HND Pearson BTEC Level 4 & 5 Computing

A Pearson BTEC Higher National Diploma in computing across Levels 4 and 5, with specialist routes including cyber security and data science.

HORI

Offered by

Horizon Campus

Awarded by

Pearson

LevelHigher-national-diploma

Overview

About this course

This Pearson BTEC Higher National programme in Computing is taught at Horizon Campus in Malabe across Level 4 and Level 5, with two semesters at each level. Each unit carries 15 credits. Level 4 covers programming, networking, database design and development, software development lifecycles, professional practice, security, planning a computing project and website design and development. Level 5 adds a computing research project, business process support, systems analysis and design, the Internet of Things, emerging technologies, user experience and interface design and database management systems. The page lists Level 5 specialisations in software engineering, applications development and testing, network engineering, cyber security and data science, as well as a standard route. Pearson describes Higher Nationals as equivalent to the first two years of a university degree, and the campus says graduates can top up to the third year of a university honours programme or move into work. The page does not state a duration, study mode or entry requirements.