Diploma In Computer Science

Course details

The Diploma in Computer Science course is designed to focus on the current trends in computing and software application development and equip students with the knowledge and skills for designing and building computer systems and software applications.

Learning Outcome

Students would be able to understand the fundamental aspects of computer hardware and software and be equipped with practical skills required for a career in the Computing / Information Technology.

Entry Requirements

• Minimum age: 16 years
• GCE 'O' Levels (minimum 3 passes at C6 credit including English language min. D7) OR
• Full GCE 'N' Levels (minimum 5 passes at C6 credit including English language min. D7) OR
• ITE/NITEC, Higher NITEC OR
• Foundation in Business Studies awarded by FTMSGlobal Academy
• Any other equivalent qualification would be considered on a case by case basis OR
• Matured Entry route: Minimum 21 years old with 4 years of secondary education or equivalent OR with minimum 1.5 years of working experience

English Language Requirements

When prior education is not in the English Language medium of instruction any one of the following is required:

• Professional Certificate of English - Intermediate awarded by FTMSGlobal Academy or equivalent OR
• IELTS 5.0 or any other equivalent English qualifications
• Any other equivalent English qualifications

Assessment Methods

Course Work and Written Examinations.

Course Modules

• C Programming: The module is designed to introduce an industry standard language to provide foundation for learning basic features, constructs and techniques in application programming. After completion of the module, students will be able to appreciate the strengths of the ‘C’ language and its advantages in many applications.
• Computer Ethics: The increased use of computer technology has lead to the ease of communication and access to information. However, this has given rise to ethical problems and issues. Computer ethics deals with how the users of computer technology should act in a responsible, professional and legal manner. Computer professionals are expected to exercise professional ethics in which they apply codes of ethics and standards of good practice within their profession.
• Computer Systems and Architecture: This module covers few aspects of the computer system. It focuses on Central Processing Unit (CPU) and its interaction with memory. How the memories are organized and how they are being accessed are the key areas. Different types of addressing techniques are being discussed. It introduces instructions, data and address formats in assembly language. It introduces digital computer representation of binary numbers and various number system conversions to give the students better understanding of how the computer represents information.
• Data Communication and Networking: Module introduces concepts of data communication and terms used in data communication and describes about different types of communication techniques, signals, and transmission modes.
• Java Programming: This module covers the fundamental concepts of Java such as data types, operators and control structures. It also describes the Object-oriented topics such as objects, class, inheritance, exception handling and threads in java. Mainly concentrates on the GUI applications of Java using applets, Active Window Toolkit, event handling techniques in Java.
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design: It is important that modern tools and concepts are applied for an Information System (IS) to be effective and tolerant of changes in the current Information Technology era. Object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) is a software engineering approach that models a system as a group of interacting objects. Object-oriented analysis applies object-modeling techniques to analyze the functional requirements for a system. It focuses on what the system does. Object-oriented design expands on the analysis models to produce implementation specifications and addresses how the system does it. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) notation will be used to represent these models.

Award

Diploma in Computer Science by FTMSGlobal Academy.