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BSc Internet Systems is for those of you who want to contribute to the internet revolution at the conceptual level. It considers the internet and the end-systems in all their various forms. It is not just web-page design but the whole system from clients, servers, communication channels to end-user systems using every medium. It encompasses software and hardware design, the communications infrastructure, the protocols and procedures required and the key network management skills.
Year 1
Digital and Analogue Electronics
Electrical Systems Engineering
IT & Communications Skills
Introduction to Business Management
Java Programming Foundations
Introduction to Computer Systems
Information Systems
Internet Computing
Data Modelling and Databases
Year 2
Digital and Programmable Systems
Themed Design Project
Value-based Strategy
Professional Studies
Professional Studies
Prof Aspects Computing
HCI
Software Lifecycle
Data Structures/JavaS2
Java Program Contruction
Internet Apps
Year 3 – Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
Individual Final Year Project
Internetworking
Project Management
Specialist electives including:
Digital Systems Design
Information Security
Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
Distributed Applications
Interaction Design
Geographic Information Systems
Innovation Management

Our graduates have been in high demand from employers offering career opportunities in business, commerce or the public sector, in Britain and abroad.
Graduates have readily found employment in areas as diverse as:
Hardware Engineer for ABB
Graduate Trainee for MOD
IT consultancy with Accenture
Software Verification Engineer with TRW Lucas
System Programming with IBM
Systems Analysis with Reuters
Systems Engineering with Schlumberger
Management Consultancy with PricewaterhouseCoopers
Stock Exchange Graduate for First Continental Trading
Software Engineer with Smiths Aerospace
PhD research

The EECS course at Aston aims to meet this challenge by expanding the breadth and depth of our students’ knowledge in electronics, internet technology, computing, digital systems and software design and by encouraging the development of essential professional skills.
You will gain a solid grounding in software engineering and computing systems which will be complemented by engineering expertise in digital electronics and telecommunications. The emphasis is on gaining a specialist and extremely valuable set of skills that form a bridge between the hardware and software specialist; to achieve this you will study computing and electronics with single honours students from the electronic engineering and computer science subject groups.

Well-trained graduates with skills in electronics design, software, telecommunications and engineering are in high demand. Some of our recent graduates are currently commanding high salaries working in government, the public sector and private industry, for employers such as: Olympus, Corus, HSBC, Oxford University, Hewlett Packard, Cogent Defence, BAE Systems, Npower, Siemens, Orange, Vodafone, QinetiQ, National Grid, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Cars and Microsoft.
Other graduates have chosen to study for PhD degrees at Aston or at other universities across the UK and beyond or have started their own businesses.
Areas where our graduates enter include:
Research & development
Design & manufacture
Management and marketing
Consultancy
Education
Innovation

We will provide you with a broad-based education to give you competence in a wide range of electronic and electrical engineering disciplines. You will begin with the fundamental principles such as digital, analogue electronics, computing, mathematics and project management. Theory is married to practice with extensive laboratory-based practical work fully integrated with the lecture material throughout the course. You will be able to specialise in areas of particular interest or relevance to your future career by selecting from our range of options from digital system design to telecommunications systems, optoelectronics to signal processing before embarking on a final year six-month design project of your own choosing.
Year 1
Computing for Electronic Engineering
Digital and Analogue Electronics
Principles and Circuits
Electrical Systems Engineering
Transition Mathematics
Engineering Mathematics
IT & Communications Skills
Introduction to Business Management
Year 2
Digital and Programmable Systems
Communications Systems Engineering
Electronic Systems Analysis
Electrical Systems Engineering
Themed Design Project
Value-based Strategy
Professional Studies
Year 3 – Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
Individual Final Year Project
Digital Systems Design
Specialist electives including:
Digital Transmission
Internetworking
Optical Communications Systems
Radio Systems and PC Networks
Optoelectronics
Digital Systems Architecture
Signal Processing
Project Management
Advanced Control Systems
Electroheat

Well-trained graduates with skills in electronics design, software, telecommunications and engineering are in high demand. Some of our recent graduates are currently commanding high salaries working in government, the public sector and private industry, for employers such as Olympus, Corus, HSBC, Oxford University, Hewlett Packard, Cogent Defence, BAE Systems, Npower, Siemens, Orange, Vodafone, QinetiQ, National Grid, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Cars and Microsoft. Other graduates have chosen to study for PhD degrees at Aston or at other universities across the UK and beyond or have started their own businesses.
Areas where out graduates enter include:
Research & development
Design & manufacture
Management and marketing
Consultancy
Education
Innovation

We aim to provide you with a firm grounding in the principles and practices of electronic engineering. You may then choose to focus on the skills and techniques of communications engineering or to concentrate on the telecommunications and internet technologies required by the communications and network engineer. You will also come into contact with our leading research groups, currently undertaking multi-million pound research contracts for the communications industry.
Studies in electronic engineering including digital, analogue and programmable electronics are complemented with work on communications principles and optical, data and radio networks. As you progress, you will specialise in high frequency and optical communications and data communications and telecommunications network design and management. You will be able to study the engineering of the internet and its communications channels, protocols and procedures which underlie modern communications and commerce. And you will gain an appreciation of the role of data, its acquisition, organisation and manipulation in a highly distributed environment for presentation to end-users, be they remote electronic systems or human, at fixed or mobile locations.
This degree course has just been completely revised and modernised to meet the changing demands of industry. High quality employment in the communications industry is attractive to our graduates and many anticipate studying to MSc level, usually with the backing of an industrial company, after a year or two of gaining experience. As a result we have also designed the BEng degree courses to meet the demands of the communications industry and to provide a vertically integrated course of study leading from BEng to MSc for those who wish to follow this career progression.
Year 1
Computing for Electronic Engineering
Digital and Analogue Electronics
Principles and Circuits
Electrical Systems Engineering
Transition Mathematics
Engineering Mathematics
IT & Communications Skills
Introduction to Business Management
Year 2
Digital and Programmable Systems
Communications Systems Engineering
Electronic Systems Analysis
Electrical Systems Engineering
Themed Design Project
Value-based Strategy
Professional Studies
Year 3
Optional integrated placement year.
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
Individual Final Year Project
Digital Systems Design
Digital Transmission
Specialist electives including:
Internetworking
Optical Communications Systems
Radio Systems and PC Networks
Optoelectronics
Digital Systems Architecture
Signal Processing
Information Theory
Project Management
Advanced Control Systems
Information Security

First Year
Introduction to Systematic Programming: The basic study of how to create a working program to solve a problem.
Introduction to Computer Systems: How do computers work?
Computing Environments: Introduction to working with computer systems and applications.
Understanding Information Systems: Techniques used to analyse business problems and the development of information systems to solve them.
Internet Computing: Understanding the Internet and creating Internet material.
Data Modelling and Database Systems: The operation of database management systems and the design of databases.
Second Year
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Applications of computers to tasks involving reasoning and other “human-like” capabilities, e.g. vision.
Software Lifecycle: How we manage software projects and ensure that software satisfies user requirements
Human-Computer Interaction: User interface design and evaluation.
Object-Oriented Programming: More advanced approach to software development using the language Java, which is very useful for Internet applications
Database Applications and techniques: Further work in the database area, including applications to ‘real-world’ business problems
Sandwich Year (Optional)
An opportunity to set your studies into context by an approved participation in industry or commerce, either in the UK or abroad. This is usually paid employment.
Final Year
In the final year, students will be able to choose options from a list of topics offered. The selection will be offered on a yearly basis.
Computer Graphics
Distributed Applications
Object Database Technology
Geographic Information Systems: Working with information related to geographical location, e.g. climate data.
Operating Systems
Strategic Information Systems
Multimedia Systems
Natural Language Processing
Internet Programming with Java
Information Security
Current Themes in Artificial Intelligence: e.g. intelligent agents that “roam” computer networks.
You can combine Computer Science with… Course Entry requirements UCAS Code
Chemistry 300 GF41
Mathematics 300 GG14
Business 300 GN42
Politics 300 LG24
German 300 GR42
Psychology 300 CG84
English Language 300 GQ43
Sociology 300 LG34
International Relations 300 LG2K

Aims of the Programme
To enable students to acquire a high level of technical expertise so they can contribute to the production of quality computer applications. Many graduates work in the computing area using the knowledge gained from their other discipline to enable them to create applications which solve the problems of users from that domain; be it Biology, German, Business Administration or any other of the possible combinations.
Our Programme offers:
A solid grounding in systems design through a study of systems design methods and practice in program development in a modern structured environment.
Particular emphasis on systems for the management of information central to many current business processes.
Useful combinations with business, mathematics and other engineering and scientific subjects.
An optional sandwich year in industry or commerce.
Options in the final year.
Computers are widely used in a large range of disciplines and the ease and popularity of computing applications in many areas is directly related to the quality of modern application software. This is typically easy to use with well-designed interfaces, well produced reference and training materials and online help. It is also generally very reliable with consistent behaviour even when misused. Software quality is a vital ingredient in making computer systems accessible to all users whatever their background.

Multimedia computing has numerous application areas, including entertainment, education, commerce, engineering, medicine and scientific research. Multimedia is a fast growing field and experts in it are in high demand. There is a need for people with the right technical and software development skills to work hand in hand with creative designers to deliver high quality multimedia productions. Career opportunities exist in areas such as website design and development, multimedia information editing and management, the Internet and e-commerce. Potential employers include broadcast organisations, media production companies, website designers and indeed any company that maintains a significant web presence