technologies and how
pursue an experimental and innovative
– English in the Media 1 Semester 1
You will develop the necessary (BCIM)
they fit into society. The course focuses approach, invaluable in any future
– Business Application Development Core
mathematical skills to help you face The International Foundation Course
on the use of technologies in a social career in the area.
– Game Contexts – English Language and Study Skills 1
undergraduate study in any discipline. will give you the perfect basis for
– Organisational Behaviour – English Language and Study Skills 2
setting, exploring how technologies are
– Introduction to Marketing – Mathematics
You will also learn about important undergraduate study in any discipline
used in the world as part of the social This is a course which concentrates on
Year 2 – European Society and Thought 1
movements in British and European and you will develop skills that will stay
and working structures of everyday how technologies are used and their
– Storytime Semester 2
history and you will be encouraged to with you for life.
– Social Technologies Core
life. It examines how people use social aspects and implications rather
– Operations, Systems and People – English Language and Study Skills 3
compare and contrast UK society with
technologies such as mobile phones, than how they are produced and their
– Research Methods for Social Technology – Business Studies
your own country. You will read and For full entry requirements see pages
email, forums and blogs in order to technical aspects.
– Foundations of Multimedia – Semester 2 Business Pathway
discuss historical and contemporary 252 to 253.
– Usability for Multimedia – European Society and Thought 2
communicate with each other and to
– Consumer and Buyer Behaviour – Information Technology
business case studies and learn about
develop networks both in a working Progression routes
– Social Web-space Development – Semester 2 Computing Pathway
current business practices and theories.
and a social environment. You can to postgraduate study
Year 3 – Introduction to Computer Technology
– Project (double unit) – Introduction to Software Development
obtain valuable experience in how to Students successfully completing
– Social Impacts of the Information Society
We will help you produce work of
manage these technologies and to help this course could continue to pursue
– Socio-Technical Environments and Tools
a technically high standard, and
others use them to their full potential. a relevant PhD. There are many
– Usability Evaluation for E-commerce
give presentations in English, using
– Plus 3 options
opportunities for research in this new a range of computing tools and
This is an opportunity to enter a new and exciting area. language techniques.
and exciting field and to combine
* Commercial Information Systems Development
and Computing Culture and Practice are ‘long
technical skills with an understanding For full entry requirements see pages
thin’ units. They have a value of 15 CATS points
of how people operate in these new 252 to 253..
each but are delivered throughout the year. Thus
environments.
the total number of unit studied at level is 8 (120
CATS points)
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