Computing for England (Software Engineering)

This HTQ is an exciting and informative study programme that students should find stimulating and challenging, providing an opportunity to follow a specialist route of interest. Students will gain the knowledge and skills needed to progress to higher education or employment in this specialist area. This programme of learning is designed to meet skills gaps in the current workforce and to enable progression into a career in the computing industry.
The acquisition of knowledge and development of specialist skills including the configuring, design, building and maintenance of websites and software testing.

Course runs 2 Years ,12 hours per week.
The Higher National Diploma (HND) is a Level 4 and Level 5 qualification made up of 240 credits studied over two years

Students may progress to a Top-up degree at university to complete the final stages of a degree in this subject area. This may include:

BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Software Engineering)
BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Systems
BEng (Hons)

On completion students may develop their career in this sector by entering or continuing existing employment. Students may consider roles such as:

Software engineer
Web designer
Web developer
IT consultant
Game developer
Applications developer
IT Technical support
Software tester
Database administrator

For further information please contact us by visiting the contact page on the college website.

Although every care has been taken to ensure that the information contained within this document is accurate, there may be changes to this programme and provision. We will endeavour to keep prospective and current students updated where appropriate and when the information becomes available.

Course Modules

At Level 4 you will study:
Programming
Networking
Professional practice
Database design and development
Security
Planning a computer project
Software development lifecycles
Website design and development

At Level 5 you will study:
Computing research project
Business process support
Discrete maths
Data structures and algorithms
Applied programming and design principles
Network management
Games development

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