Foundation Degree in ICT

This course focuses on industry situations that reflect the wide variety of challenges that IT technicians will come up against in businesses. You will develop advanced level knowledge is a range of specialist areas, such as networking and web applications.

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The course has for main areas if study; ICT industry, networking, enterprise systems and infrastructure. You will develop an in-depth knowledge about the various technologies that you will need to be aware of when working in a business environment. This includes business management, network operating systems, web application design, information transfer technologies and communication networks. It is a specialist course, made up of both theoretical and practical units, and helps you to achieve the specialist technical knowledge and skills needed by employers.

Key Areas

• Supporting IT clients
• Programming
• Web technologies
• Computer network basics
• Databases and enterprise systems

What next

You could progress on to a full BA (Hons) programme of study. Alternatively, you could find employment as an IT professional with responsibility for network systems, databases or server systems.

Entry requirements

Learners must be aged 18 years on or before 31st August of the academic year that the programme commences. A minimum of 120 UCAS points which may be gained from the following qualifications: 2 x GCE ‘A’ Level passes 1 x GCE ‘A’ Level pass plus AS level passes in appropriate subjects BTEC National Diploma or Extended Diploma BTEC National Certificate A Level 3 Diploma or equivalent such as NVQ, GNVQ, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Certificate of Education A recognised (Kite marked) Access Course Level 2 Maths & English (numeracy & literacy accepted) required

Area's of study

>Higher Education,IT