Course summary

This Level 6 Top-up degree programme is a fantastic opportunity for all candidates with a Level 5 qualification to top it up to a bachelor’s degree. The one-year Full Time study (or 2-year Part Time) leads to the award of BSc (Hons) in Computing degree which opens doors to lucrative job opportunities within the IT Industry. Employers all over the UK have desperate need for degree-level qualified IT practitioners to deliver in top jobs that require high intellectual skills and innovative thinking. This programme is designed to equip learners with the knowledge, high-level cognitive skills and familiarity with tools and techniques that empowers them to become highly productive and competitive in the job market. You will develop the ability to apply creative and innovative thinking for implementing logical solutions to problem scenarios within and outside digital domains. The lecturing team consist of highly qualified and experienced practitioners who are dedicated to ensuring students success through effective curriculum delivery and pastoral support. Most of the current lecturers have had relevant industry experience in IT and they are educated to at least Masters level in Computer Science disciplines. Yeovil College University Centre is one of the few Institute of Technology (IoT) institutions in the UK and the Computing department boasts of modernised IT infrastructure, updated classroom equipment, high-spec gaming room and a modernised IT Lab/Workshop that is equipped with state of art Servers, Storage Area Network and virtualised environment for students’ lab activities. This is a top up to Level 6 course, equivalent in level to the third year of an undergraduate degree. Students who already hold a HNC in Computing, or other equivalent qualification, who are looking to ‘top-up’ to a HND at Yeovil College University Centre should instead look at the HND Computing for England (top-up) course, UCAS Code YTCP. If you are interested in studying part-time, please contact Yeovil College University Centre by calling 01935 845454 or emailing [email protected]. After the Course Successful completion of this top-up programme will lead to the award of a Bachelor of Science degree - BSc (Hons) Computing awarded by the University of Gloucestershire. This degree opens doors of opportunities to lucrative IT Jobs in Software Developer, Networking Engineer, IT Consultancy, Web Application Developer etc. Graduates from this programme acquire strong technical and academic knowledge to confidently take on high-level job roles and management positions.