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Department of Information Technology
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| Course Title |
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BSc Computing and Information Systems |
| NQF Level |
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6 |
| Awarding Body |
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University of London International Programmes
Web: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk |
| Mode of Study |
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Full Time |
| Duration |
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03 Years |
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Programme details:
This degree is for you if you want to learn how to develop systems that can grow to meet new and changing needs in modern business environments and in arts, media and cultural applications. It also provides a route to a variety of higher degrees in the computing and information systems sector.
Programme aims:
The programme aims to give you a wide appreciation of the subject, rather than just an understanding of existing commercial approaches, so that your knowledge can evolve and adapt to meet contemporary needs. You will develop skills in:
- various aspects of programming
- computer systems development and project management
- design of database management systems, e-commerce, computer security and information systems management
Entry Requirements:
The following entrance qualifications are recommended for those wishing to undertake the BA (Hons) Business programme:
- Senior School Certificate or
- Higher Secondary Education Certificate or
- One GCE A-level plus Three GCSEs (or equivalents), or
- Five GCSEs at grades A, B or C (or equivalents)
- or equivalent
English Language Requirement for the International Students:
IELTS: 5.5 (min.) or TOEFL: 213/550/70 or Cambridge Advanced Certificate: Pass or Cambridge Proficiency Certificate: Pass or equivalent or TOEFIC: 785 (Student with low IELTS band score could be considered subject to passing online interview through skype video conference)
Structure & Syllabus:
You will be required to make a serious attempt in the examination for 12 units ((11 units plus the compulsory project)) on the Standard Route of the degree.
Level 1
Four compulsory full units:
- Mathematics for computing [2910102]
- Information systems: foundations of e-business [2910108]
- Introduction to Java and object-oriented programming [2910109]
- Introduction to computing and the internet [2910110]
Level 2
Four compulsory full units:
- Database systems [2910209]
- Graphical object-oriented and Internet programming in Java [2910220]
- Data communications and enterprise networking [2910222]
- Software engineering, algorithm design and analysis [2910226]
Level 3
Six half units chosen from the following:
- Artificial intelligence [2910310]
- Neural networks [2910311]
- Software engineering management [2910314]
- Human computer interaction [2910315]
- Mathematical techniques of operational research [2910316]
- Accounting information systems [2910317]
- Information systems management [2910318]
- Decision support and executive information systems [2910319]
- Electronic commerce [2910323]
- Data compression [2910325]
- Computer security [2910326]
PLUS a compulsory project
- Project [2910320] (full unit)
Fore more information please follow this link:
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/prospective_students/undergraduate/goldsmiths/cis/structure.shtml |
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BCS Higher Education Qualifications in IT |
| Awarding Body |
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British Computer Society (BCS) |
| NQF Level |
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6 (http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/12005) |
| Mode of Study |
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Full Time |
| Duration |
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03 Years |
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Entry Rquirements
For all three levels there are no formal academic entry requirements. However, before beginning any level of Professional Examinations, BCS recommends that students are typically educated to UK GCE A-Level standard or equivalent and are at least 19 years old.
English Language Requirement for the International Students:
IELTS: 5.0 (min.) or TOEFL: 213/550/70 or Cambridge Advanced Certificate: Pass or Cambridge Proficiency Certificate: Pass or equivalent or TOEFIC: 785
Course overview
Since 1969, Higher Education Qualifications have set the highest standard of professionalism within the industry. Trusted for its independence and integrity, BCS is the only Chartered Engineering Institution for IT professionals which can award an internationally recognised professional qualification.
The three levels of qualification:
- Certificate in IT (Year-1)
- Diploma in IT and (Year-2)
- Professional Graduate Diploma in IT (Year-3)
The modular course structure offers a flexible approach to study that allows you to progress at your own pace, yet the qualifications remain rigorous and challenging to meet the demands of employers and academics alike.
Year 1 - Certificate in IT
This is the foundation level of Higher Education Qualifications. This level is the academic equivalent to Year 1 of a UK university honours degree and is recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as Level 4.
The Certificate in IT focuses on the following core modules:
- Information Systems
- Software Development
- Computer & Network Technology
More information about these modules is available on the Syllabus page. Please go through this link: http://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/12057
BCS recommends a minimum of 200 hours study per module and the course culminates in a 2 hour written exam focusing on all three core modules. Completion of the Certificate in IT level means you are eligible to apply for BCS Associate Membership (AMBCS).
Year 2 - Diploma in IT
This is the Diploma level of Higher Education Qualifications. This level is the academic equivalent to Year 2 of a UK university honours degree and is recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as Level 5. By beginning the Diploma in IT level course BCS assumes knowledge of the Certificate in IT level modules (or exemption) and focuses on the following:
- 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)
More information about these modules is available on the Syllabus page. (http://www.bcs.org/category/9326)
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.
Year 3 - Professional Graduate Diploma in IT
This level is the academic equivalent to Year 3 of a UK university honours degree.
It is recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as Level 6.
By beginning the Professional Graduate Diploma in IT level course BCS assumes knowledge of the Certificate in IT and appropriate Diploma in IT level modules (or exemption) and focuses on the following:
- Advanced Database Management Systems
- Management Information Systems
- Software Engineering 2
- Computer Services Management
- Distributed and Parallel Systems (April only)
- Knowledge Based Systems (April only)
- Network Information Systems (April only)
- Programming Paradigms (April only)
- Realising the User Interface (April only)
(this module has replaced User Interface Design and is not available for online registration)
- System Design Methods (April only)
- Web Engineering (April only)
(this module has replaced WWW - Beyond the Basics and is not available for online registration)
More information about these modules is available on the Syllabus page. (http://www.bcs.org/category/9326)
BCS recommends a minimum of 250 hours study per module and the course culminates in a 3 hour written exam focusing on four of the above modules of your choice. Please be aware that practical experience is required to answer some parts of the exam.
Completion of the Professional Graduate Diploma Examinations level means you are eligible to apply for BCS membership if you have 2 years' experience as an IT professional.
Professional Project
In order to finish the Professional Graduate Diploma in IT level candidates must complete a project, which will be the academic equivalent of a UK university honours degree project and has a recommended minimum study time of 300 hours.
Successful completion of the project and examination enables you to apply for selected postgraduate courses at university and means you are eligible to apply for BCS professional membership (MBCS).
Exemptions
BCS maintains a list of vocational and professional qualifications that may enable candidates to gain entry at a higher point in the Higher Education Qualifications. More about exemptions please visit: http://www.bcs.org/category/9954
Progression Route
Successful completion of the highest level of Higher Education Qualifications gives you a route to postgraduate study.
Postgraduate study
The universities listed below recognise the BCS Professional Graduate Diploma in IT (incorporating a pass at the associated Professional Project) as an acceptable qualification for entry* on to an MSc course in an IT/computer science-related subject. |
| University of Aberdeen |
University of Abertay Dundee |
| University of Wales, Aberystwyth |
Anglia Ruskin University |
| University of Wales, Bangor |
University of Bedfordshire |
| University of Birmingham |
Birmingham City University |
| University of Bolton |
Bournemouth University |
| University of Brighton |
Brunel University |
| Cardiff University |
University of Chester |
| De Montfort University |
University of Dundee |
| Durham University |
University of East Anglia |
| University of East London |
University of Glamorgan |
| University of Gloucestershire |
University of Greenwich |
| Heriot Watt University |
University of Hertfordshire |
| University of Huddersfield |
University of Hull |
| University of Kent |
University of Central Lancashire |
| University of Leeds |
Leeds Metropolitan University |
| University of Leicester |
University of Lincoln |
| Liverpool John Moores University |
Birkbeck College (University of London) |
| Loughborough University |
Manchester Metropolitan University |
| University of Manchester |
Middlesex University |
| Newcastle University |
Northumbria University |
| Nottingham Trent University |
Open University |
| University of Plymouth |
University of Portsmouth |
| Robert Gordon University |
Sheffield Hallam University |
| Southampton Solent University |
University of Stirling |
| University of Surrey |
University of Teesside |
| Thames Valley University |
University of Ulster |
| University of West of England |
University of Westminster |
| University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
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*Acceptance on to a university course is not automatic and is subject to the applicant satisfying the university's own entrance regulations. Some courses may be oversubscribed.
View the courses available to you on receiving the award of BCS Professional Graduate Diploma in IT (incorporating a pass at the associated Professional Project).
For more information please visit: http://www.bcs.org/category/9327
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Advanced Diploma in Information Technology |
| Awarding Body |
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Association of Computer Professionals |
| NQF Level |
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5 |
| Mode of Study |
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Full Time |
| Duration |
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02 Years |
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Entry requirement:
English Language Requirement for the International Students:
IELTS: 5.0 (min.) or TOEFL: 213/550/70 or Cambridge Advanced Certificate: Pass or Cambridge Proficiency Certificate: Pass or equivalent or TOEFIC: 785
Recognition of ACP Courses
Since the early 1980s, ACP courses have been taught at training centres in over 60 countries worldwide. For some twenty years, our students have progressed from the ACP Advanced Diploma to undergraduate and postgraduate courses at British universities. Over the past decade, a number of ACP colleges have received university approval to run Bachelor of Science (BSc) computing courses internally at their training centre. This stands testimony to the recognition of ACP's qualifications within the UK education system and the wider world.
On these degree programmes, a student will complete the ACP Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma within two academic years. With appropriate grades in the ACP Advanced Diploma examinations, the student becomes eligible to enrol on the BSc Computing course. This is a twelve month period of study, combined with project work, covering the final year of the degree, at the end of which the successful student is awarded the BSc degree by the university. Of course, the true test of the ACP, as a degree foundation course, is the ultimate successes of our students at the end of their final degree year and the great majority do graduate with honours. An increasing number go on to complete postgraduate studies and attain their MSc degree; others find rewarding employment in reputable commercial and financial institutions and teaching establishments.
The content of ACP's professional syllabuses has, naturally, been influenced by the requirements of universities and employers. The broadly based topics encountered on the BSc have been reflected in ACP's syllabus with increasing emphasis placed upon relational databases, networking, internet applications, e-commerce, object-oriented programming and project management. The development of a student's practical skills, during his/her ACP courses ensures that they are appropriately equipped to enter the workplace upon attainment of their ACP qualification.
Equating the ACP qualification to other
The ACP combined Certificate & Diploma qualification equates with either three A Levels; the BTEC National Diploma or the IMIS Diploma and, accordingly, fits into the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as a Level 4 qualification.
The ACP Advanced Diploma equates with Edexcel Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Computing (HND), The IMIS Higher Diploma (new syllabus)/IMIS Graduate Diploma or a foundation degree in computing. As such, it fits into the National Qualications Framework (NQF) at (revised) Level 5.
Progression Route
Once attained ACP Advanced Diploma and, with good grades in your final examinations together with a satisfactory performance in relevant coursework assessment and projects, students are eligible to apply for entry to a variety of university programmes.
UK Universities are currently offering a wide range of courses in computing aimed at employment in diverse organisations such as software consultancies, web design consultants, banks and retail wholesale to name but a few. Computer science is one of the fastest growing disciplines in universities and includes exciting developments such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, mobile computing, robotics and the internet.
Undergraduate courses are often multi-disciplinary allowing students to study a range of course dedicated modules as well as option modules. BSc (Hons) courses in areas such as: |
| >> Business Information Systems |
>> Computer Science |
| >> Computer Software Development |
>> E-Commerce |
| >> Interactive Computing |
>> Information Systems |
| >> Multimedia Systems |
>> Software Engineering |
| >> Computer Aided Visualisation |
>> Internet Computing |
| >> Mobile Entertainment |
>> Game Production Management |
| >> Computer Games Technology |
>> Artificial Intelligence |
| >> Computer Animation |
>> Cybernetics |
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A common course framework
If students are not sure what area of computing they want to study, it is not necessarily have to decide straight away. Many awards have a common course framework but differ in relation to the specialist modules that you will focus on in the final year.
How ACP fits into this framework
During the ACP Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma programme, you will have developed the core skills essential to enable you to become a flexible, rounded practitioner. Your ACP studies will have equipped you with a sound basis for your later professional development and on which to make your choice of specialism at university or college.
University recognition of your ACP Advanced Diploma
Provided you have achieved good grades on the ACP Advanced Diploma course, you will automatically be eligible to enrol on a number of degree courses.
For over 20 years, ACP students have progressed from the Advanced Diploma to undergraduate and postgraduate courses at British universities. More recently, our students have proceeded to Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree studies taught at selected ACP centres - many graduating with first class honours grades.
The ACP Advanced Diploma is also a well-established route to 1-year or 2-year Masters degree (the highest level of full-time study available in the UK). |
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| List of UK Universities offer computing courses |
| Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford & Cambridge |
Aston University, Birmingham |
| University of Bath |
University of Brighton, East Sussex |
| The University of Birmingham |
The University of Bolton, Lancashire |
| Bournemouth University, Dorset |
The University of Bradford, West Yorkshire |
| University of Bristol |
University of Cambridge |
| University of Central Lancashire |
University of Chichester, West Sussex |
| Coventry University |
De Montfort University, Leicester |
| Durham University, Newcastle |
The University of East Anglia, Norwich |
| University of East London |
The University of Edinburgh |
| The University of Essex |
University of Exeter, Devon |
| University of Glasgow |
University of Greenwich |
| University of Hertfordshire |
The University of Huddersfield |
| The University of Hull |
The University of Kent, Canterbury |
| Kings College London (University of London) |
Lancaster University, Lancashire |
| University of Leicester |
University of Lincoln |
| The University of Liverpool |
London South Bank University |
| Loughborough University, Leicestershire |
University of Luton, Bedfordshire |
| The University of Manchester |
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| The University of Nottingham |
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford |
| University of Plymouth, Cornwall |
University of Portsmouth |
| The University of Reading |
Roehampton University |
| The University of Sheffield |
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| For more information, please visit: http://www.acpexamboard.com/university_information.htm |
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