Course Title: Business Info Tech. (NPA)

Course Level: N5

The National Progression Award in Business with Information Technology at SCQF level 5 has been designed to provide you with the fundamental knowledge required for success in current and future employment in the business and information technology sector or for progression onto further academic qualifications.

The award will provide you with fundamental knowledge and skills relating to the study of business and information technology. It allows for progression to other business, administration and/or IT related programmes in both the further and higher education sector, as well as providing progression within or into employment.

You will have to study one mandatory Unit in Business and undertake a further three Units to achieve the NPA; two of these Units will be ICT based and the third one a specialist business Unit. Depending on the choice of optional Units chosen, you may get to specialise in a particular area of business such as marketing, customer care, law, economics or accounting.