FdSc Electronics and Computer Technology
Higher Education at The College is actively promoting Foundation Degrees to Industry. As these are vocational courses it is important for us to work in partnership with interested employers who can offer short-term student placements, sit on our advisory panels, or guest speak at a lecture. This continually serves to update the quality of the courses we can bring to our students and help to produce graduates with skills recognised and needed by industry.
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Skills for the Professional Workplace
The Foundation Degree in Electronics and Computer Technology brings together the interfacing technologies that combine both computing and electronics. It equips students with the skills and knowledge required to design both hardware and software applications in electronics.
It focuses on the design of microelectronic and computer-based intelligent systems, and combines computing, software engineering, electronic circuits and systems to computers and other microprocessor based equipment.
This course has extensive hands-on activities and project work. Industry specific skills are developed, including project development, the use of UML and software programming.
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Work Placement
This is the students' opportunity to experience a real working environment. Through regular tutorials and careers seminars, students are taught how to approach companies for placement. They are then expected to arrange a 6 week placement with an industry relevant company and gain experience at management / supervisory level. Students are required to produce an assessed body of work from their placement and The College requests feedback from a designated 'mentor' at the company who reports on the student's performance.
Getting Involved
This is a very important element of the course and The College is always pleased to hear from interested companies willing to take students for placement. It is an opportunity for Industry to play an influential role in determining the tuition we give our students so as to instill in them the skills they really need for business. Find out how to get involved.
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Course Units Include:
- Analytical Methods and Principles
- Analogue Systems
- Digital Systems
- Software Design Methods
- Principles of Computers
- Microprocessor Systems
- Project Management and Planning
- Industry Appreciation (work placement)
- Object Orientated Programming
- Programmable Devices
- Data Communications
- Electronics and Interfacing Techniques
- Practical Networking
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