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Building the foundations or building the applications
Both programmes lead to code, and they enter the trade from different ends. One lays down algorithms, databases and systems; the other starts from the interface and goes through to deployment. Here are their blocks, volumes and the roles each one opens.
Two ways into software
The computing programme builds the layer that stays true whatever language is in fashion: data structures, complexity, the relational model, systems and networks. You learn why a solution holds under load. The web and mobile development programme takes the product route: interfaces, services, application database, publishing to the web and to app stores. You learn to ship, fast and cleanly. Both lead to the same register of credential.
The promise of each route
Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level
The solid foundations of the software engineering profession. Handle data structures and algorithms up to complexity analysis.
Web and Mobile Development
Build and ship products people actually use. Build a modern, accessible and fast web interface.
Both programmes, on one grid
| Criterion | Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level | Web and Mobile Development |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | 3 years | 2 years |
| Pace | Full time | Self-paced |
| Teaching blocks | 8 | 7 |
| Supervised hours | 1800 h | 1200 h |
| Credits | 180 credits | 120 credits |
| Weekly workload | 20 h per week | 20 h per week |
| Fees | 5 400 000 GNF per year | 5 200 000 GNF per year |
The roles each one opens
Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level
- Application developer
- Database administrator
- Systems and network technician
- Junior IT project manager
Web and Mobile Development
- Front-end developer
- Mobile developer
- Junior full-stack developer
- Web integrator
The marker that decides
What draws you
Understanding why a system holds: the computing programme. Watching a product live in its users hands: the development programme.
The first role you target
The two role columns above come from the catalogue. The one containing the post you target points to your programme.
Your weekly regime
The table gives both paces and both weekly loads: one is taken full time, the other is steered by you.
Questions from candidates
Do both teach programming?
Yes, from the first block in both cases. What differs is what follows: systems and data on one side, the product and its release on the other.
Which prepares better for a later specialisation?
Both open higher-level programmes. The systems base points naturally towards data and security, the product base towards application design.
Can you work during the programme?
The pace line answers for each: one is taken full time, the other self-paced, with content open ahead of time.
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