BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in IT

Is this course for me?

This course is now taking applications for 2018/19!

The BTEC Extended Diploma is a practical, work-related course. You learn by completing projects and assignments that are based on realistic workplace situations, activities and demands. As well as learning about the employment area you have chosen, you develop the skills you need to start a career.

You will be studying an array of subjects to cover both business and design elements. You will explore creative solutions to complex problems, to meet the needs of real live companies. Unleash the potential in software such as Microsoft Office 2010, Flash, Photoshop, plus many more industry standard packages. Includes business, web, animation and games programming.

The use of IT is constantly changing and this qualification is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills in the growing applications of digital technology. This include programming, web design and mobile apps. The range of units provides variety and a suitable foundation for employment in the digital industry to enable learners to take their first steps into employment or as a basis for further study up to university level.

This qualification attracts the full range of appropriate UCAS points and has enabled many of our students to successfully progress to higher education. 

Study Overview

The course may include units such as:

• Communication and Employability Skills for IT
• Computer Systems
• Information Systems
• Procedural Programming
• Database Design
• Communication Technologies
• Organisational Systems Security
• Client Side Web
• eCommerce
• Impact of the Use of IT on Business Systems
• Computer Animation
• Spreadsheet Modelling
• Project Planning with IT
• IT Troubleshooting and Repair
• Website Production
• Human Computer Interaction
• Digital Graphics
• Developing Computer Games
• Systems Analysis

Additional Qualifications Studied

METIS

Maths and English – Take it Seriously!

At Chelmsford College we are dedicated to
helping all our learners achieve their ambitions and we acknowledge that in order to do well, some of our learners may need extra support in maths and/or English.

Please note that individual Level 2 literacy and numeracy may not be equivalent to a full GCSE qualification. We provide specialist teaching as a compulsory part of the study programme for all learners who have not achieved a grade C at GCSE in these subjects and we all take maths and English seriously.