Continue your pathway into the vast world of website design and development with this qualification. More than ever, website designers are in demand as businesses and organizations continually improve their online presence and websites to reach their target audiences.
At the end of your studies, you will be involved in both the design and technical development of a website, designing and constructing web pages and creating the look and feel of the site. You will also learn about Cyber awareness, website security, digital layout techniques, UX Design and Web Apps. Technologies taught include the latest industry standard HTML5, CSS3, PHP, MySQL and JavaScript using a range of development tools. With your qualification you could find a career as an in-house designer or work in a design studio.
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Core Units
Apply advanced critical thinking to work processes
Contribute to cyber security risk management
Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and practices
Work collaboratively in the ICT industry
Comply with IP, ethics and privacy policies in ICT environments
Apply introductory programming techniques
Identify and resolve client ICT problems
Electives
Produce server-side script for dynamic web pages
Create and style simple markup language documents
Design website layouts
Confirm accessibility of websites
Transfer content to websites
Monitor traffic and compile website traffic reports
Confirm basic website security
Produce basic client-side script
Implement search engine optimisations
Create responsive website layouts
Evaluate and select a web hosting service
Apply structured query language in relational databases
Career Opportunities
Top areas of employment include:
Web development
Software houses
Websites
Research institutes
Hardware industry
Telecom industry
Work placement information
There is no work placement requirement for this course.