Modules

Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence This module is designed to build confidence and focuses upon developing learners’ skills and abilities to successfully pursue their higher education. The module will explore several employability and professional skills such as essay writing, use of library and electronic resources, time planning, note taking, stress management, building a bibliography, and avoiding plagiarism. Students will be further trained in how to communicate, present and be a valuable team player in group settings. Project This module is designed to introduce students to project work. By conducting an individual project on an approved topic of your choice, you will gradually develop, not only knowledge and understanding of a topic which you find interesting, but you will also develop important key academic skills. You will be working under supervision of a lecturer; who will guide you through the steps to develop your confidence in identifying reliable sources of information, researching a topic and planning your project. Principles of Coding The module is designed to equip you with the conceptual, technical and development skills required to build applications using the python programming language. The module will introduce you to the key theoretical concepts of the software development lifecycle, analytical thinking design and problem-solving. You will learn how to install, configure and use Integrated Development Environment (IDE), both stand-alone and web-based versions. Principles of Web Development This module is designed to give you the opportunity of building your skills and technical competence in web design and development. You will learn several web development technologies like Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), JavaScript, and other open-source software tools. You will build your skills and competence in content integration, sectioning, wireframes, schema, design guidelines, website testing and verification and finally web hosting.