ATHE Level 4 – Diploma in Computing
- Awards : Diploma
- Code: QAN 601/4740/4
- Mode of attendance: Full-time
- Duration: 1 year
Overview
The ATHE Level 4 Diploma in Computing is a 120-credit Ofqual regulated qualification. It provides the core knowledge, understanding and skills to support learners planning to further their studies in computing. It is equivalent in size and level to the first year of a degree programme in computing.
AT A GLANCE:
- 1,200 learning hours, usually studied over an academic year
- Advanced learner loans available in the UK – See the Qualifications catalogue 2017-2018
- Graded ‘Achieved’ or ‘Not achieved’
- Designed with support from universities
- Can be delivered in the classroom by distance or by blended learning.
Entry requirements
Age: 18 +
Entry profile:
- A GCE Advanced level profile with achievement in 2 or more subjects supported by 5 or more GCSEs at grades C and above
- other related level 3 subjects
- an Access to Higher Education Certificate delivered by an approved further education institute and validated by an Access Validating Agency
- other equivalent international qualifications
Course Content
| IT and Society |
| Computer Systems and Software |
| Computer Programming |
| Relational Database Systems |
| Software Engineering |
| Systems Analysis and Design |
| E-commerce Applications |
| Human Computer Interaction |
| Information Systems Theory and Practice |
| Management Information Systems |