Progress directly into employment on completion or “top-up” your qualification to a full honours degree by studying an additional year through UCW to lead you to higher level employment.

Programme aims:

The aims of the Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals in Computing are:

• to equip you with computing skills, knowledge and understanding in order to achieve high performance in the global computing environment
• to provide education and training for a range of careers in computing, including network engineering, software engineering, data analytics, security, intelligent systems, applications development and testing
• to provide insight and understanding of international computing operations and the opportunities and challenges presented by a globalised marketplace
• to give you knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and values
• to give you opportunities to enter or progress in employment in computing, or to progress to higher education qualifications such as an honours degree in computing or a related area
• to provide opportunities you with a global outlook to aspire to international career pathways by achieving an internationally recognised professional qualification
• to provide opportunities for you to achieve vendor accredited certifications
• to allow flexibility of study and to meet local or specialist needs
• to offer a balance of employability skills and the knowledge that is essential for you with entrepreneurial, employment or academic aspirations.

Find out more by registering your interest and a member of the team will call you back within 2 working days to answer any questions you may have.

All of the modules on this course are compulsory and worth either 15 or 30 credits.

• Successful completion of all of the units in the first year is worth a total of 120 credits at Level 4 and equivalent to a Higher National Certificate.

Teaching

This course is taught via a combination of lectures, seminars, skills practice, presentations, case studies and group workshops. UCW’s Higher Education Library Plus (HE.LP) team also deliver a series of sessions on degree-level research and academic writing to all first-year students. When not in scheduled lecturers and seminars, students are expected to continue learning through independent self-study. This involves reading relevant literature, working on individual and group projects, and undertaking research in preparation for coursework and exams.