Qualification
Diploma
Study mode
Full-time
Duration
2 years
Intakes
June
July
September
November
Total tuition fee (local)
RM 44,900
Total tuition fee (foreign)
RM 46,800
About this course
This programme is specifically designed to provide:
- Students with skills in software systems development, with emphasis on aspects of software engineering.
- Students with the skills to prepare them for careers in the ICT environment with emphasis on solutions design, software development and technology infrastructure support.
- An appreciation of the proven principles and techniques for the development and support of software systems in commercial organisations.
- Students with critical, independent and cooperative learning skills so as to facilitate responses to continuous future changes in industry practises.
Entry Requirements
- An overall credit pass in 3 subjects at SPM including credit in Mathematics and a minimum of pass in Bahasa Malaysia and Sejarah (History); or
- An overall credit pass in 3 subjects at O-Levels/GCSE including credit in Mathematics; or
- A qualification that APU accepts as equivalent to the above
English Language Requirement
- IELTS: 5.5
- TOEFL: 65 (Internet Based Test), 513 (Paper Based Test), 183 (Computer Based Test)
- Other Certification or Evidence of English Proficiency that APU accepts as equivalent to the above
- Applicants who do not possess the above will be required to sit for the APU English Placement Test
Curriculum
Semester 1
- English for Academic Purposes
- Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
- Managing Business
- Practical IT Skills
Semester 2
- Academic Research Skills
- Information Systems
- Computer Technology
- Discrete Mathematics
- Quantitative Methods
- Professional Communication
Semester 3
- Computer Technology
- Internet Applications
- Computer Systems Architecture
- Problem Solving & Program Design Using C
- Database System
- Operating System
- Visual Basic.NET
Semester 4
- Database & Data Structure
- Multimedia Applications
- Numerical Methods & Logic
- Operating System
- System Analysis & Design
- Web Development
- Introduction to Software Engineering
- Network and Networking
Semester 5
- Java Programming
- VB.Net
- Digital Security and Forensics
- Introduction to AI
- Software Development Project