A full-time two year course, that provides students with the option to upgrade to Level 6 (degree with honours) at a relevant university, the course content has been carefully put together with input from key members of local industry to ensure students are uniquely prepared to progress into employment in the wide range of local computing and digital industries.
Students will have direct involvement with local companies as they will be on work placements for much of the two years using these experiences to inform their academic studies as well as providing the opportunities for gaining full-time employment on completion of the course.
The course will cover a wide range of units over the two years to ensure learners are best prepared for progression into the computing and digital sectors. The units that will be delivered are:
Year 1 Units (subject to approval):
Programming
Networking
Professional Practice
Database Design and Development
Security
Managing a Successful Computing Project
Software Development Lifecycles
Website Design and Development
Year 2 Units (subject to approval):
Computing Research Project
Business Intelligence
Information Security Management
System Analysis and Design
Emerging Technologies
Two from the following four units:
Cloud Computing
Network Management
Artificial Intelligence
User Experience and Interface Design
If you would like more information or to apply for the course please visit www.highlands.ac.uk, email [email protected] or call 01534 608526.
