NCC Education
Level 5
QN: 600/3055/0
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NCC Education Level 5 Diploma In Computing
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by NCC Education. Classified as a Other General Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1250 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
NCC Education
Syllabus Units
22 Units
Guided Hours
1250 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Agile Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the background to Agile development
- Understand the roles within an Agile development team
- Understand the various Agile development techniques
- Understand an Agile development lifecycle
- Understand the principles associated with an Agile development approach
- Be able to apply an Agile development approach to a particular project scenario
2
Analysis, Design and Implementation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the the seamless transition from OO analysis to OO design
- Understand how to convert OO analysis and design models to code
- Understand the quality attributes associated with an OO development
- Understand the concept of maintenance within an OO development environment
- Be able to produce OO analysis and design models using a CASE tool
- Be able to convert OO analysis and design models to code using an appropriate IDE
- Be able to refactor an OO program to improve quality
3
Business IT Project
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan and manage the development of a computing artefact, Gather and evaluate requirements for an IT project, Conduct research to support the development of a computing artefact, Employ software engineering techniques in the development of a computing artefact
- Evaluate the success of a computing artefact
4
Computer Forensics and Incident Investigation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamental concept of computer forensics, incident response, and different types of cybercrimes
- Recognise the roles and responsibilities of a forensic investigator
- Know the various phases involved in the computer forensic investigation process and the importance of chain of custody
- Analyse the physical and logical structure of a hard disk; Comprehend various types of file systems such as Windows, Linux, Mac OS and analysevarious RAID storage systems
- Understand the importance ofdata acquisition and determine the best acquisition method and tools
- Identify the goals, challenges and techniques of anti-forensics
- Understand how to collect and examine volatile and non-volatile data in Windows and Linux machines.
5
Computing Project
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify a suitable computing artefact and development method
- Project manage the analysis, design, development and deployment of a computing artefact
- Carry out the analysis for a computing artefact, Design a computing artefact
- Develop a computing artefact, Test a computing artefact
6
Database Design and Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the enterprise application of database systems
- Understand how to enhance the design of and further develop a database system
- Be able to enhance a logical database design
- Be able to develop a physical database design
- Be able to enhance a database system using SQL
7
Dynamic Websites
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the various tools and techniques used for web application development
- Be able to develop data-driven websites
- Be able to apply the various tools and techniques used to build data-driven websites
- Understand the functions of web services
- Be able to create and deploy web services
8
Ethical Hacking and Information Security Assessments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Assess ethical and legal requirements of security assessment
- Understand different types of footprinting, tools and countermeasures
- Understand different types of net
- work scanning techniques and enumerations countermeasures
- Analyse differentenumerations techniques and different vulnerabilities
- Understand the system hacking methodology; Compare and contrast different types of malware
- Assess various packet sniffing techniques
- Assess various social engineering and Dos/DDoS attack techniques.
9
Information Systems Analysis
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand soft and hard approaches to the analysis of information systems
- Understand the techniques associated with requirements capture
- Understand the different viewpoints associated with IS methodologies
- Be able to apply various analytical techniques for understanding a complex organisational environment
- Understand the relationship between the economic, social, political and technical factors influencing a business problem
- Understand and apply the principles of interface design and the requirements and characteristics of users that motivate these
10
Information Systems and Organisations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the use of Information Systems (IS) within organisations
- Examine the many internal and external uses of an organisation’s IS
- Critically evaluate the costs and benefits of a range of IS systems
- Critically evaluate the cultural, structural and political aspects of IS
- Examine the issues associated with human interaction with IS
- Assess the effects of technological change on IS and the organisations
11
Network Security and Cryptography
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the most common types of cryptographic algorithm
- Understand the Public-key Infrastructure
- Understand security protocols for protecting data on networks
- Be able to digitally sign emails and files
- Understand vulnerability assessments and the weakness of using passwords for authentication
- Be able to perform simple vulnerability assessments and password audits
- Be able to configure simple firewall architectures
- Understand Virtual Private Networks
- Be able to deploy wireless security
12
Network Security Threats and Defence Mechanisms
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand fundamental networking concepts
- analyse protocols and implement established standards
- Be able to assess potentialvulnerabilities and threats to a net
- work’s infrastructure
- Understand the working of encryption, protocols and policies
- Identify and analyse the issues with physical security, operating systems and Net
- work-based applications
- Understand the fundamental concept of a Firewall
- Understand the role and workings of IDS/IPS in net
- work defence
- Understand the purpose of Virtual Private Networks.
13
Principles of Business Operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Examine the frameworks of operations management
- Analyse the use of technology in operations management
- Assess the design of goods and services
- Analyse how operations management processes are developed
- Evaluate the use of lean operations
14
Professional Issues in Information Technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the social, ethical and professional issues essential to the IT profession
- Understand a project management life cycle and associated techniques
- Understand how to deploy a software application
- Understand risks and the management of them in software projects
- Understand the principles and techniques of IT service management
- Be able to design software quality policies and procedures
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 600/3055/0
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- NCC Education
- Qualification Type
- Other General Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2011