Study Plan
Your course material will cover a wide variety of topics and subject.
The VB.net course is designed to allow you to learn at your own pace and in a logical way, with each new study topic building on the knowledge you have already gained.
The course material is broken down into three units.
- Application deployment
- Connecting to a database and reading data
- Performing transactions
- Using data wizards and tools
- Reading and writing XML data
- Reading and writing text and image data
- Enhancing database performance
- Using SQL Server features
- Querying and styling XML data
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- Introduction to the VB.NET environment
- Using variables and arrays
- Handling errors
- Database and web development
- Windows forms applications
- Using menus, toolbars and status bars
- Providing user help and assistance
- Enhancing form presentation
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Study Details
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Each new study topic adds to the knowledge you have already gained, and you should be able to complete the entire course within approximately 240 hours of study.
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| 6 months |
10 hours |
| 12 months |
4 hours |
| 24 months |
2 hours |
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| Exams |
1 online exam at local centre |
| Entry Requirement |
Good PC skills |
| Study Hours |
240 hours |
| Quality Materials |
Yes - written by industry expert |
| Number of Units |
41 |
| Number of Assignments |
6 |
Our Microsoft Certified Visual Basic.net Computer Programming material is written by experts.
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System Requirements
To check your computer is compatible with the software provided with this course please review our .
Our Tutors
We recognise that expert support and guidance is vital in helping students succeed, and your Home Learning College Tutor is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.
When you enrol you are assigned a personal Tutor, an expert in their subject area who is trained to support and coach you throughout the duration of your studies. Tutors are recruited, employed and trained by Home Learning College, ensuring that students have access to the best quality support and tuition available.
You will have unlimited access to your personal Tutor via phone, post or online. From the day you enrol, we are committed to helping you successfully complete your course – and take the next step.
Student Community
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Once you're a member of our Virtual Learning Community you can tap into a great deal more – anywhere and anytime:
Our unique Virtual Learning Community delivers a more involving study experience and greater student success rates. Once registered you'll be able to:
- Meet and chat with any of our 65,000 students
- Participate in online discussion boards
- Set up and manage your own Personal Study Area
- Interact with your Tutor
- Access your assignments and course materials
- Participate in interactive quizzes and e-assessments
- Watch video-casts and download online tutorials
- Access a library of user generated content
- Access additional learning tools
- Access anywhere 24 hours a day
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Take a tour of our unique Virtual Learning Community.
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Home Learning College is the only vocational home study provider within the UK to offer students an interactive online community. Access to our Virtual Learning Community means that you’ll have all the flexibility and benefits of studying from home whilst ensuring that you are never actually studying alone.
Careers
At the end of your Home Learning Course, and with the qualification you want under your belt, the door to a new career is close at hand.
As a Visual Basic programmer or developer your skills will be in extremely high demand. So you can expect to be in line for jobs paying £18,000 - £40,000* per annum.
*Source: hays.com - Salary Survey 2007
Example Roles
Analyst
£35,977
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Developer
£34,049
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Windows Web Developer
£34,740
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Career Development
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