Study location	United Kingdom, University of Bedfordshire
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	18 Months
Study language	English
Awards	MSc

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in any language

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 6+, TOEFL 79+ or CAE result B2

Other requirements	At least 2 reference(s) should be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application.

More information	Expenses, accommodation, working etc. beds.ac.uk/..postgraduate/computer-science

Overview

COURSE SUMMARY

Graduates of this Masters Degree are well-equipped to pursue a career
in internet design, remote data access and management, remote method
invocation and networking. The practical skills you will acquire
during the course will also enable you to become a specialist
consultant, project manager, business systems analyst, IT consultant
or any other managerial level practitioner in computer science. You
may also choose to continue your study into further research in this
continually expanding and developing field.

During the course you will:

• Benefit from access to our Academic in Business Computing scheme
  by working on projects with local companies
• Work with our 64-node cluster and other state-of-the-art
  technology in an innovative distributed environment
• Gain a valuable breadth of experience in subjects that include
  secure communications, computer security, project management and
  intelligent agents

Areas of study you may cover on this course include:

• Online database applications
• Intelligent agents
• Programming embedded systems
• Professional project management
• Systems architecture
• Network systems
• Distributed and parallel architectures
• Cryptography and cryptanalysis

MSXCP

Career opportunities

CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Students will be encouraged to identify their strengths, interests and
development needs in relation to the practices and conventions of the
Information Technology industry and of scholarship and research.

CAREER/FURTHER STUDY OPPORTUNITIES

On completing this course students are likely to progress into the
following areas:

Career:

• IT Consultant

• Programmer / Software Engineer

• Systems / Business Analyst

• Web / Web Services / E-commerce Developer

Further study:

• MSc by Research, MPhil, PhD