BCS Professional Courses in Computing and IT

The College provides excellent full-time tuition for  British Computer Society  professional courses to prepare students for the three levels of examinations they conduct.

Students, like any other courses in  the College, enrol with the Admissions and enjoy the benefits of personal guidance from our experienced tutors. There are no formal academic entry requirements for the Examinations and you are expected to determine your own suitability for each module you want to enter. You can always seek advice from the College.

 There are three levels of BCS Courses (Click for more details):

• Certificate (BCS Level 4 Certificate in IT)
• Diploma (BCS Level 5 Diploma in IT)
• Professional Graduate Diploma (BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma in IT)

Additional Information on BCS Courses

Certificate (BCS Level 4 Certificate in IT)

BCS states that its Certificate (BCS Level 4 Certificate in IT) is examined to the academic level of Year 1 of a UK university honours degree.
It consists of a two-hour written paper on each of the three compulsory modules:

• Information Systems
• Software Development
• Computer and Network Technology
   

Diploma (BCS Level 5 Diploma in IT)

BCS states that its Diploma (BCS Level 5 Diploma in IT) is examined to the academic level of Year 2 of a UK university honours degree.
It consists of a two-hour written paper on the compulsory core module:

• Professional issues in Information Systems Practice

PLUS a two-hour written paper on each of three modules chosen from the following list:

• Computer Architecture (to be discontinued after April 2008)
• Computer Networks
• Database Systems
• Object Oriented Programming
• Internet Technologies (new for April 2007)
• IT Project Management
• IT Service Management
• Software Engineering 1
• Systems Analysis
• Systems Design
• The Internet & World Wide Web (to be discontinued after April 2008)

AND the Professional Project in IT (BCS Level 5 Diploma in IT level) if you want to finish your studies at this point.

Diploma candidates who do not pass the Professional Project in IT (BCS Level 5 Diploma in IT level) will be issued with a certificate stating that they have passed the Diploma in IT Examination.

OR go on to the Professional Graduate Diploma.

Professional Graduate Diploma (BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma in IT)

BCS states that its Professional Graduate Diploma (BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma in IT) is examined to the academic level of a UK university honours degree.
It consists of a three-hour written paper on each of four modules chosen from the list below plus the Professional Graduate Diploma in IT (BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma in IT level) project.

Alternatively, you can take the Professional Graduate Diploma in IT by submission of a dissertation.

• Advanced Database Management Systems
• Computer Services Management
• Distributed and Parallel Systems
• Knowledge Based Systems
• Management Information Systems
• Network Information Systems
• Programming Paradigms
• Software Engineering 2
• Systems Design Methods
• User Interface Design (to be last examined in April 2008)
• Web Engineering (new for April 2007)
• World Wide Web - Beyond the Basics (to be last examined in April 2008) 
   
  Fees and Other Details

Those successful Professional Graduate Diploma (BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma in IT) candidates who do not pass the Professional Graduate Diploma in IT Project will be issued with a certificate stating that they have passed the Professional Graduate Diploma (BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma in IT) Examination.

    Note: Information above is extracted from the BCS website. More info at http://www.bcs.org