Computer Science (User Experience and Design) BSc (Hons)

Great technology needs to work technically, but it also needs to work for people. This degree combines computer science with user experience and interaction design. This will give you the skills to both build technology and understand the people who use it

You'll begin by developing strong foundations in computing. This includes programming, algorithms, artificial intelligence, databases, software engineering and web development.

As you progress, you'll learn how to investigate people's needs and experiences. You will learn to use research to inform design decisions, and design and evaluate interactive technology. You'll combine this with your technical skills to understand how those designs become working systems.

Understand the people behind the technology

Good user experience starts with understanding the people who will actually use what you create.

You'll learn how to investigate people's needs, behaviours and experiences. You will use what you discover to make better design decisions.

You'll develop skills in user research and evaluation. These will allow you to gather evidence throughout the design process. This means you won't have to rely on assumptions about what people want or need.

Design, build and evaluate

User experience is about much more than what an interface looks like.

You'll develop software alongside learning how to design it. You'll build experience across programming, web and mobile development, databases and interface design. While doing this you will also learn how to prototype and evaluate interactive technology.

This combination allows you to understand both sides of creating digital products: how technology is built and how people experience it.

Make technology work for more people

People have different needs, abilities and experiences of technology.

You'll explore accessibility and inclusive design. You will learn how these considerations can shape technology from the beginning of the design process.

As you progress, you'll also explore new and emerging ways of interacting with technology. You will consider how changing technologies create new possibilities for the people who use them.

Put your skills into practice

You'll work with other students on a substantial team project. This will bringing together your computing, design and collaborative problem-solving.

In your final year, you'll undertake a major individual project in an area that interests you. Depending on the problem you choose, this could bring together user research, design, software development and evaluation.

This gives you the opportunity to show the complete process. Showing that you understand a problem, can develop a solution and establish how well it works.