Computing (PGCert)

• Develop essential computational problem solving skills
• Design and develop Java programmes
• You will be able to administer commercially operated database environments to the requirements of education and industry
• Future and emerging technologies is a fast moving subject and the course will continue to evolve to reflect new developments in this area
• Taught by research-active practitioners, part of the Centre for Creative and Applied Research for the Digital Society (CARDS)

You will study 3 core modules:

• Introduction to Programming (Software Development)
• Database Systems
• Future and Emerging Technology

In the Introduction to Programming module you will study:

• Principles of software design
• Problem solving techniques
• Introduction to a programming language (Java or similar)
• Control Structures;
• Assignment and arithmetic
• Subprograms and modularity
• Object-oriented programming
• Testing and documentation
• using software tools, writing, compiling, executing, testing and debugging complex programs

In the Database Systems module you will gain the skills required to create maintain and interrogate a relational database management system. It is a practical course that involves tasks such as:

• Designing a relational database management system
• manipulation and data retrieval operations using SQL
• defining modifying and deleting tables and views
• evaluate the consequences of such actions.

The Future and Emerging Technology module includes the topics:

• Research, and analysis of current emerging Computing technologies
• Futurology in the field of computing
• Technology in Education
• Internet of Things
• Robotics
• Biometrics,
• Wireless and mobile communication
• semantic web
• Legal, ethical and cultural issues in future and emerging computing applications
• critically analyse the legal, ethical and cultural implications for emerging and future technologies

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.