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Business Administration and Accounting

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Digital Marketing Communications: An Introduction

Digital Marketing Communications: An Introduction

This module is designed to provide you with an introductory understanding of the role of digital media in contemporary marketing communications. The module explores current techniques and provides the candidate with the opportunity to develop practical skills through the use of a social networking too.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 9am - 11am

Study mode: This module is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Business

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Human Resource Management: Introduction

Human Resource Management: Introduction

This module is designed to give you a broad introduction to the human resource function. Designed for those considering a career in this area or simply to gain an overview of how human resource management can add value to an organisation.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 20 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Mondays 9am - 11am

Study mode: You will access all learning via your computer or device. Lectures and other sessions are timetabled and you will attend these remotely via video conferencing and our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Business

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IT Applications Software

IT Applications Software

The module is designed to develop a broad knowledge of the theoretical concepts, principles, boundaries and scope of IT applications. These activities will be centred on using software applications packages to meet complex information requirements while paying attention to security and the needs of other users.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 23 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Thursdays 9am - 11am

Study mode: You will access all learning via your computer or device. Lectures and other sessions are timetabled and you will attend these remotely via video conferencing and our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Business and HNC Accounting

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IT in Business Advanced Spreadsheets

IT in Business Advanced Spreadsheets

This module is designed to develop in-depth technical skills to facilitate a high level of competence in use of spreadsheet software to resolve business problems and facilitate business processes.

Level: SCQF Level 8
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays, 2pm - 4pm

Study mode: You will access all learning via your computer or device. Lectures and other sessions are timetabled and you will attend these remotely via video conferencing and our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Business and HNC Accounting

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Preparing to Start a Business

Preparing to Start a Business

This module is aimed at anyone who may wish to start their own business, or wish to understand the process involved in the initial preparations of starting a business. The module enables you to work through the main processes involved in the initial stages of starting a new business.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 2pm - 4pm

Study mode: You will access all learning via your computer or device. Lectures and other sessions are timetabled and you will attend these remotely via video conferencing and our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Business

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Research Skills

Research Skills

The module is designed to develop skills in investigating, analysing, evaluating and presenting complex information from a variety of primary and secondary sources. It is suitable for a wide range of groups and can be taken as part of a group award or as a stand-alone module.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 11am - 1pm

Study mode: You will access all learning via your computer or device. Lectures and other sessions are timetabled and you will attend these remotely via video conferencing and our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Business

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Using Financial Accounting Software

Using Financial Accounting Software

This module is designed to enable you to use a commercial accounting software package to process financial transactions and to prepare accounting reports for a small business. This module is primarily intended for those who expect to take up a career or further study in accounting and/or financial administration. It is also relevant for those who wish to extend their manual book-keeping skills to a computerised accounting system and to those with appropriate work experience who wish to formalise their skills.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 11am - 1pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Business and HNC Accounting

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Computing

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3D Level Editing

3D Level Editing

This module is designed to provide you with an introduction to designing and developing a prototype custom level within a 3D level editor software package.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 23 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Thursdays 9am - 11am

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Digital Design and Web Development

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Mobile Technology

Mobile Technology

This module is designed to provide you with a broad knowledge of the concepts and fundamentals of mobile technologies. Through this module you will gain an understanding of some of the factors concerning both the hardware and software designed for mobile technology. You will also become aware of the legal, ethical and social issues surrounding mobile technologies. Some knowledge of HTML and CSS would be beneficial before studying this course.

Level: SCQF Level 8
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 11am - 1pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Computing

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SQL Introduction

SQL Introduction

This module is designed to develop a broad knowledge of the concepts, principles, boundaries and scope of relational databases using a query language. These will be reinforced by developing the practical skills required in using the structures and features of a query language in order to maintain and interrogate a relational database management system.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 20 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Mondays 11am - 1pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used alongside an interview to progress onto HNC Digital Design and Web Development or HNC Computing

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Engineering

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Electronic Testing Skills

Electronic Testing Skills

This module is designed to enable you to gain knowledge of standard electronic test instruments and testing techniques. In addition, you will gain the opportunity to practice basic fault finding techniques.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 2pm - 4pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can allow for an interview onto the HNC Engineering Systems

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Engineering Measurement and System Monitoring

Engineering Measurement and System Monitoring

This module has been designed to introduce you to the measurement of electrical and mechanical quantities.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 2pm - 4pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can allow for an interview onto the HNC Engineering Systems

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Materials Selection

Materials Selection

This module is designed to enable candidates to develop knowledge and understanding of material properties and testing and to apply basic material selection concepts for a range of components. You will also examine materials and components with the aim of establishing basic properties and identify basic properties and structure for a range of materials.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 11am - 1pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can allow for an interview onto the HNC Engineering Systems

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Three Phase Systems

Three Phase Systems

This module is designed to enable candidates to know and understand the principles of three phase systems. It provides candidates with the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills to enable them to describe the production and characteristics of a three phase supply. You will also develop the necessary knowledge and skills to determine voltages and currents in both balanced and unbalanced three phase loads. Similarly you will develop the knowledge and skills to calculate different types of power in three phase loads and also to describe the techniques used to measure active power in three phase systems.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 23 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Thursday 9am - 11am

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can allow for an interview onto the HNC Engineering Systems

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Integrative Healthcare

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Clinical Sports Massage

Clinical Sports Massage

This module is designed to provide therapists with the skills to understand the causes of injuries and how to go about resolving them. This includes the consultation and assessment process, how to massage all areas of the body while maintaining professionalism and the dignity of the client, and providing home and aftercare advice to allow the client the opportunity to help themselves. The module will include how to massage for events and considerations that need to be made for people within special populations.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 12 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 2.30pm - 4.30pm and Thursdays 11am - 2pm (alternating)

Study mode: You will study through a combination of face-to-face classes on campus and remote learning via our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements for Integrative Healthcare CPD Suite or BSc (Hons) Integrative Healthcare

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Concepts of Nutrition within Therapeutic Interventions

Concepts of Nutrition within Therapeutic Interventions

This module is designed to provide a CPD opportunity in nutrition in healthcare.

Level: SCQF Level 9
Start date: 20 January 2025
Duration: 12 weeks

Study mode: You will access all your learning via your computer or device. Learning materials are posted online and you work through them in your own time, communicating with each other and your lecturer via discussions boards, forums and email. You will be provided with online resources to work through, with the support of your lecturers.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements for Integrative Healthcare CPD Suite or BSc (Hons) Integrative Healthcare

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Mental Health and Counselling Skills

Mental Health and Counselling Skills

In this module you will look at what mental health is and how it affects you and those around you. You will learn about the different elements of counselling skills including effective listening, empathy and boundaries allowing self-development and academic development.

Level: SCQF Level 8
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 12 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 2pm - 6pm

Study mode: You will study through a combination of face-to-face classes on campus and remote learning via our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers. The classes will alternate between online and face to face learning.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements for Integrative Healthcare CPD Suite or BSc (Hons) Integrative Healthcare

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Science and the Environment

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Ecology and Ecosystems

Ecology and Ecosystems

This module is designed to enable you to understand key aspects of ecology and ecosystems including abiotic and biotic factors affecting ecosystems and the structure and conservation of biological communities. You will also develop practical skills in techniques relevant to ecology and ecosystems.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 1pm - 3pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements for HNC Bioscience

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Microbiology Theory and Lab Skills

Microbiology Theory and Lab Skills

This module is designed to enable you to understand key aspects of micro-organisms, the different habitats they are found in, and their beneficial and detrimental effects. You will also develop practical skills in techniques relevant to microbiology.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 10am - 12pm and 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements for HNC Bioscience

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Quality and Health & Safety Systems in Science Industries

Quality and Health & Safety Systems in Science Industries

This module aims to introduce you to quality and health and safety issues in a general, broad-based manner whilst also providing an opportunity to view these procedures in practice via an industrial visit.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 23 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Thursday 10am - 12pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements for HNC Bioscience

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Statistics for Science

Statistics for Science

This module is designed to enable you to utilise statistical techniques used in scientific analysis. You will develop an insight into where and when these statistical techniques should be employed, and will apply this knowledge in the context of scientific problems.

Level: SCQF Level 6
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 17 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 3pm - 5pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements for HNC Bioscience

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Sport and Fitness

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Plan, Teach and Evaluate Gym Based Exercise Sessions

Plan, Teach and Evaluate Gym Based Exercise Sessions

This module is intended to encompass the major elements of gym based exercise instruction.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 20 January 2025
Duration: 16 weeks
Day & time: Mondays 12pm - 4pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements onto HNC programmes

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

The purpose of this module is to introduce you to the key psychological considerations relating to practical sports coaching and exercise situations.

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 16 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 12pm - 2pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements onto HNC programmes

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Visual Art

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Creative Practice 4

Creative Practice 4

This double credited module provides you with experience in studio based fine art and degree show preparation.

Level: SCQF Level 9
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 12 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 1pm - 4pm

Study mode: You will study through a combination of face-to-face practical classes on campus and self-directed study

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements onto our BA (Hons) Fine Art

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Printed Image

Printed Image

The purpose of this module is to allow you to explore digital imaging using Adobe Photoshop

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 12 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 9am - 4pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements onto our BA (Hons) Fine Art

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Research Project

Research Project

The purpose of this module is to allow you to prepare for a dissertation

Level: SCQF Level 9
Start date: 21 January 2025
Duration: 12 weeks
Day & time: Tuesdays 1pm - 4pm

Study mode: You will access all learning via your computer or device. Lectures and other sessions are timetabled and you will attend these remotely via video conferencing and our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements onto our BA (Hons) Fine Art

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Spatial Practices

Spatial Practices

The purpose of this module is to provide you with an introduction to sculpture

Level: SCQF Level 7
Start date: 22 January 2025
Duration: 12 weeks
Day & time: Wednesdays 9am - 4pm

Study mode: This course is delivered face-to-face on campus.

Progression: Can be used to supplement existing qualifications to meet entry requirements onto our BA (Hons) Fine Art

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