BATHE Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Computing

The BATHE Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Computing is a 120-credit. It provides the core knowledge, understanding and skills to support learners planning to further their studies in computing. It is equivalent to the second year of a degree programme in computing and learners may progress into employment in the sector or into the final year of a bachelor’s degree.

At a glance:

• 1,200 learning hours, usually studied over an academic year
• Advanced learner loans available in the UK  
• Graded ‘Achieved’ or ‘Not achieved’
• Designed with support from universities
• Can be delivered in the classroom by distance or by blended learning.

• Cyber Security
• Database Design and Development
• Network Design
• Innovative Technologies in Computing
• Computing Research Methods
• Software Development Methodologies

For learners who have recently been in education or training the entry profile is likely to include:

• prior study in computing or related subjects at level 4 or above a level 4 qualification for example an BATHE Level 4 Diploma in Computing.
• other equivalent international qualifications.
  Learners must also have an appropriate standard of English to enable them to access relevant resources and complete the unit assignments.

English requirements: If a learner is not from a majority English-speaking country must provide evidence of English language competency.

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by BATHE. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.

The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.