Level 3 Diploma in Software Development
The Level 3 Diploma in Software Development offered by OXQUAL develops practical competence in programming, data structures, databases, web development, software engineering, testing, version control, secure coding and application-project development.
About this qualification
The Level 3 Diploma in Software Development offered by OXQUAL develops practical competence in programming, data structures, databases, web development, software engineering, testing, version control, secure coding and application-project development.
Career-focused
Develop relevant skills and knowledge that can support your next professional step.
What you'll cover
Key topics covered in this OXQUAL programme include:
- Software Development Principles
- Programming Fundamentals
- Variables and Data Types
- Control Structures
- Functions
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Classes and Objects
- Arrays
- Linked Lists Awareness
- Stacks
- Queues
- Sorting Algorithms
- Searching Algorithms
- Database Design
- Relational Models
- SQL
- Normalisation
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Responsive Web Design
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Agile
- Scrum
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- Debugging
- Git and Version Control
- CI/CD Awareness
- Secure Coding
- Software Portfolio Development
Who it's designed for
This OXQUAL programme is suitable for:
- Software-Development Learners
- Junior Programmers
- IT Technicians developing coding skills
- Learners progressing from foundational computing
What you'll gain
Successful completion of this OXQUAL programme can help learners to:
- Develop practical programming competence.
- Strengthen database-development skills.
- Improve web-development capability.
- Develop testing and debugging competence.
- Improve version-control practices.
- Build a software-development portfolio.
How this qualification is assessed
The assessment pattern for this OXQUAL programme is outlined below.
- Assessment Type: Practical projects, written examination and portfolio review.
- Format: Applied coding tasks, multiple-choice questions, project defence and oral presentation.
- Total Questions: 60 theory questions plus multiple coding tasks and portfolio submission.
- Passing Score: 70%.
- Duration: 16–20 weeks (240–280 hours total).
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