Expected Start Date: June 2011
Duration: 2 years
Awarding Body: BCS
Admission Requirements:
* At least two GCSE, A levels or
* Advanced vocational certificate of education (AVCE) 12 unit programme.
Course Fee Per year: £3800
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Syllabus Overview:
- Professional Issues in Information Systems Practice (Core Module)
- Computer Networks
- Database Systems
- IT Project Management
- Object Oriented Programming
- Systems Analysis (Last ever exam October 2010)
- Principles of Internet Technologies (April only)
(this module has replaced The Internet & World Wide Web and is not available for online registration) - IT Service Management April only
- Software Engineering 1 (April only)
- Systems Design (April only - Last ever exam April 2010)
- Principles of User Interface Design (April only)
BCS recommends a minimum of 225 hours study per module. The course culminates in a 2 hour written exam focusing on the one core module and each of the three optional modules of your choice..
Completion of the Diploma Examinations level means you are eligible to apply for BCS Membership if you have 3 years' experience as an IT professional.
Professional Project
In order to finish the Diploma in IT level candidates must complete a project. Recommended minimum study time of 200 hours.
Successful completion of the project and examination enables you to apply for selected degree courses with universities and means you are eligible to apply for BCS Membership (MBCS) if you have 2 years' experience as an IT professional.
