Course Overview
Our full time Computing HND is designed to equip you with the knowledge, understanding and skills required for success in current and future employment in an ever expanding IT industry. You will establish essential skills in networking, programming, web design and security at Level 4, before choosing specialist option modules at Level 5 to increase your knowledge and skills in cyber security, software development and network management.
Throughout your final year you will also undertake an individual project working within your chosen specialism, whilst employability skills are developed through links with our employment partners. Class sessions will be complemented by independent, self-directed learning using a Virtual Learning Environment.
Full-time study is sixteen hours per week, over two semesters, including tutorial time. It is expected that for every hour spent in the classroom, the equivalent is dedicated to independent, self-directed learning outside contact hours. Units will be taught using a variety of teaching and learning styles: formal taught sessions, directed learning, tutor-led discussion and seminars, practical workshops with students working individually and/ or in groups according to need and learning preference. The delivery of the course may be a combination of online and face-to-face delivery if required.
Course Modules
Course Information
72 UCAS points or equivalent and the minimum of GCSE English and Maths grade 4 or higher or equivalent Alternatively, an A-Level pass in an IT related subject or equivalent, T-Level Pass (with a D or E on the core) or above or BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in IT.
For applicants 21 and over, relevant industrial experience or vendor certification will be taken into account. Learners are expected to be able to demonstrate English language comprehension at a level equivalent to IELTS 5.5 to be able to study BTEC Higher Nationals.
The College has a commitment to widening participation in Higher Education, and will therefore give careful consideration to prior experiential learning, non-traditional qualifications and qualifications obtained outside of the United Kingdom.
Units will be assessed using a variety of methods: reports, seminars, presentations,
practical workshops, academic essays, screen casts and portfolios of evidence.
Alternative assessment methods may be used where appropriate.
You can choose to top up your qualification into an full honours degree at university.
Alternatively, this is a recognised qualification to gain work in the computing and IT sector. Possible career pathways may include: hardware, technical or network support and software or web development.
Supporting you
Travel
The below travel map highlights the campuses where you can study this course.
FREE SHUTTLE BUS | between Bromsgrove and Redditch campuses | the freedom to travel at any point of your college day.
Worcester
Worcester is accessible by bus and train with numerous links from all over the county and further. The bus and train stations are a short walk to all of our campuses with The Duckworth Centre of Engineering being a little further.
Worcester Train Station
- Worcester Foregate Street Station
Foregate Street
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 1DB - An 8-minute walk to All Saints Building
- A 9-minute walk to Cathedral Building
- A 9-minute walk to St Andrews Building
- A 9-minute walk to St Wulstan’s Building
- A 5-minute walk to St Dunstan’s Building
- A 23-minute walk to The Duckworth Centre of Engineering
Worcester Bus Station
- Worcester Crowngate
Worcester
WR1 3LE - A 6-minute walk to All Saints Building
- A 7-minute walk to Cathedral Building
- A 7-minute walk to St Andrews Building
- A 7-minute walk to St Wulstan’s Building
- A 4-minute walk to St Dunstan’s Building
- A 24-minute walk to The Duckworth Centre of Engineering