Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship

Program Overview

The Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship is a work-based learning program that combines on-the-job training with part-time study, leading to a full honors degree in IT. Participants can specialize in Software Engineering or Business Analytics, and the program emphasizes critical skills such as analytical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Overview:

• The Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship (BSc Hons) is a long-standing program designed for individuals interested in pursuing a career in the IT sector.
• Launched as the first Degree Apprenticeship in the UK, it has now become one of the most established Degree Apprenticeship programs at Aston University.
• This program emphasizes
• work-based learning
, allowing participants to gain
• on-the-job training
and a full honours degree while earning
• no tuition fees
.
• specialist pathways
• prestigious professional qualification

Objectives:

• Developing graduates who are equipped and prepared to address contemporary challenges in the business world through computing solutions.
• Equipping graduates with a solid theoretical foundation to support sound design, analysis, and delivery of technological solutions.
• Providing a comprehensive perspective on both IT and business through the School's connections with professional and public sector organizations.
• Enhancing participants' capacity to utilize their knowledge effectively within working environments.
• Equipping participants with skills and knowledge to impart knowledge in the business applications of IT to others within their organization.
• socially responsible and sustainability-literate graduates
• Integrating top-level transferable skills and educational methods necessary for continuing professional growth.

Description:

• This program offers participants a taste of online learning sessions through access to taster webinars on topics including Requirements Prioritization, Validation and Change, and Sets and Predicate Logic.

Outline:

Content and Structure:

• Stage 1
This stage is common for participants interested in both specializations.

Stage 1 Modules:

(Total Credits = 120)

• Foundations of technology solutions (30 Credits)
• Professional practice (30 Credits)
• Computer systems and networks (15 Credits)
• Systems development (15 Credits)
• Introduction to business organisations (15 Credits)
• Introduction to internet applications (15 Credits)
• Stages 2 & 3 focus on specific areas of specialization, either in Software Engineering (technical focus and practical programming skills with computer science foundations) or Business Analysis (technical and business focus, emphasizing data understanding and management).

Software Engineering Pathway (Stage 2 & 3 Modules:

(total Credits = 90)

• Introduction to accounting (15 Credits)
• System and software analysis (15 Credits)
• Mathematics for computing professionals (15 Credits)
• Business analyst (15 Credits)
• Software engineering (15 Credits)
• Data structures and algorithms with Java(15 Credits)

Additional optional module choices (optional for software students)

• Enterprise computing strategies (15 Credits)
• Advance database systems and geographic information systems (15 Credits)
• Managing people and team leading (15 Credits)
• Machine learning(15 Credits)

Business Analyst (Stage 2 & 3 Modules: )

(total Credits = 90)

• Business analytics(15 Credits)
• System and software analysis (15 Credits)
• Introduction to accounting (15 Credits)
• Introduction to business economics(15 Credits)

Additional Optional Module Choices for business students

• International Operations (15 Credits)
• Each stage consists of modules requiring assessments through various formats such as exams, coursework assignments, project reports, and presentations.
• Participants also participate in end-of-point assessments for achieving the Standard of a Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship, as approved by the governing authorities.
• The curriculum places an emphasis on fostering critical skills in analytical thinking, risk mitigation, problem-solving, teamwork, data analysis, innovative thinking, and collaboration.

Other:

• This degree apprenticeship provides participants with the opportunity to develop a wide-ranging portfolio of IT knowledge, including a deep dive into various subjects like the foundations for technological solutions, computer networks and systems, internet-enabled applications while focusing on particular areas within software engineering or data analytics based on their chosen pathway.

You will not have to pay tuition fees as a Degree Apprentice, as the costs are met by the UK government and your employer . The funding band for this degree apprenticeship is £22,000. This is the full cost of your apprenticeship which will be paid for using your employer's apprenticeship levy.

• Employers may require students to pay the fees for resits.