COURSE INFORMATION

This course will provide you with current skills in specialist technical software development and will allow you to develop up-to-date knowledge in programming and systems development. You will learn how to plan, design and implement a range of different software solutions using JavaScript, VB.net, C++, Oracle, Java, PHP, MySQL, XML, HTML5, CSS, and Android. You will also gain exposure to GitHub, which is widely used in industry for revision control and source code management.

  • Problem solving
  • Team working
  • Troubleshooting
  • Software development
  • Analysis and design
  • Communication
  • Testing
  • Development methodologies
  • Project planning
  • Data flow
  • One year full-time
  • Multi User Operating Systems
  • Software Development: Developing Small Scale Standalone
  • Applications
  • Software Development: Programming Foundations
  • Ethical Hacking
  • Professionalism and Ethics in Computing
  • Data Science SCQF Level 8
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Troubleshooting Computer Problems
  • Developing Software: Introduction
  • Computer Systems Fundamentals
  • Team Working in Computing
  • Computing: Graded Unit 1
  • Computing: Software Development

One of the following:

  • One Higher at Grade C or above in relevant subjects, such as Computing Science, Maths, Graphic Communication or a Science related subject, plus four National 5s at Grade C or above including Core Skills Level 5 Literacy or equivalent
  • Foundation Apprenticeship: Information Technology: Software Development SCQF Level 6 plus four National 5s at Grade C or above 
  • National Certificate: Computing with Digital Media SCQF Level 6 
  • Another relevant course at SCQF Level 6
  • Relevant industry experience and/or other qualifications will be considered on an individual basis
  • HND Software Development with Data Analytics SCQF Level 8 (Full-time)
  • Software developer
  • Applications developer
  • Mobile applications developer
  • Software engineer
  • Database developer
  • Arduino kit

 

 

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