CertHE Software Developer

Program Overview

This one-year Level 4 qualification in software development, designed with London South Bank University and leading industry employers, offers advanced technical knowledge and skills for a career in software engineering. Through real-world projects and assessments, students develop a comprehensive understanding of sophisticated digital technologies. Successful completion provides direct entry to the second year of LSBU's Computer Science or Information Technology Bachelor's degrees, or entry into employment.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This one-year Level 4 in software development is an advanced, technical qualification, co-designed by London South Bank University (LSBU) and leading industry employers. It is an integration of a validated existing BSc IT degree mapped to the occupational standards and skills knowledge and behaviours required by software employers.

Outline:

The topics studied will be used to develop the skills that both a graduate and an IT professional will require and will give you many opportunities to develop your intellectual skills as well as your practical ones.

• Discrete Mathematics: This module will introduce you to the logical and discrete mathematical structures and models, which are commonly used in the field of Computer Science, and which underpin any study of this discipline.
Provisions will be made (typically one hour per week) to allow us to bring you, if necessary, to a level of confidence and expertise in those areas of essential basic mathematics that should have been covered at earlier levels.
• Fundamentals of Computer Science: This module aims to give a comprehensive introduction to Computer Science, its theoretical basis and practical implementation in both hardware and software.
• Requirements Analysis and UCD: This module provides the practical tools and techniques required to design, develop, and evaluate effective interactive systems in an ever-changing digital age.
User-centred design and usability are recognised as major contributing factors in the success of business and mass market information systems. The rise over the last two decades of the internet and web along with graphical user interfaces (GUIs), multimedia and ubiquitous mobile devices have led to an almost universal uptake of highly sophisticated interactive systems. User-centred design processed are now a fundamental part of enterprise customer relationship management and consumer media content distribution through apps, online information services and social networking sites. Given the mutability of the field, the module intends to keep pace with current developments as far as possible.
• Fundamentals of Software Development: This module teaches the fundamentals of computer programming covering variables, datatypes, arrays, algorithms, conditional and iterative code, and the use of functions.
Students will learn to write simple programs making use of a contemporary programming language and development environment. To provide students with fundamental programming skills. To give students an understanding of the fundamental concepts of software development such as source code and the compilation and execution of programs. To enable students to become familiar with development tools and environments.
• Software Development: This module helps you to understand, develop a vocabulary and acquire some simple programming skills using a programming language.
It is using the programming skills and knowledge gained during the first semester to extend the complexity of the coding. It will provide a familiarity with Objects and Classes and some experience in simple GUIs. Good development principles and the support an IDE will provide will also be looked at including all important aspects of the application development process in whatever environment or programming language you may use in the future.

Assessment:

On all modules, you'll be assessed 100% by coursework.

Careers:

Software developers contribute to an increasing number of products in every home and workplace from your phone to your fridge; as a result, software development skills are no longer confined to the tech industry. That is why highly skilled, well-trained, and qualified Software Engineers and Technicians are constantly sought-after by employers in every sector.

Other:

• This course is a practical, work-based course designed in partnership with businesses across London and co-developed with London South Bank University.
• You can take part in industry-related enrichment visits and experiences to enhance your learning experience.
• Study this course at the new London South Bank Technical college (LSBTC) in Nine Elms, London’s buzzing Zone 1.

home students £7500 international students Tuition fees are subject to annual inflationary increases. International £ international students Tuition fees are subject to annual inflationary increases. Full-time full-time year 1 CertHE Software Developer (LSB Technical College) (FT) - Year 1 The fee shown is for entry 2024/25 UK fee: £7500 International fee: £ AOS/LSBU code: 5989 Session code: 1FX00