Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Year

Course Overview

**Foundation Year** Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele. **International Students** For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. To find out more, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/ **Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence** Discover how computer science and artificial intelligence are transforming the world around us, guided by leading researchers in the field. Our Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence BSc explores how these technologies shape today’s digital landscape while providing you with the skills to design intelligent systems and analyse complex data. Through hands-on learning, you’ll graduate ready to pursue a career in areas such as AI, data science, public policy, or continue to further study. **Why choose this course?** - Explore cutting-edge topics including deep learning, data science, programming, software development and ethics. - Discover modern approaches to artificial intelligence, including computational intelligence and nature-inspired algorithms. - Gain real-world experience, from an industry-linked research project to optional work placement - Employability skills are woven throughout the course Exciting advances in computer science and artificial intelligence are transforming society, from neural networks and new medical diagnostic tools to self‑driving cars. Studying Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence at Keele will give you the opportunity to explore technologies and solutions for a rapidly changing digital economy. Initial modules will provide the mathematical foundations essential for AI, while introducing the principles, structures and algorithms that underpin modern intelligent systems. Building core programming skills in Python and expertise in web technologies, databases and computer hardware, you will develop a human-centred approach to software development. As you progress, advanced study in AI will build your practical expertise in data science, machine learning, data ethics and governance. Focusing on modern techniques such as deep learning and generative AI applied to text analysis, computer vision and pattern recognition, you'll also gain a robust understanding of both legal and ethical challenges and the potential impact of AI on society. **About Keele** Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Tuition Fees & Funding

Fees shown are for current entry. Fees may increase annually in line with inflation.

Graduate Outcomes

Based on official HESA Graduate Outcomes survey data

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