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School of Engineering and Informatics (for staff and students)

Software Engineering (with an industrial placement year)

(BSc) Software Engineering (with an industrial placement year)

Entry for 2026

FHEQ level

This course is set at Level 6 in the national Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.

No course outline is currently available.

Full-time course composition

YearTermStatusModuleCreditsFHEQ level
1Intersemester WeekCoreGlobal Design Challenge (H7103)04
 Autumn SemesterCoreIntroduction to Programming (G5066)154
  CoreMathematical Concepts (G6012)154
  CorePrinciples of Digital Technology (G5039)154
  CoreProgramming Concepts (G6007)154
 Spring SemesterCoreData Structures & Algorithms (G5117)154
  CoreFurther Programming (G5067)154
  CoreIntroduction to Computer Systems (G6008)154
  CoreProfessional Skills (G5120)154
YearTermStatusModuleCreditsFHEQ level
2Autumn SemesterCoreCompilers and Computer Architecture (G5035)155
  CoreDatabases (G6031)155
  CoreDesign and Analysis of Algorithms (G6017)155
  CoreIntroduction to Data Science (G6085)155
 Spring SemesterCoreApplied Machine Learning (G6061)155
  CoreComputer Networks (G5115)155
  CoreOperating Systems (G6059)155
  CoreSoftware Engineering (G6046)155
YearTermStatusModuleCreditsFHEQ level
3Autumn & Spring TeachingCoreInformatics Industrial Placement (G6069)1205
YearTermStatusModuleCreditsFHEQ level
4Autumn SemesterCoreAdvanced Software Engineering (G6100)156
  CoreHuman-Computer Interaction (G5026)156
  OptionComparative Programming (G6021)156
  E-Business and E-Commerce Systems (G5075)156
  Introduction to Computer Security (G6077)156
 Autumn & Spring TeachingCoreIndividual Project (G5038)306
 Spring SemesterCoreEngineering Scalable and Reliable Software Project (G6101)156
  CoreWeb Applications and Services (G6060)156
  OptionEntrepreneurship (G6102)156
  Limits of Computation (G5029)156
  Web 3D Applications (H7006)156

Please note that the University will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver courses and modules in accordance with the descriptions set out here. However, the University keeps its courses and modules under review with the aim of enhancing quality. Some changes may therefore be made to the form or content of courses or modules shown as part of the normal process of curriculum management.

The University reserves the right to make changes to the contents or methods of delivery of, or to discontinue, merge or combine modules, if such action is reasonably considered necessary by the University. If there are not sufficient student numbers to make a module viable, the University reserves the right to cancel such a module. If the University withdraws or discontinues a module, it will use its reasonable endeavours to provide a suitable alternative module.

School of Engineering and Informatics (for staff and students)

Education and Students Office:
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Chichester 1 Room 002
Email: fosem-info@sussex.ac.uk
Telephone: 01273 (67) 8195