Course Features:

Commencement: Jan/Feb & Sep/Oct.
Duration:  3 years
Mode: Full-Time (15 -21 hours per week)
Awarding Body: British Computer Society

Course Details:

Whatever you want to achieve in your career, the BCS Professional Examination can help fulfills your ambition. The British Computer Society (BCS) Professional Examination is an internationally recognised qualification, essential for a career in computing and IT. It is examined to the level of an honours degree, which acknowledges your practical experience as well as your academic abilities. It will give you a distinctive edge over the competition, as employers can be confident that you know not only what you are doing, but how and why.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXAMINATION

The Examination has a following modular structure, set in three parts with Specific project Works

* Certificate (BCS Level 4 Certificate in IT)
* Diploma (BCS Level 5 Diploma in IT)
* Professional Graduate Diploma (BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma in IT)

CERTIFICATE IN IT (QCA Level 4)

The certificate in IT is the foundation level of Higher Education Qualifications which is equivalent to Year 1 of a UK university honors degree. It is recognized by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as Level 4. This course is suitable for people who want to develop their career in the Information technology or want to work with computer and thus need some appropriate education. Completion of all the modules below will lead to the Diploma in IT and will satisfy the entry requirements to the BCS Diploma in IT.

The course structure components are made up of three core modules:

* Information Systems
* Software Development
* Computer & Network Technology

Course Fee:
UK Residing Students: £ 2500.00
Overseas Students: £ 3750.00

DIPLOMA in IT

The diploma in IT is the Diploma level of Higher Education Qualifications which is equivalent to Year 2 of a UK university honors degree. It is recognized by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as Level 5. The qualification will consist of a two hour written paper on the compulsory core module, and a two hour written paper on each of the three modules chosen from the list of specialist and the Diploma Project. Successful completion of Diploma in IT level students enables to apply for selected degree courses with Universities.

Core Module:

* Professional Issues in Information Systems Practice

Optional Module
( any three from followings):

* Computer Networks
* Database Systems
* IT Project Management
* Object Oriented Programming
* Principles of Internet Technologies IT Service Management
* Software Engineering 1

Professional Project In order to finish the Diploma in IT level candidates must complete a project

Course Fee:
UK Residing Students: £ 2750.00
Overseas Students: £ 3900.00

Professional Graduate Diploma in IT
The diploma in IT is the PGD level of Higher Education Qualifications which is equivalent to Year 3 of a UK university honors degree. It is recognized by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as Level 6. The qualification will consist of a three hour written paper on the each of the four modules chosen from the list of specialist and the professional Graduate Diploma Project. Successful completion of Diploma in IT level students enables to apply for selected post graduate courses with Universities.

Modules ( any four from following)

* Advanced Database Management Systems
* Management Information Systems
* Software Engineering 2
* Computer Services Management
* Distributed and Parallel Systems
* Knowledge Based Systems
* Network Information Systems
* Programming Paradigms
* Realising the User Interface
* System Design Methods
* Web Engineering

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.
UK Residing Students: £ 2900.00
Overseas Students: £ 4500.00

For Entry Requirement and Syllabi please refer to www.bcs.org.uk
Awarding Body British Computer Society