(43 weeks full-time, 108 weeks part-time)

This qualification will provide graduates with both programming ability and broader hardware skills, enabling them to function fully in a wide range of positions within the IT industry. The course gives students a thorough grounding in one major programming language, as well as a database language, with extensive practical experience. This will give students sufficient hardware theory and practical experience to carry out repairs and troubleshooting.

This qualification is an intense and very comprehensive programme that involves on-campus attendance from 08:30 till 16:00, 5 days a week, for 43 weeks. Admittance into this programme is strictly reserved for those candidates who have successfully obtained the required mark in the CTI Aptitude Assessment.

Module	Code
Computer Literacy	(COML)
Processing and Logic Concepts	(PLCS)
Program Design	(PROG)
Sofware Engineering	(SENG)
Relation Database and Modelling Design	(RDMD)
MS SQL Server	(MSQL)
Main Programming Language	C++ (CSLA and CSLB) or Java (JV7A andJV7B) or C# (CSPA and CSPB) or VB.NET (VBSA and VBSB) or PHP (PHPA and PHPB)
Hardware Essentials	(HESS)
Network+ Preparation	(NPLS)
Linux Basic	(ULNX)
Linux Adminstration	(ADML)
Security+ Preparation	(SPLS)
Convergence+ Preparation	(CONV)
Personal Skills Development	(PSKD)
Final Practical Exam	(FISE)
Entrance requirements: Students need to have completed a National Senior Certificate and obtained the required mark in the CTI Aptitude Assessment. The certificate in Information Systems (Engineering) has a rating of NQF5 on the South African National Qualifications Framework. Upon successful completion of the above qualification, students can upgrade to a BTEC HND Information Systems (Engineering) by completing the following course: • Project Management (6 months full-time or part-time) Students can start any week in the academic year. Students can study on a full-time or part-time schedule.