Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in IT

Course Content

This course is ideally suited for those students seeking a career in the IT industry whether that be in Hardware, Software Development, Networking, Web Development. Some examples of units include:

• Computer Systems
• Games Development
• Software Design & Development
• Event Driven Programming
• Website Production
• E-Commerce
• Computer Networking

If you are accepted onto this course without a Grade C or above in Maths and/or English you will be required to complete the relevant Essential Skills qualification. This will be a compulsory part of your timetable.

Course Aims

To provide students with a nationally recognised qualification in the fields of Computing and ICT which meets the needs of employees and employers.

Special Features

This course is supported by e-learning using the college VLE. Students gain a wide range of computing experience with theory combined with practical workshops to enhance the student learning experience.

To facilitate students learning in their own time, students are entitled to free Microsfot software for use at home via our MSDNAA program. This includes Software Development, Web Development and the latest Microsoft Operating Systems including Windows 7.

This programme offers students two different routes, ie a progamming route and an application route. This will widen the opportunites available to students.

Assessment Methods

Assessment is by continuous assessment based on a range of assignments and projects across all modules.

Course Update

The Newtownabbey Campus of the NRC works closely with Equiniti (www.equiniti-ics.com), one of the fastest growing IT & Business Process Outsourcing companies in the UK and Ireland. A number of second year students earn the opportunity to work with Equiniti in Belfast and they are trained and mentored by industry professionals a few days per week from September to June. Three students were successfully in gaining work placement with Equiniti and have now been taken on full-time and are also being sponsored to complete the part-time HNC in Computing. The relationship between the college and Equinti is stronger than ever as a new cohort of students have just begun their first year part-time work placement with Equiniti.