This unit introduces mobile app development, focusing on designing, coding, and deploying applications for iOS and Android platforms. Students will learn about user interface design, application lifecycle, and platform-specific development tools, gaining practical skills to create responsive, intuitive, and efficient mobile applications that meet user needs.

This unit examines network security principles and cryptography, teaching students to protect data integrity, confidentiality, and availability across networks. It covers encryption algorithms, digital signatures, authentication protocols, and security practices to defend against cyber threats, equipping learners with the skills to implement robust security measures in networking environments.

This Unit provides an introduction to the people, processes, practices and principles of agile development.

It will prepare students for the future trends in software development and reinforce their understanding of the information systems development process. The aims of this unit are to:

• Introduce students to the subject of Agile Development
• Provide students with a basic understanding of the main concepts and terminology of Agile
• Give sufficient understanding of the Agile lifecycle, framework and techniques, to equip students to work within an Agile team

This unit enables students to apply their cumulative knowledge in a comprehensive computing project, encompassing project management, research, design, and development phases. It emphasises real-world problem solving, technical proficiency, and creativity, culminating in a tangible software or hardware solution that showcases their skills and readiness for the industry.

The unit aims to provide an introduction to fundamental methods used in Artificial Intelligence: knowledge representation, reasoning, search and learning. The unit introduces the underpinning concepts and techniques, the problems for which they are applicable, and their limitations. The unit will prepare you for entry positions in AI application design and development and enable you to pursue more advanced topics in this exciting field.

Areas covered include:

• Knowledge Representation
• Uncertain Knowledge
• Fuzzy Logic
• Machine Learning
• Neural Networks

This unit focuses on back-end web development, teaching students to build and manage server-side applications. Covering server technologies, databases, API integration, and middleware, learners will develop skills in creating robust, scalable back-end systems that support front-end interfaces, ensuring seamless data flow and enhancing web application functionality.