This is a two year course leading to a Subsidiary Diploma which is equivalent to one A level. The programme would suit anyone who is considering a career in the Software Development/Programming Industry and would like to improve their employment prospects by gaining skills relevant to the workplace. This course will help students understand how to design and write programs in modern programming languages such as Java and Visual Basic; enables students to discover how computers work and gain confidence in setting up a computer system. We will look at different types of software and gain experience in selecting and using the best software for a given task. Appreciate why computers are used in nearly all businesses and select the best combination of both hardware and software for a particular business. The course includes the study of specific areas of computer programming and computer hardware, that are popular and growing areas of IT within industry today. Students studying on this programme will have the opportunity to obtain an industry recognized IT qualification awarded by CISCO systems.

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