Degree type: DipHE
UCAS Code: G402 DipHE/Comp
Duration: 2 years (full-time)
How to Apply
Please note that no admission to this course is available in September 2012.
Why choose this course?
The computer industry has expanded enormously over the years so that it is now difficult to avoid coming into contact with computer systems in our daily lives.
Computing is everywhere and there is a similarly wide range of career opportunities in computer-related fields. Our two-year Diploma of Higher Education course in Computing & Information Technology is an entry point to a number of our degree courses and is designed to enhance your study skills and your ability to communicate and make effective use of information technology.
The content of the course shadows the first two years of the BSc (Hons) Computing and the BSc (Hons) Web Design & Development courses, providing routes into both.
Year 1 offers a range of core topics from introductory programming, web authoring, databases, personal study skills and collaborative working, plus the option to explore either web design and multimedia, or PC basics and networking. After successful completion of year 1, you can transfer to BSc (Hons) Computing or BSc (Hons) Web Design and Development.
Year 2 continues with web standards and scripting plus a further focus on interface design, multimedia and related legal and marketing issues, or on object-oriented programming, networking and project work. After successful completion of year 2, you can transfer to BSc Computing Studies or, depending on choices, a range of other degree programmes.
How you learn
In addition to classes and assignments your main source of learning will come from mixing and discussing ideas with your fellow students. Your modules will also be taken by students studying for degree courses, providing you with a wide range of people, abilities, interests and inspiration to help you settle in to your course and an opportunity to consider whether degree level study is for you and, if so, which particular degree would best suit you.
Each student will also have an individual academic tutor whom they will meet regularly throughout the first two yearss. Academic tutorials provide an opportunity to see the course of study as a whole, not simply a collection of modules.
How you are assessed
Progress on modules will be indicated via a range of assignments and class tests, scheduled at various times during the teaching terms. These are designed to focus on key issues and to provide feedback both to you and to us.
Higher BC; A Level C; ILC (H) BB; UCAS Tariff 108-120 points*
*See UCAS Tariff Guidance below
Essential subjects: None
UCAS Tariff Guidance
Although there is no limit to the number of points that you can accumulate, for entry to Abertay you must have qualifications at an appropriate level (SCQF 6/NQF 3); you cannot count the same or similar qualifications twice; Standard Grades, Intermediate 2s, GCSEs and key/core skills cannot be counted; and D grades at SQA Higher and Advanced Higher are not counted.
Applicants who have taken either SQA Highers or A Levels must offer at least three Highers or two A Levels for degree entry (or two Highers or one A Level for DipHE entry). If you have studied a subject at two different levels, the most advanced will be taken into consideration; e.g. if you studied both Higher Biology and Advanced Higher Biology, then only the Advanced Higher will be counted.
Overseas/EU
All applicants are required to provide certified proof of competence in English Language and the University's minimum requirements are listed here
Mature
Applications from mature students are assessed on the same criteria used for school leavers, e.g. SQA Highers or GCE A Levels, where relevant school leaving qualifications exist. For those without standard entry qualifications, consideration is given to experience gained as well as professional qualifications and other forms of learning that could provide evidence of ability to benefit from a particular course.
The successful completion of approved access courses (such as those offered by Dundee College in association with the universities of Abertay, Dundee and St Andrews) provides significant evidence of ability to benefit from study at Abertay.
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What our students say
"The experience gained from the DipHE Computing and IT course was worthwhile and has served as a stepping stone to further my education. The course was better than I expected and would recommend it to anyone looking for a first step into university in this school."
Graeme, UK
Your future
Our diploma course has been designed with progression to degree study in mind and successful completion of the Dip HE course allows, depending on module choices, continuation to:
This latter course allows students to choose from a wide selection of option modules in their third year to tailor their studies in preparation for employment in a chosen field.
