Computer Architecture / Systems

Course summary

This is atwo year programme consisting of three mandatory units and one optional unit. Assessment of the four units comprises of an external examination, an assignment completedunder controlled conditions and two internally assessed units. This qualification is the equivalent of one A-Level subject. This course is suitable for people who are thinking of a career within the ICT or computing industry and want to develop their technical skills. This course is designed for the students who want to further their knowledge of the ICT sector and build on or improve their computer science skills. Students will also examine the impact that the use of ICT tools has had on the way in which we approach problems in organizations and how we use tools to solve them. Students will develop key transferable thinking skills such as problem solving, robotics, coding thinking logically, creatively and critically to analyse the issues they come across in ICT and how these can be resolved.