Advanced Diploma in Application Development
Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences - Information Technology and Computer Sciences
Purpose and Rationale
Advanced Diploma in Application Development
Purpose:
The purpose of the Advanced Diploma in Application Development is to provide learners with an advanced understanding of application development. This qualification offers a thorough, focused, and applied specialisation which meets the requirements for application development in commercial enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures. It will enhance the flexibility and agility of application solution developers through the inculcation of a deep and systematic understanding of current thinking, practice, theory, and methodology in application development. The qualification will produce learners with the necessary specialized theoretical and practical skills in the latest techniques and technologies employed within the Information Technology industry. It will strengthen and deepen the learner's knowledge and develop their applied competence in analyzing, interpreting, and understanding application development technologies and tools. Offering an opportunity for learners to pursue postgraduate studies, this qualification aims to enable qualifying learners to:
- Analyze system requirements and develop and design secure applications and application solutions on various platforms.
- Integrate knowledge from the fields of application development, information technology, and systems.
- Propose appropriate application architecture solutions to system requirements.
- Design advanced applications to meet organizational system requirements.
- Develop application solutions using best practices, technologies, and techniques to respond to system needs and challenges.
- Evaluate and test secure applications against system requirements.
Rationale:
The Advanced Diploma in Application Development addresses the demands of the fast-paced, ever-changing discipline of Information Technology (IT) by enhancing current thinking, practice, theory, and applied methodologies in application development. This qualification aims to upskill learners for careers in application development, addressing the scarcity of skills in the field for application developers, system analysts, cloud developers, and IT managers in the IT industry. By focusing on application security requirements, cloud development, and application development, it prepares learners for the dynamic field of application development. Developed in accordance with the objectives of the National Qualifications Framework, this qualification provides a deep and systematic understanding of current thinking, practice, theory, and methodology in the area of application development in the IT field. Graduates of this program can be employed in companies offering application development services or support services across industries requiring bespoke or customized software solutions.
Outcomes
- Analyse system requirements and propose appropriate application architecture solutions to mitigate these.
- Design advanced applications to meet organizational system requirements.
- Develop application solutions using best practices, technologies, detailed knowledge of areas of specialization and techniques to respond to system needs and challenges.
- Evaluate and test the secure applications against system requirements.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
- Identify common and potential system requirements correctly.
- Analyse and apply application solutions to meet system requirements accurately.
- Formulate an Information Technology architectural solution.
- Successfully report on a system solution for a given scenario.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
- Design advanced applications for organizational system requirements effectively.
- Accurately document a system and application solution.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
- Identify a programming language to develop business requirements solutions.
- Develop an application solution using an appropriate programming language successfully.
- Apply industry-standard programming techniques and technologies to application development appropriately.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
- Execute a developed application solution effectively.
- Apply security principles to a developed application.
- Test and deploy a developed application programming solution.
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT
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Formative Assessment:
- Learning and assessment are integrated.
- Continual formative assessment is required.
- Learners are given feedback on their progress.
- Focus on smaller sections of work and limited numbers of outcomes.
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Summative Assessment:
- Judgement of learning in relation to Exit Level Outcomes.
- Integrated assessments test learners' ability to integrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
- Examinations, projects, reports, or portfolios assess representative outcomes.
- Tests ability to manage and integrate a large body of knowledge.
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Integrated assessments will be designed to achieve:
- Integration of exit-level outcomes.
- Demonstration of qualification purpose achievement.
- Evaluation of learner performance for evidence of applied competence.
- Criterion-referenced assessment explained and understood by learners.
Qualification Details
- Type
- Advanced Diploma
- NQF Level
- 07
- Min. Credits
- 120
- SAQA Source
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