This award is aimed at graduates of Computing-related degrees who want to develop the key skills needed to create applications for phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. As well as downloadable applications for the consumer market, you will learn to create mobile clients for larger computer systems.
This is a full-time, on campus award with a placement but you can also study Mobile Device Application Development part-time by distance learning.
Course content
You need to be an experienced programmer before you start. Core modules on the award will teach you the programming and software engineering skills needed to develop and publish applications on three of the most popular mobile platforms: Android (Java), iOS (Objective-C) and Windows Phone (C#).
You will also study the design aspects of mobile systems, from user interface design to the design of enterprise systems which incorporate mobility.
You will undertake 12 month industrial placement where the University will advise you and help you in finding a placement opportunity. There is also a non-sandwich version of this award, which does not include the placement.
You will undertake an MSc dissertation which will involve researching and demonstrating advanced techniques in mobile application development.
Our laboratories are equipped with high-spec PCs with development environments for Android (Android Studio) and Windows Phone. iPhone and iPad development is supported with a laboratory of iMacs equipped with the XCode developer toolset. There are a variety of mobile devices available for application deployment and testing.
Core modules
- COSE70633 Enterprise Mobility
- COSE70611 Android Application Development
- COSE70610 Advanced Android Application Development
- COSE70609 Location Aware Mobile Application Development
- COSE70612 Application Development for iOS Devices
- COIS71024 Professional Development
- COIS71040 Research Methods
- COIS71052 MSc Dissertation
Plus one option from a selection of Masters-level Computing modules
Graduate destinations
On graduating from this award you will be well equipped to become an independent developer of mobile applications, as well to work in the computing industry developing mobile clients and systems. You will also have a good foundation to progress to further research study.
