Vocational Schools Programmes 2017-18 - Greenock 200117
Welcome to West College Scotland’s Schools Vocational Programme; we are delighted that you are considering coming to study at our College. If you are unsure of what you want to do when you leave school, then read on... The courses we offer are ideal if you want to explore subjects and possible career choices which you may not have had the opportunity to study at school. Our courses are designed to give you a whole new learning experience which is different from your school learning. We aim to help you develop new skills relevant to future employment in the wider world and to give you the opportunity to progress to further or higher education, so that you achieve your ambitions. We look forward to welcoming you to West College Scotland.
Welcome to West College Scotland’s Schools Vocational Programme; we are delighted that you are considering coming to study at our College.
If you are unsure of what you want to do when you leave school, then read on...
The courses we offer are ideal if you want to explore subjects and possible career choices which you may not have had the opportunity to study at school. Our courses are designed to give you a whole new learning experience which is different from your school learning.
We aim to help you develop new skills relevant to future employment in the wider world and to give you the opportunity to progress to further or higher education, so that you achieve your ambitions.
We look forward to welcoming you to West College Scotland.
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FOUNDATION APPRENTICESHIP IN<br />
IT: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT<br />
Course Outline<br />
This two year Foundation Apprenticeship is<br />
designed to provide students with the<br />
software design and programming skills to<br />
write and maintain computer applications, to<br />
create websites and to successfully define<br />
customer requirements and take them from<br />
initiation to final products.In addition to<br />
formal college tuition, time will be devoted<br />
to work related experience including work<br />
placements, work shadowing, industry talks,<br />
industry visits and work related training.The<br />
Foundation Apprenticeship in Software<br />
Development is for pupils in S5 and S6 and<br />
takes 2 years to complete.<br />
Entry Level Recommended<br />
Students should have a proven interest in at<br />
least one of the following areas:<br />
programming, software development, apps<br />
design or website creation and design.<br />
A minimum of four passes including English<br />
and either Maths or Computing at National 5<br />
level or equivalent is required for entry.<br />
A successful interview with college staff<br />
and a good school reference will be required<br />
before a place is offered on the course.<br />
Pupils will also be required to provide a<br />
personal statement on what attracts them<br />
to IT and why they want to become involved<br />
in the IT: Software Development Foundation<br />
Apprenticeship.<br />
Course Content<br />
The following level 6 units will be studied<br />
during the first year of the course:<br />
Computing: Applications Development<br />
Computing: Authoring a Website<br />
Software Design and Development<br />
The following units will be studied during<br />
the second year of the course:<br />
Event Driven Programming or Object<br />
Oriented Programming<br />
Investigating and Defining Customer<br />
Requirements for IT & Telecoms systems<br />
Data Modelling<br />
Key Facts<br />
Location<br />
<strong>Greenock</strong> Campus<br />
Level<br />
SCQF Level 6<br />
Day<br />
Tuesday and Thursday<br />
Time<br />
1:30-4:00pm<br />
Progression<br />
On satisfactory completion the programme,<br />
students will have the opportunity to enter<br />
the employment market or to progress to<br />
our HNC/D programme in Software<br />
Development or Games Development.<br />
These HND programmes lead directly to<br />
third year entry at University on completion<br />
of the HND.<br />
Interview<br />
There will be a one to one interview for this<br />
course.<br />
www.westcollegescotland.ac.uk<br />
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