The BSc Computer Science with Foundation Year degree is intended for students who do not have the appropriate qualifications to directly start the three-year BSc in Computer Science. The foundation year includes a wide range of relevant content that both prepare students for the BSc in Computer Science, as well as enabling them to experience other subjects in Science at Swansea. The foundation year will enable you to learn the key scientific, mathematical and engineering concepts that are essential for a future career in Computer Science. In your first semester, you will learn how to program. You will also study mathematics relevant to Computer Science, and key skills as well as topics from environmental science and physics. In your second semester, you will study more advanced concepts in Computer Science that will give you a broad overview of different aspects of the subject. You will also learn how to analyse and present data, as well as study topics from bioscience and geography.

The importance of gaining valuable core skills and life experience whilst at University has never been so critical. As computer scientists in training you will be taught a full range of core skills and practises by leading experts that will enable you to successfully pursue a career within computing. Every year we survey our recent graduates to ascertain their employment status. The data is more commonly known as the Graduate Destinations survey and is reported to HESA (the Higher Education Statistics Authority). HESA data collected in January 2013 about our 2012 graduates showed that 100% of Swansea's Computer Science graduates were in full-time employment or further study within six months of graduation. Computer Science at Swansea is 7th in the UK for "Graduate Prospects", the 2014 Times Good University Guide. Some example job titles from the surveys are: Flex Programmer: CBSMSoftware Engineer: General Dynamics UK Computer analyst: Hewlett Packard Senior Software Developer: Information Processing Ltd. Systems Developer: Itchen College IT Engineer: LRN Security IT Engineer: New Directions Software developer: Persuasive Image Web Developer: Time Etc Ltd. Developer: Tinopolis Software Developer: VSI Thinking Systems analyst: Wall Colmonoy Database Administrator: We Predict Ltd Software Engineer: Motorola Solutions Change Coordinator: Logica Software Developer/Engineer: NS Technology Workflow Developer: Irwin Mitchell IT Developer: Crimsan Consultants Consultant: Crimsan Consultants Programmer: Evil Twin Artworks Software Developer: BMJ Group Graduate software engineer BT.