Appendix A Information And Communications Technology Modules

Appendix A - Information And Communications Technology Modules
Number of Credits required to gain a qualification


Appendix A - Information And Communications Technology Modules  
APPENDIX A INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY MODULES
CIC (Levels 2 & 3) Levels 4 & 5 Level 6 Level 7
Note: No more that 30 credits from any one category and must have represetnation from at least 3 of the firs 5 categories, as per Table 1. COMPULSORY OPTIONAL
BS320 Interpersonal Communication *IP500 Interpersonal Skills   SS600 Supervisory Skills HR700 Human Resource Management
BS310 Written Communication *BC500 Business Communications   BC600 Business Communications  
BS370 Accounting Introduction   AA500 Applied Accounting AA600 Applied Accounting AA700 Cost Accounting
BS340 Business Environment *BA500 Business Applications   BA610 Business Applications  
      BA620 Non-Accounting Business Applications BA700 Business Applications
AP370 Accounting Package     AP600 Accounting with packages  
BS325 Professional Practice     *ET600 Ethics & Professionalism EC700 E-Commerce Business
HS310 Hardware *HF500 Hardware Fundamentals   CA600 Computer Architecture and Digital Logic CA700 Computer Architecture & Organisation
BS260 Ergonomics   DC500 Data Communications DC600 Data Communications DC700 Data Communications
      NE600 Networks NE700 Networks
EC320 Email & the Internet   IN500 Internet IN600 Web Site Development GS700 Groupware Server Administration 
      IN610 Web Site Administration EC710 E-Commerce Web Site
HS330 Networks   NM500 LAN Administration NM600 LAN Administration FP700 Firewall and Proxy Server
    NC500 Network Cabling NM61n LAN Administration (Applied)  
NW500 Networking Principles NM650 TCP/IP Principles & Practice
WN500 Wireless Networking NM630 Network Infrastructure
NM640 Network Security
NW600 Networking Practice
NW610 Networking Practice
NW620 Networking Practice
    PC500 Process Control HS600 PC Hardware and Skills  
    HM600 PC Hardware Maintenance  
ID500 Interface Design & Development
IE500 IT Essentials
    IE510 Network Operating Systems  HD600 Help Desk  
HS320 Software   OS500 Operating Systems Software OS600 Operating Systems  
    SF400 Software Fundamentals OS610 Operating Systems Internals  
      OS65n Operating Systems (Multi-tasking)  
AP310 Word Processing   SP500 Software Applications SP600 Application of Software Packages SP700 Software Selection
AP320 Databases (Flat-Files)   SP510 Software Packages SP610 Integrated Applications  
AP330 Spreadsheets   SP520 Software Packages (Alternative)    
AP340 Desk-Top Publishing   SP590 Word-processing & Spreadsheets    
AP350 Presentation Software   SP591 Software - Accounting, file    
AP360 Graphics   SP592 Software Packages    
SD340 Multimedia   MA500 Multimedia Principles MA600 Multimedia Development MA700 Multimedia Applications
      DG600 Dynamic Graphics  
AN600 3D Modelling and Animation
GD600 Game Design and Development
DD600 Digital Media Design
ST320 Special Topic   US500 User Support    
  *PD500 Programme Development      
SD310 Programming A *PP400 Programming Principles      
SD320 Programming B PP490 Programming Concepts & Tools (Alternative with PP590)      
  PP590 Programming Concepts & Tools (Alternative with PP490) PP51n Programming Practice    
    PR50n Programming PR60n Programming (Batch) PR70n Programming
    PR51n Programming PR61n Programming (Interactive)  
      PR62n Programming (Further Techniques)  
    PR530 Programming (Systems) PR630 Programming (Systems) PR730 Programming (Systems)
      PR65n Programming  
        PR740 Programming (Unix)
        PR75n Programming (Applications for MS-Windows)
        PR76n Programming for E-Commerce
    OO500 Object Oriented Techniques OO600 Object Oriented Analysis & Design OO700 Object Oriented Programming
  *DT500 Data Organisation DB500 DBMS DB600 DBMS DB700 DBMS
      DB620 Database Administration  
      DA600 Data Analysis  
      EX600 Expert Systems  
      FG600 Fourth Generation Languages FG70n Fourth Generation Languages
      PY600 Prototyping Concepts  
      FS600 File Structures  
DM700 Data Modelling
  *SO500 Systems Overview   SA600 Systems Analysis (Structured Techniques & Tools)
      SA61n Systems Analysis (Methodology) SA700 Systems Analysis
      SD600 Systems Design SD700 Systems Design
      BA600 Business Analysis  
    EP500 Evaluation & Procurement EP600 Evaluation & Procurement  
      IG600 Information Gathering  
      IO600 Input Output Design  
      IS600 Strategic Information Systems Management  IS700 Information Systems Management
        IS710 IS & Business Planning
      MP600 Marketing & Presentations  
    OM500 Organisation & Management    
AP380 Project Management     PM600 Project Management  
      PS600 Problem Solving  
      RA600 Requirements Analysis  
      QA600 Quality Assurance  
      SC600 Systems Controls  
      SI600 Systems Implementation  
        AS700 Auditing Systems
        SR700 Systems Review & Maintenance
BS230 Mathematics for Computing   AM500 Applied Mathematics    
    MB500 Mathematics for Business & Computing    
    ST500 Statistical Analysis    
    WX500 Work Experience    
      TR600 Training TR700 Training
EC330 Working Collaboratively       GW700 Groupware
        ***PJ700 Project
    EE500 Electrical Essentials and Components AE600 Analogue Electronics  
      AE610 Analogue Electronics (Applied)  
    BS500 Semiconductor Theory DE600 Digital Electronics  
      DE610 Digital Electronics (Applied)  
      TS600 Telecommunications Systems  
      MW600 Mobile Wireless Principles  
      MW610 Mobile Wireless Practice  
Compulsory Modules: *Denotes a compulsory DipICT L5 module
**Denotes a compulsory DipICT L6 module
***Denotes a compulsory NDBC module


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Note: Credits gained in DipICT L5 count towards DipICT L6. Credits gained in DipICT L5 & L6 count towards NDBC.

Table 4. Number of credits required at the various levels to gain the CIC and diploma qualifications.
Programme Level 3 Level 4/5 (100 Level) Level 6 (200 Level) Level 7 (300 Level) Balance Total
  Note: No more than 30 credits from any one category and must have representation from at least 3(HS, AP and BS) of the first 5 categories, as per Table 1. Compulsory Compulsory Optional Compulsory Optional (any level excluding PJ700)  
CIC (Level 2/3) 60 with a minimum of 40 credits at level 3, or above.             60
DipICT L5   *55 or *49 **7       *63 or *70 126
DipICT L6   *56 **7 77     112 252
NDBC (Level 7)   *56 **7 77 ***42 42 154 378
    * Refer Tables 2 & 3 ** ET600 7 ***PJ700