Academic Requirements

• GCE “A” levels
• 12 years of general education or equivalent
• International Diploma in Software Development / Web Design/ Business Computing (Awarded by Genetic Computer School)
• English Language Proficiency
  • Grade C6 at GCE O level English or equivalent
  • IELTS 5.5 or 
  • TOEFL 525 (Paper base) or 196 (Computer base)

Non-Academic Requirements

• At least 17 years of age

Modules Covered

• Advanced Programming
  • This module is designed to provide advanced concept of programming to handle more complex programming projects. It will give you deeper understanding of Object Oriented programming and will introduce you with network programming and multi-layer architecture of enterprise applications.
• Software Engineering
  • This module introduces to students the fundamental engineering discipline which is concerned with all aspects of software production; developed programs and associated documentations or deliverables. This module is for students to work together in formal groups to build a software system using Object-Oriented analysis, design, implementation, and testing techniques.
• Distributed System
  • This module introduces the concepts and design principles used in the construction of concurrent and distributed systems.  It involves the development of the principles of concurrent distributed system from simple shared-memory systems to multiprocessor and distributed environments.
• Professional Ethics and Security
  • This module introduces concepts on ethical use of computer system. It provides a wider perspective when it comes to securing computers as well as that of the privacy of the users. This module also enhances student’s ability to adapt with the various security operations and procedures applied by most industries and computer based organizations.
• Graphical User Interface Design
  • This module is designed to provide the students with a roadmap to the world of interface and interaction design. While students will be learning UI best practices and reusable ideas as design patterns, this module will provide solutions to common design problems that students can tailor to the situation at hand.
• Operating Systems
  • This module examines the design of operating systems and to show how it manages resources and provide services.  With this module, the students should be able to understand the structure of processes and threads and how it is synchronized and scheduled. It also broadens the students understanding on organization of memory and the basics of file system construction in modern operating systems.
• IT Project Management
  • This module is designed to let students acquire the right project management skills needed to better manager future IT projects. IT Project Management module covers basic concepts of IT Project Management, including initiating, planning, controlling, executing and closing projects. It allow student to fully understand the foundation IT Project Management life cycle. This module also shows how IT Projects should be managed, from inception to post implementation review.
• Project
  • Higher diploma students are required to work on graduation project at the last semester. The students have to form a group of four to work on a project. There will be a supervisor assigned to the group by the school or the students may arrange for their own supervisor of their choice. The group, with supervision of the supervisor, has to propose the project to course coordinator. After approval form faculty, students will be assigned unique project group number and they can start to work out for the project.

Delivery Mode

• Full-time

Duration

• 12 months

Timetable

• Mondays to Fridays
• 5 sessions per week
• 3 hours per session

Commencement Dates

• March
• June 
• September 
• November  

Teacher Student Ratio

• 1:25

Assessment Methods

• The passing percentage of each module is greater than or equal to 50
• To be awarded with CIT, Diploma and Higher Diploma, students must pass all the modules

Awards

• International Higher Diploma in Software Engineering

Local Students

International Students