Information Technology

The Masters in Information Technology is an intensive, practically oriented taught postgraduate programme which will equip you with advanced IT skills. This is a conversion degree programme intended for students without a computing science background. You will apply your knowledge and skills by conducting a development project.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

- The School of Computing Science is ranked 6th in the UK (Complete University Guide 2022).

- The School is a member of the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance: SICSA. This collaboration of Scottish universities aims to develop Scotland's place as a world leader in Informatics and Computer Science research and education.

- The School of Computing Science has extensive contacts with industrial partners who contribute to several of their taught courses, through active teaching, curriculum development, and panel discussion. Recent contributors include representatives from IBM, J.P. Morgan, Amazon, Adobe and Red Hat.

- During the programme students have an opportunity to develop and practice relevant professional and transferrable skills, and to meet and learn from employers about working in the IT industry.

- You will have opportunities to meet employers who come to make recruitment presentations, and often seek to recruit our graduates during the programme.

- You will benefit from having 24-hour access to a computer laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Modes of delivery of the MSc in Information Technology include lectures, seminars and tutorials and allow students the opportunity to take part in lab, project and team work.

Core Courses
DATABASE THEORY AND APPLICATION (M)
ENTERPRISE CYBER SECURITY (M)
PROGRAMMING
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (M)
SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS
MSC IT+ TEAM PROJECT (M)
MSC PROJECT FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY +

Optional Courses (choose four):
ADVANCED PROGRAMMING (M)
ALGORITHMS AND DATA STRUCTURES (M)
CYBER SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS (M)
HUMAN-CENTRED SECURITY (M)
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION DESIGN AND EVALUATION (M)
INTERNET TECHNOLOGY (M)

Please note the availability of optional courses is dependent on staff availability and timetabling constraints.