Web Development HNC (SCQF level 7) City of Glasgow College

Award	Attendance	Study	Duration	Start	Domestic fees	International fees
HNC	On-Campus	Full-time	1 years	find out	find out	find out

Course overview

On this one year web based computing course, you will gain skills to start or advance a career as a web designer.

You'll learn to build a range of websites using a variety of modern techniques that deliver content in a variety of formats for computers, smartphones and tablets. You'll have access to current smartphones and tablets for testing your responsive websites.

Beginning with the fundamentals of website development, you'll build on a foundation of client-side technologies and techniques (HTML5, CSS and SEO) through to more advanced study on topics such as native JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks. You will gain skills in user centred design, UX, interface design, responsive design, team working and web development.

The course introduces you to both client and server side technologies with opportunities to prepare and develop web interfaces and media-rich content incorporating Photoshop and Illustrator and a range of other creative software applications. The faculty has access to the full Adobe suite which can be utilised to produce creative and engaging media content for inclusion within your websites.

This course has been designed to prepare you for progression to Year 2 of our HND Web Development programme or to enter employment as a web designer at junior level.

The course is placed on the Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework at Level 7. For more information on the framework visit: www.scqf.org.uk/the-framework/.