BSc Business Computing and IT

The BSc Business Computing and IT at Aston University, Birmingham, is an excellent four-year course for students who want to link technology with business. Over the four years, the course will prepare you to be a skilled IT worker with strong technical knowledge and a great understanding of how business systems and structures work.

This course is designed to complement industry needs. Students will gain a full understanding of managing information, communication, and the human, management, and technical skills required. In your first year, you will learn the fundamentals of business and computers (IT). This includes practical subjects such as accounting, marketing, and business analysis. The students will start to practise important technical skills, such as carefully analysing data and organising information using computer databases. In the second year, you will improve your IT and computing skills to get ready for your work placement, learning practical data analysis and software development from experts in the field.

This course provides the chance to use what is learned in the classroom in a real job, helping to get valuable work experience and develop important professional skills. In the final year, students will study advanced topics, applying the experience that was gained. The final project will be a chance to use acquired skills on real business problems that match the career path.