Course description

Students entering Higher Education will need specific study skills to enable them to maximise their learning potential and take advantage of opportunities available both in the academic setting and the workplace. Students will enter with different levels of skills and experience and may approach the module in a variety of ways. It is intended that a ‘skills audit’ is given at the start of the module and the results from this will form the basis of an individual learning plan prepared for each student. The outcome from this module is that the student will be equipped with the range of personal skills relevant to work listed below:

• oral communication skills
• written communication skills
• team work and inter-personal skills
• Internet-based research skills

The module also considers the nature of professions and why professions have codes of conduct. Discussions and case studies will be used to encourage students to introspect on their own code of conduct, as well as becoming aware of what is included in the British Computer Society (BCS) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) codes of conduct.

Learning outcomes

1. Collect and collate information from a variety of sources.
2. Communicate effectively both verbally and in text using a range of software applications as aids.
3. Analyse and synthesise information in order to present findings in an appropriate form.
4. Work constructively in a group task environment 
5. Link and transfer data between applications 
6. Manage own time and resources
7. Be able to use library resources and the internet to facilitate information retrieval and research
8. Use communication software and networks such as email and WWW browsers 
9. Interpret data presented in a mathematical or graphical format
10. Know why professions have codes of conduct, and what is included in the British Computer Society and ACM codes of conduct
    

Course description

This module enables the student to develop the necessary skills and experience to structure information for the World Wide Web. It gives major emphasis to technology (web authoring tools, mark-up languages) but does touch on the creative/analytical aspects of web authorship.

Learning Outcomes

1. Operate an appropriate structured development cycle of analysis, design and implementation.
2. Utilise contemporary tools and languages to structure text, images, etc. for presentation on the World Wide Web.
3. Produce a web on a specific topic, for a specific audience of a quality appropriate for mounting on the World Wide Web.
   

Module Description

This module focuses on the nature and purpose of organisations and how they are structured to meet those purposes. It considers how information and information systems are used within an organisation. It examines the technology (both software and hardware) deployed in business communications.  It focuses on fundamental concepts and principles associated with communication in organisations and the roles of Information Management and Knowledge systems.

It looks at work practices emerging through technology such as computer supported collaborated work (CSCW) and its impact on individuals, teams and organisations as a whole.

The students will enhance their theoretical knowledge of CSCW by undertaking a group assignment within a groupware environment.
 

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the key characteristics of business organisations
2. Understand the importance of information and information systems to businesses
3. Knowledge and understanding of the technology needed in business communications
4. Demonstrate an understanding of computer supported collaborated work and a basic ability in the use of communication skills by producing, in teams, using a groupware environment, a report on the technical and communication needs of all or part of an organisation.

Module Description

The chief objective of this module is to deliver a lecture and structured laboratory series that enables students to understand the principal components and underlying principles of network systems with emphasis on LANs, laying the foundation for subsequent modules. Introduction to Networking expects no prior network experience. By the end of the module, students should have sufficient mastery networks that they should feel comfortable designing, implementing and administering simple LAN networks within given parameters. The module will, through careful use of relevant laboratory sessions and exercises, emphasise the tenets of good networking practice and introduce the techniques deployed to develop robust and efficient systems.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the principal components of networks

2. Understand the need for network protocols

3. Understand basic network architecture terms

4. Recognise and explain the benefit and risks of networks

5. Install and configure simple networks

6. Perform simple network administration tasks

Course description

Learning Outcomes

1. Knowledge and understanding of logic, data representation and operations
2. Knowledge and understanding of simple processors and memory addressing
3. Be able to write simple low-level programs
4. Be able to explain the difference between memory mapped and interrupt-driven i/o
5. Knowledge of the main functions of operating systems
6. Be able to install two modern operating systems and perform configuration and administration tasks
   

Course description

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the principal components of a high-level program.
2. Understand how to apply the facilities of a high-level language to design, write and debug simple programs.
3. Apply simple review and test techniques to specifications, designs and code.
4. Recognise the benefits to be gained by the adoption of suitable standards for design and coding and use a given set of standards.
5. Develop simple programs in a high-level programming language.
   

Course description

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the principal components of a high-level program.
2. Understand how to apply the facilities of a high-level language to design, write and debug simple programs.
3. Apply simple review and test techniques to specifications, designs and code.
4. Recognise the benefits to be gained by the adoption of suitable standards for design and coding and use a given set of standards.
5. Develop simple programs in a high-level programming language.