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ITMB Dr Zena Wood, Programme Lead
Degree Programmes in this Talk
• BSc IT Management for Business
• BSc IT Management for Business with Industrial Placement
ITMB at Exeter
• Endorsed by eskills
• It is important that you understand both the business and
computing aspects
• Community is important
• Industrial experience is important
Degree Structure at Exeter
• Compulsory and optional modules
• Personal tutor with fortnightly meetings in years 1 & 2
• Contact time:
• Typically 4 modules a term/8 a year
• 2 - 5hrs per module per week
• Study resources and open door policy
• Teaching:
• Lectures, Workshops, Seminars, Surgeries, Tutorials
• Personal tutor, project manager/supervisor
• Assessment:
• Summative and formative
• Coursework and Examination
First year modules Term 1 Term 2
Accoun'ng 1 Object-‐Oriented Programming
Elements of Compu'ng Social and Professional Issues of the Informa'on Age
Programming for Business
Theory and Prac'ce of Management
Business Law* Personal Financial Management*
Sta's'cs for Business and Management*
Introduc'on to Leadership Studies*
* Optional modules (select 30 credits)
Second year modules Term 1 Term 2
Database Design and Applica'on Human Resource Management
Informa'on Technology Management and Professional Skills
Organisa'onal Behaviour
Principles of Marke'ng SoLware Engineering
SoLware Development Could You Be An Entrepreneur?*
Interna'onal Management and Globalisa'on*
Consumer Behaviour*
Opera'ons Management* Leadership: Challenges and Prac'ce*
* Optional modules (select 15 credits)
Final Year (BSc)
• 45 credits of options must be selected. Examples include: • Ethics and Oganisation • Crisis, Change and Creativity in Organisations • Strategic Management • Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing • Electives
Compulsory
Management of Informa'on Systems
Enterprise Compu'ng
Individual Project
Employer Engagement
• “Guru” lectures
• Mock assessment centres
• CV clinics
• Student Events
• Mentors
Opportunities to Apply Skills
• Small development projects from first year
• Team-based software development project in year 2
• Individual project in final year
• Year in industry or 8 week summer industrial placement (CandI:
Commercial and Industry Experience module)
Example Final Year Projects
• Exeter City Football Club Content Management System
• TenPin Bowling Booking System
• Educational Game for Secondary Schools
• Point of Sale and Stock Management System
• Cloud Based Accounting Information System
Example Placements
• SAS, Marlow
• RBS, London
• Pyramid Cyber Security and Forensics, India
• IBM, Hampshire
• Shore, Dorset
• The Met Office, Exeter
Research Informed Teaching
Staff involved in teaching you at Exeter are also leading researchers in their field, who are pushing forward the boundaries of their subject area
• 50% of Computer Science research at the 3* Internationally
Excellent level, and 15% at the 4* World Leading level
• 45% of Business and Management research at the 3*
Internationally Excellent level, and 15% at the 4* World Leading
level
At the end of your degree…
• Exeter Computer Science has 96% graduate-level employability
over the last two years
• 87% Overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey
• College employability officer
• “Employers in the Foyer” sessions
• Central careers service
