Taking it to the next level
If you've studied Computing or ICT at college, you could build on your existing skills with an Open University Open Degree or a named honours degree in Computing & IT following a range of pathways in digital technologies, networking or software development.
At the Open University in Scotland, our degrees work on a flexible, part time basis, allowing you to fit learning around work or family commitments.
You may also be able to transfer credit from your previous study.
At college you may have studied:
- Administration and Information Technology
- Computing
- Computing: Software Development or Technical Support
- Engineering
- Computer Networking
- Information Technology
Now you might like to continue your studies with an Open University Open Degree
Open Degrees allow you to choose from a variety of courses across a range of subject areas to fulfil the requirements of an Honours Degree. Below are two possible paths to an Open Degree:
If you have an HNC
| Level 1 | Credits |
| Credit Transfer for HNC Computing (15 credits of HN study) | 120 |
| Level 2 | Credits |
| Communication and information technologies (T215) | 60 |
| Designing Applications with Visual Basic (MT264) | 30 |
| Object-oriented Java Programming (M250) | 30 |
| Level 3 | Credits |
| Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice (T320) | 30 |
| Keeping ahead in ICT (T324) | 30 |
| BA/BSc Open Degree | 300 |
| Add a further 60 credits at Level 3 for Honours | |
| Level 3 | Credits |
| Fundamentals of interaction design (M364) | 30 |
| Technologies for digital media (T325) | 30 |
|
BA/BSc (Hons) Open Degree* *Please note, only HN units at SCQF Levels 7 and 8 are eligible for credit transfer |
360
|
If you have an HND
| Level 1 | Credits |
| Credit transfer for HND Computing: Software Development (30 credits of HN study) | 120 |
| Level 2 | Credits |
| Credit transfer for HND Computing: Software Development (30 credits of HN study) | 60 |
| Object-oriented Java Programming (M250) | 30 |
| Software development with Java (M256) | 30 |
| Level 3 | Credits |
| Software engineering with objects (M363) | 30 |
| Relational databases: theory and practice (M359) | 30 |
|
BA/BSc Open Degree* *Only 180 transferred credits are being counted and the award is without Honours since there are only 60 credits of Level 3 study |
300
|
| Add a further 60 credits at Level 3 for Honours | |
| Level 3 | Credits |
| Natural and artificial intelligence (M366) | 30 |
| Developing concurrent distributed systems (M362) | 30 |
|
BA/BSc (Hons) Open Degree *Please note, only HN units at SCQF Levels 7 and 8 are eligible for credit transfer |
360
|
If you have a specific career path in mind, a named Honours Degree in a related area might be your preferred option. Choose from:
- BSc (Hons) Computing & IT
- BSc (Hons) Computing & IT and a second subject
Find out more about studying Computing and ICT with The Open University
