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Foundation Degree in Science - FdSc
Burton and South Derbyshire College
Full Time
Sep 2026
2 Year
In partnership with Burton and South Derbyshire College, we're offering you the chance to pursue a FdSc (Foundation Degree) level qualification in Computer Science, specialising as Cyber Security Technologist. The FdSc Computer Science course will provide students with a computing education in specialist modules that are linked to potential career choice eg within network and cyber security based technologies. The course will allow you to fulfil your potential by providing a Computer Science education that can be extended to full degree level studying at Staffordshire University's Stoke campus should you decide to top up, which is relevant, grounded in research and at the forefront of knowledge and practice. On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: FdSc Computer Science
The discipline of Business Analysis is associated with Requirements Analysis but focuses on helping organisations to achieve their strategic goals by understanding their strengths, weaknesses and capabilities, and using them to improve their policies, processes, and information systems. Business analysis helps organisations to understand and describe their functions and activities with a view to improving them to reduce overall costs, use resources more efficiently and provide better support to customers.
This module is intended to equip you with not only the knowledge but also the practical skills to be able to create and understand an enterprise grade computing system. Starting with the Client Access Layer, understanding fundamental computer principles to exampling computer hardware. The module incorporates the content of associate level vendor qualifications for example Cisco CCNA. It covers Cybersecurity, in which different stakeholders are involved ranging from individuals up to organisations and governments. The module is designed to teach you the essential concepts of hardware, networks and cybersecurity, considered to be a gateway for more advanced topics related to information and system security.
This module establishes a solid foundation in the basic principles of developing software applications. You will learn the essential skills necessary to give you confidence in designing, implementing, and testing procedural, object-oriented and web-based software solutions. You will be encouraged to develop your intellectual, communicative, and problem-solving skills.
This module will teach you about how computer networks can be secured in addition to securing computer operating systems. All organisations are challenged with rapidly detecting cybersecurity breaches and effectively responding to security incidents. Teams of people in Security Operations Centres (SOCs) keep a vigilant eye on security systems, protecting their organizations by detecting and responding to cybersecurity threats. This module covers cyber security including information/infrastructure security. This module aligns in topics to vendor qualifications for example the Cisco CyberOps Associate (CBROPS 200-201) qualification.
A digital forensic investigation is a special case of a forensic investigation where the procedures and techniques are used to make the use of target digital artefacts while allowing the findings to be presented in a Court of Law. The analysis of digital evidence is a very structured and formal process. The module will allow students to develop knowledge and understanding of digital forensics, focusing on different platforms (including computers, mobile phones, and smartphones/tablets).
The wide development of technologies has further destabilised the already fragile balancebetween the defenders and the attackers of computing infrastructures. Human society is dependent onvulnerable computers controlling priceless information. In this information environment, organizations havebeen forced to allocate considerable resources for protecting their information assets.
This module is the culmination of your studies and in it you will have the opportunity to choose a topic for which you will research, design, and evaluate a solution for. A big part of your learning will be related to how you manage the project and determine what you need to do.
You will work in a small team to produce an application in response to the needs of a third-party client. The module gives you the ownership of the project management as well as the development of a solution to the brief, within which not only must you aim to satisfy and exceed the clients needs, but you must also consider and apply the relevant Legal, Social, Ethical, and Professional Issues.
This module looks at network security and virtualisation of hardware and software and the effect upon the commercial IT market, infrastructure, and the wider customer base. Within the module you will look at the hypervisor technologies which are currently used to understand how these interact with hardware and allow a virtualized OS to work either natively or through a host OS. You will also look in detail at the different virtual environments, with Cloud and virtualised storage, hardware for redundancy purposes and operating systems, and learning environments. In addition, this module provides you with the skills to be work-ready, not only the practical skills but also the best security practices used by industry. You will be able to analyse a current network provision, analyse the output and propose/implement an effective solution.
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