How long does the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design take?

The BSc in Systems Analysis and Design runs for three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available. The BSc in Systems Analysis and Design includes a year-two industry placement.

How is the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design delivered?

The BSc in Systems Analysis and Design is delivered on-campus in London, fully online, or by distance learning. All three routes share the same weekly seminar cohort and tutor visibility.

Is this BSc recognised in the UK?

Yes. The BSc in Systems Analysis and Design is a UK Level 6 honours degree aligned with BCS Chartered IT Professional themes and CMI Level 5 topics.

What are the entry requirements for the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design?

Applicants need 96 UCAS points including a business, science, maths or computing subject, or an equivalent articulation route. IELTS 6.0 overall is required for non-native English speakers.

What are the fees and funding options?

Fees for the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design are quoted per intake and include instalment plans. LSCE admissions reviews scholarships and employer sponsorship at application.

BSc Systems Analysis and Design | LSCE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Systems Analysis and Design is a UK Level 6 honours degree, normally three years full-time with part-time and accelerated routes covering the elicitation, modelling and specification of business and technical systems. The programme concentrates on requirements engineering, UML, BPMN, use-case modelling, prototyping and stakeholder facilitation, and the syllabus is aligned with BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) guidance and reference materials from Institute of Coding. Delivery is available on-campus in central London, fully online with the same lab and tooling provisioning, or by distance learning, and every route joins the same intake cohort with weekly tutor visibility and named programme-tutor support.

By graduation from the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design you will be a systems analyst ready for a supported UK graduate role in delivery or consulting, with full honours-level breadth with a research-informed final year and industry placement demonstrated through a portfolio of coursework, applied labs and, at the closing stage, coursework, technical examinations, group project work and an individual final-year project. Every learner leaves the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design with a documented body of work suitable for UK employer conversations across business analysis practices, IT delivery teams and public-sector transformation programmes, and with a clear progression route into the next step of the LSCE ladder. Coursework is scheduled around working professionals so that part-time and full-time routes share the same weekly seminar, the same assessment rubric and the same tutor group.

Key Features

Cohort teaching in small tutor-visible groups at the LSCE central London campus, online, or by distance learning.
Curriculum aligned with BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) guidance and referenced against Institute of Coding and CompTIA materials.
Applied labs covering requirements engineering, UML, BPMN, use-case modelling, prototyping and stakeholder facilitation.
Weekly clinic sessions where tutors work through problem sets, code review or design critique with you on your own coursework.
Assessment structured as coursework, technical examinations, group project work and an individual final-year project rather than a single high-stakes final paper, so progress is visible throughout the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design.
Careers-service introductions to London employers active in business analysis practices, IT delivery teams and public-sector transformation programmes, with dedicated CV and portfolio review sessions.
Structured articulation route within the LSCE ladder from a UK Level 6 honours degree into the next level of study or straight into employment.

What You Will Learn

Elicit business requirements with interviews, workshops and observation.
Model business processes in BPMN and identify improvement opportunities.
Design use cases, user stories and acceptance criteria for delivery teams.
Model data with entity-relationship and conceptual class diagrams.
Prototype user interfaces and test them with stakeholders.
Design integration touchpoints between existing systems.
Facilitate stakeholder workshops and decision meetings.
Complete a placement and a final-year project on a real analysis problem.

Who This Course Is For

A-level entrants with a science, maths or computing subject applying directly.
LSCE Certificate, Diploma or Higher Diploma progressors on articulation.
BTEC Level 3 holders and access-course graduates in a relevant subject.
International applicants seeking a UK honours degree in systems analysis and design.
Career changers combining paid work with an accelerated or part-time route.

Career Pathways

Database Administrator
Systems Analyst
Solutions Architect
QA / Test Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer
Technical Product Manager
Platform Engineer
Software Engineer

The LSCE careers service supports BSc in Systems Analysis and Design graduates with structured CV clinics, portfolio and mock-interview sessions and named introductions to hiring managers across business analysis practices, IT delivery teams and public-sector transformation programmes. Every student meets a named careers adviser in the final stage, and alumni continue to receive careers coaching, job-alert access and application review after graduation. Where the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design offers a placement or capstone with an employer sponsor, the careers team helps you shape that engagement into a portfolio entry recruiters can validate.

Entry Requirements

A-levels totalling at least 96 UCAS points (or international equivalent), including one science, maths or computing subject.
GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
Applicants with a Level 3 BTEC or a completed LSCE Certificate/Diploma progress on articulation.
IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
Two references, normally one academic and one personal.

Why Study at LSCE

The London School of Computing and Engineering is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSCE partners with UK professional bodies including BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT), and central London places the Alan Turing Institute, the NCSC, the ICE, IMechE and IET, and the City's engineering and technology employers within a short tube ride of every classroom.

Every intake, on-campus or remote, joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support. Three parallel study modes let A-level entrants, articulation progressors and international applicants complete the BSc in Systems Analysis and Design without leaving employment, and the LSCE careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year to connect students with employers active in business analysis practices, IT delivery teams and public-sector transformation programmes. Curriculum alignment is refreshed each year against BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and Institute of Coding guidance so that graduates leave with a syllabus that reflects current UK sector expectations.

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