Systems Development

National Certificate:
Information Technology (Systems Development)

DURATION: 2 Years

SAQA ID: 48872
Level 5
131 Minimum Credits

PURPOSE

The purpose of this qualification is to enhance readiness and provide entry into the areas of Systems Development at NQF level 5.
This qualification is expanding the systems development foundation started at NQF level 4 into specialisation fields within systems development, in one or more of the following disciplines:
– Procedural Programming.
– Object Oriented Programming.
– Fourth Generation Language Programming.
– Web site development.
– Multimedia.
– Electronic Commerce.

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

A learning assumption of this qualification is foundational skills in communication and mathematical literacy as required by NQF level 4 qualifications. Further learning assumed is the ability to use a personal computer competently.

ARTICULATION

This qualification was developed to allow for further study in IT and related fields at Higher Education levels. It will allow the qualified learner to progress to further qualifications either in Systems Development or other IT domains, or into related industries where IT is a key component. In particular, this qualification has been designed to allow entry into the National Diploma in Systems Development at NQF L5 and into current tertiary qualifications at National Diploma level.