Northumbria Applicants for 2012

I'm applying for Information Systems and Information Technology for Management Business. I haven't sent it off yet.

If you get an offer, I would highly recommend the ITMB degree. I am a current 2nd year, and its unreal! A spec written by employers stating exactly what they want, is not something many degrees offer! You'll have so many opportunities to meet senior managers from companies who could potentially end up hiring you!

Good luck with your application!

Oh, is there anyone else who has an interview moving to Newcastle from elsewhere in the UK? I'd be moving from Glasgow so it would be nice to see if there is anyone else in my kind of situation and having to check out accommodation

Thanks I have an offer for both just deciding I'll have a look on the visit day and see on the open day before finalising. Just that the the BIS an the ITMB have quite similar modules.

There is a common first year for both ITMB and BIS. So you will study the exact same thing on both courses. However, on ITMB you will have Guru lectures where industry specialists will come in and talk about a specific area, could be project management, IT security - all sorts basically! This isnt available to BIS students.

In your second year, if you do BIS you will have the chance to take an option, whereas ITMB you get no options, reason being because we are working to a specification set out by employers - BIS are not.

Then final year, supposedly ITMB is more IT based and BIS more business based, but I think that depends really, half your time in your final year will be your project/dissertation, so if you want it more IT/Business then thats up to you really!

Is there a difference career wise? like say can you be a systems analyst? I'm just not sure if the ITMB is a more if you want to be in a manager role?

Got an Interview for Northumbria on the 17th of February for Fashion Communication! I'm really excited but its getting tricky to cut down everything for my Visual CV... I guess its better to have too much than too little.
Anyone else applied to Fashion Communication ?

Does anyone know if Northumbria accepts UCAS points from AS subjects which haven't been continued at A2? x

Hello there,

It depends entirely on what course you are applying for and the subject of the AS?
If you can provide these details then I can find out for you.

Leanne

I have a conditional offer for Primary Ed, and it was AS Sociology.
Thankyou

Would you mind telling me your name so we can check more personally? You can send your name in a message if you would like to keep the information private.

Leanne

i am looking to apply for the year 2013 to Northumbria university which is my first choice anyway, so i have to get in, i want to study BUSINESS WITH HUMAN RESOURCES MNGT.
so i was wondering what grades do they take into consideration?
& one thing i havent got my maths gcse at C GRADE i just cant achieve it and i hate maths, but next year i am doing functional skills in maths would they accept it for an equivalent??
i am currently studying BTEC BUSINESS STUDIES LEVEL 3 PREDICTED MMM after 15 weeks of the first semester,
can anyone give me areas of improvements or anything i need to get into northumbria?

Not at all, both degrees could lead to a systems analysts role. I know for a fact that ITMB do more systems analysis than BIS students. Unless they specifically choose the software development module in second year BIS students wont study it. But ITMB you have to, because again we are sticking to the criteria set out by employers.

In case you dont know, the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, the school where both BIS and ITMB are taught are having an applicant open day, on Saturday 18th Feb - good opportunity to find out more if you want!

Link on this page:
https://www.facebook.com/NorthumbriaUniCEIS

Yeah I've booked to go to that open day to find out more to decide which course out of those two to put as my firm. Thanks for your help .
I'm slightly leaning more for the ITMB course now seems quite good. I'll see after the open day. Do more girls or guys do the course? even thought I don't mind really.

Good to know, I'll be there answering questions on ITMB and BIS too!

Typically, IT courses are more male populated but there is a big drive to get girls into IT at the moment, including some big companies offering help and support to female IT students, because generally there is a challenge to get the roles, especially senior ones over their male colleagues, which is ridiculous if you can do the job! Dont be put off, as I say support is in place!