Higher Education Qualifications

Recommended Reading Lists

CERTIFICATE in IT

DIPLOMA in IT

Pg.

Pg.

PROFESSIONAL GRADUATE DIPLOMA

in IT

Pg.

Information Systems

Professional Issues in Information

Systems Practice

Advanced Database Management

15

Software Development

Principles of User Interface Design

Computer Services Management

16

Computer and Network Technology

Computer Networks

Knowledge Based Networks

17

Database Systems

Management Information Systems

17

Principles of Internet Technologies

Network Information Systems

18

IT Project Management

10

Programming Paradigms

18

IT Service Management

11

Software Engineering 2

19

Object Oriented Programming

11

System Design Methods

20

Software Engineering 1

12

Realising the User Interface

22

Systems Analysis and Design

14

Web Engineering

23

IT and the Environment

24

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CERTIFICATE Information Systems

Primary Texts
Britton & Doake, Software Systems Development A Gentle
Introduction, McGraw-Hill (4th Ed), 2005.
Date, C.J., An Introduction to Database Systems, AddisonWesley (8th Ed), 2003.
One of the standard works on database systems. Candidates
should concentrate on the basic concepts of database and
database design.
Kendall, K & Kendall, J. E., Systems Analysis & Design, Pearson
(9th Ed), 2013, pbk.
Other Texts
Graham, I., Object-oriented Methods, Addison-Wesley (3rd Ed),
2000.
Goodland, M. & Slater, C., SSADM: A Practical Approach,
McGraw-Hill, 1995

Rolland, F. D., The Essence of Databases, Prentice-Hall, 1998.

0137278276

978-0137278275

Nickerson, R. C., Business and Information Systems, AddisonWesley (2nd Ed), 2000.

0130901229

978-0130901224

Geoffrey Elliot & Susan Starkings, Global Business Information

Technology, Pearson, 2004.

0321270126

978-0321270122

Other Reading
The computer trade press and the computing/IT supplements of
newspapers will help to give candidates both an understanding of the
scope of the discipline and introduce new developments in the field.

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CERTIFICATE Software Development

Primary Texts

Lesley Anne Robertson, Simple Program Design: A Step-By-Step

Approach, Course Technology Inc (5th Ed), 2006.

1423901320 978-1423901327

Not specific to any programming language or indeed to any single design

method. Quite simple approach.Uses pseudocode, flowcharts and Nassi
Schneiderman charts (not widely used).

Bell, D. Software Engineering for Students: A Programming Approach,

Addison Wesley (4th Ed), 2005.

0321261275 978-321261274

Recommended for reading more about software engineering and structured

design concepts in programming
Indicative Programming Texts
Java Texts
Goodrich, Michael, T, Tamassia, R., Data Structures & Algorithms in
Java, John Wiley and Sons, 6th Edition, 2014.
Horstmann, C.S., Java Concepts 6/E for Java 7 and 8 International
Student Version, Wiley, 2010.
Deitel, H., Deitel, P Java How to Program, Pearson (8th Ed), 2010.
C/C++ Texts
Savitch, W., Problem solving with C++, Pearson (7th Ed), 2009.
Uses object-oriented ideas with the software life cycle.
C How to program, 7/E Paul Deitel & Harvey Deitel (Prentice Hall
2012)
Visual Basic Text
McMillan, M., Data Structure & Algorithms Using VisualBasic.NET,
Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Schneider, D.I., Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2008,
Pearson (7th Ed), 2009.

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Other Reading
Other textbooks that describe introductory programming will be appropriate.
The computer trade press and the computing/IT supplements of newspapers
will help to give candidates both an understanding of the scope of the discipline
and also introduce new developments in the field.

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CERTIFICATE Computer and Network Technology

Primary Texts
Introductory book sets the module in context. Also covers systems software.
Clements, A., The Principles of Computer Hardware, Oxford University
Press (4th Ed), 2006.

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Covers fundamentals and architecture in detail.

Tanenbaum, Andrew, S., Modern Operating Systems, Prentice Hall (4th

Ed), 2014.

Covers operating systems and some networks.

Tanenbaum A. S., Computer Networks, Pearson (5th Ed), 2013. Pbk.

Other Texts

Comer, D. E., The Internet Book : Everything You Need to Know About
Computer Networking and How the Internet Works, Prentice Hall (4th
Ed), 2007.

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Halsall, F., Computer Networking and the Internet, Addison Wesley (5th
Ed), 2005.

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Covers the networks material in considerable depth.

Other Reading
Students are expected to access a wide range of sources of information on IT
hardware/software including journals, popular computer magazines, and the
internet.

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Diploma Professional Issues in Information Systems Practice

Primary Text
The following book has been written especially to support this module. To buy
direct at a discount from BCS go to www.bcs.org/books/professionalissues
Bott M. F. Professional Issues in Information Technology, The
British Computer Society, 2nd Edition, 2014.
Other Material
The books and articles listed below cover parts of the syllabus in more detail.
They are recommended to candidates who wish to investigate individual topics
in more depth.
The financial material in the syllabus is well covered in:
Atrill, Peter and McLaney, Eddie, Accounting and Finance for NonSpecialists. (8th Edition), Pearson Education, 2012,
The following book covers some of the material relating to legal obligations,
intellectual property rights, the Internet and human resource management; it is
intended for practising managers but may be found helpful by students who
have such experience.
Holt, J and Newton, J. A Managers Guide to IT Law, BCS, 2004
The following book covers issues relating to data protection in considerable
detail:
Room, Stewart. Data Protection and Compliance in Context, The British
Computer Society, 2006

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IT ethics has been much talked about and written about in the last ten or fifteen
years. The syllabus is specifically concerned with the BCS Code of Conduct
rather than with more general questions of professional ethics. The BCS Code of
Conduct can be found on its web site; at the time of writing the url is:
http://www.bcs.org/codeofconduct.
Candidates should be aware that the Code has been changed quite extensively
in recent years so that copies of the code in earlier books are likely to be out of
date.
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Students looking for more general material on ethics will find the following
book useful:
Benn, P., Ethics, Routledge, (an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd),
1998.

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Diploma - Principles of User Interface Design

Primary Texts
David Benyon, Designing Interactive Systems: A comprehensive guide
to HCI, UX and interaction design, Pearson, 2013

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978-0470018668

Other Text

Preece, Rogers & Sharp, Interaction Design, Paperback 800 pages, 2nd
Edition, (2007) Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Other Sources

Mads Soegaard (2006). Interaction-Design.org. Retrieved April 2, 2006

from Interaction-Design.org Jakob Neilsen (2006). Useit.com. Retrieved
April 2, 2006 from Useit.com
British HCI Group (2006). Resource Centre. Retrieved April 2, 2006 from
bcs-hci.org.uk
British HCI Group (2006). Usability News. Retrieved April 2, 2006 from
bcs-hci.org.uk

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Diploma - Computer Networks

Primary Texts

Halsall, Fred, Computer Networking and the Internet, Addison Wesley

(5th Ed), 2005.
Stallings, William, Data and Computer Communications, Prentice Hall
Int. (10th Ed), 2013.

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Stallings, William, Wireless Communications and Networks (2nd

Edition), 2004, Prentice-Hall.
International edition
Tanenbaum, Andrew, Computer Networks (5th Edition), 2012.

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978-8131787571
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Diploma Database Systems

Primary Texts

Howe D. R., Data Analysis for Database Design, Butterworth

Heinemann (3rd Ed), 2001.

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978-0750650861

0071592555

978-0071592550

0273779281

978-0273779285

0071289593

978-0071289597

0471715360

978-0471715368

Other Texts

Groff & Weinberg, SQL: The Complete Reference, McGraw Hill

(Osbourne Media), 3rd Ed., 2009.
McFadden J.A., & Hoffer F.R., Modern Database Management,
Benjamin Cummins (11th Ed), 2012.
Korth, Silberschatz, Sudarshan, Database System Concepts, McGraw
Hill (6th Ed), 2010.
Watson, R.J., Data Management: Database & Organizations, Wiley (5th
Ed), 2005.

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Diploma Principles of Internet Technologies

Primary Texts
Presten Gralla and Michael Troller., How the Internet Works, 8th
Edition, (November 21, 2006), Publisher: Que,

Perry J. et al, The Internet Illustrated Introductory, Course

Technology (3rd Ed),

0789736268

978-0789736260

0619109580

Other Texts

Bates, C., Web Programming: Building Internet Applications, John Wiley

and Sons (3rd Ed), 2006.

Berners-Lee, T. et al, Weaving the Web, Harper Business, 2000.

Hofstetter, F.T., Internet Literacy, McGraw Hill (4th Ed), 2005

McGloughlin, S., Multimedia: Concepts and Practice, Prentice Hall,

2001.

Elisabeth Robson and Eric Freeman, Head First HTML and CSS (2nd Ed),
O'Reilly, 2012

Michael Morrison, Head First JavaScript, O'Reilly, 2007

Ethan Watrall and Jeff Siarto, Head First Web Design, O'Reilly, 2008

Anderson, P., Web 2.0 and Beyond: Principles and Technologies,

Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing, 2012

Niederst, J., Web Design in a Nutshell, OReilly (2nd Ed), 2001,

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Other Readings
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org

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Diploma IT Project Management

Primary Texts
Hughes, Bob and Cotterell, Mike, Rajib Mall Software Project
Management - Special Indian Edition
Hughes, Bob and Cotterell, Mike, Software Project Management,
McGraw-Hill (5th Ed) 2009. (For our candidates in SE Asia, there
is an Indian edition of this text (in English) as above. The
publisher is Tate McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
Hughes, Bob (Ed) et al, Project Management for IT Related Projects,
The British Computer Society, (2nd Edt) 2012.

Hughes, Bob and Cotterell, Mike, Software Project Management 4th

Edt Chinese Translation

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Diploma IT Service Management

Primary Texts

McNurlin, Sprague & Bui, Information Systems Management in

Practice, Prentice Hall (8th Ed), 2013.

1292023546

978-1292023540

Fidler C. & Rogerson S., Strategic Management Support Systems,

Financial Times Management, 1996.

0273614185

978-0273614180

1780171803

978-1780171807

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978-1906124755

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978-0580462627

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978-0750696005

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978-0321193681

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Other Reading

Bott M. F. et al, Professional Issues in Information Technology, The

British Computer Society, 2nd Edition, 2014.
Holt, J and Newton, J., A Managers Guide to IT Law, BCS, 2011.
BS ISO/IEC 17799 Information Technology, Security Techniques: Code
of Practice for Information Security Management, British Standards
Institute.
Carroll J.M., Computer Security, Butterworth-Heineman, 1996. (only
available to order via publisher and Amazon)

Diploma Object Oriented Programming

Primary Texts

Budd T., An Introduction to Object-oriented Programming, AddisonWesley (3rd Ed), 2001.

Fowler M., UML Distilled, Addison-Wesley (3rd Ed), 2003.

Link, Johannes, Unit Testing in Java: How Tests drive the Code, Morgan
Kaufman, 2003.
Shalloway A. and Trott J., Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective
on Object-oriented Design, Addison-Wesley (2nd Ed), 2004.

Other Texts
Barclay K and Savage J, Object-Oriented Design with UML and Java,
Elsevier, 2004

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Eckel B., Thinking in C++, Prentice Hall, 2004.

International edition:

Flanagan D., Java in a Nutshell, OReilly & Associates (5th Ed), 2005
Gamma et al, Design Patterns, Addison-Wesley, 1995
Grand M., Patterns in Java, John Wiley and Sons (2nd Ed), 2002.
Priestley M., Practical Object-Oriented Design with UML, McGraw-Hill
(2nd Ed), 2003.

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Diploma Software Engineering 1

Primary Texts

Pressman R.S. and Ince D., Software Engineering: A Practitioners

Approach, McGraw Hill (7th Ed), 2009/10.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering: International Version Edition 9,
Addison Wesley, 2010.

Other Texts
Fredrick P. Brooks, Jr., The Mythical Man-Month, Addison-Wesley, 1995
(paperback edition)
Humphrey W., A Discipline for Software Engineering. Addison Wesley,
1995.

Endres A. and Rombach, D., A Handbook of Software and Systems

Engineering. Pearson (Addison Wesley), 2003.

0321154207

978-0321154200

Conallen J., Building Web Applications With UML, Addison-Wesley, 2nd

Ed., 2002. (paperback)

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Gilb T ., Ev o lutio nary P ro ject M anagers Handboo k at

http://www.ida.liu.se/~TDDB02/pkval01vt/EvoBook.pdf

Kruchten P., 1995, Architectural Blueprints - the 4 +1 View M o

del o f Software Architecture, IEEE Software 12,6 (Nov 1995) pp4250 and http://www.rational.com/media/whitepapers/Pbk4p1.pdf

Kruchten P., 2002, A software development process for a team of one

at http://www.nada.kth.se/~karlm/light_sw_process.pdf

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Cross Reference Guide to Primary Texts

Section 1. Sommerville Chs 1-2, Pressman Ch 1
Section 2. Sommerville Chs 1-2
Section 3.Sommerville Ch12, Pressman Chs 8 and 12
Section 4. Sommerville Chs 19-20, Pressman Chs 17-21
Section 5. Sommerville Ch3, Pressman Chs 22-23
Section 6. Sommerville Ch3, Chs 22-24, Pressman Chs 2-4.
In addition, the Other Texts illuminate models, methods, and management of
diverse systems and show how they are powered by engineering-quality
software.

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Diploma Systems Analysis and Design

Primary Texts
Course providers and candidates are encouraged to read all four primary texts,
but certain key elements of each are particularly relevant to the syllabus and
are indicated below:
Bennett, S., McRobb, S., and Farmer, R. Object-oriented systems
analysis and design using UML, McGraw-Hill (4th edition), 2010, :
Chapters 3-7, 9, 13, 21 Sections 11.1-11.5, 16.1-16.3, 18.5
Avison, D. and Fitzgerald, G. Information systems development:
methodologies, techniques and tools, McGraw-Hill (4th edition), 2006,
Chapters 1-3, 6,7,11, 13, 22, 27, 28 Sections 5.6, Sections 12.1,
12.7,12.9, 21.1, 23.2, 23.3 Section 26.1
Maciaszek, L.A. Requirements analysis and systems design: developing
information systems with UML, Addison-Wesley (3rd edition) 2007
Chapters 2, 3, 4 and Sections 7.1 and 8.2.
Yeates, D (editor) Business Analysis, The British Computer Society
(2010), Chapters 1-6, 8-11, 12 (pages 177-191)

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PGD Advanced Database Management Systems

Primary Texts:
Date C. J., An Introduction to Database Systems, Addison-Wesley
Longman (8th Ed), 2003.
Catell, R.G.G., Barry, D.K., Berler, M., et al, The Object Data Standard:
ODMG 3.0, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.
Silberschatz A., Korth H., and Sudarshan S., Database System Concepts,
McGraw-Hill (6th Ed), 2010.
Charles F. Goldfarb, Paul Prescod, The XML Handbook, Prentice Hall,
(5th ed), 2004.
Other Reading:
Melton, J., & Simon A., SQL 1999, Understanding Relational Language
Components, Morgan-Kaufmann, 2003.

Melton J., Advanced SQL: 2001 1999, Understanding Object relational

and other Advanced Features, Morgan- Kaufmann, 2003.

The World Wide Web Consortium W3C recommendations,

www.w3c.org

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PGD Computer Services Management

Primary Texts:
McNurlin, Sprague & Bui, Information Systems Management in
Practice, Prentice Hall (8th Ed), 2013.
Other Reading:
Bott M. F. et al, Professional Issues in Information Technology, The
British Computer Society, 2nd Edition, 2014.
Fidler C. & Rogerson S., Strategic Management Support Systems,
Financial Times Management, 1996.
BSI Code of Practice for Information, British Standards Institute, 1998.
Carroll J.M., Computer Security, Butterworth-Heineman, 1996. (only
available to order via publisher and Amazon)
Central Computer & Telecommunications Agency (CCTA), IT
Infrastructure Library, The Business Perspective on your IT
Infrastructure: Understanding and Improving, 1996, HMSO.
This book contains some good examples of best practice and is used
by many suppliers, including major companies outside the UK. This is
only intended to be consulted for reference in a library.

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PGD Knowledge Based Systems

Primary Text
Peter Jackson, Introduction to Expert Systems, Addison-Wesley (3rd
Ed), 1998.
Other Texts
Goldberg D. E., Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimisation and
Machine Learning, Addison-Wesley, 1989.
Michalski, Bratko, Kubat, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Wiley
(3rd Ed), 1999.
This publication is not only about Knowledge based Systems but also
about data mining.
A Bradford, Knowledge Engineering and Management: The Common
KADS Methodology, 2000. MIT Press
Expert Systems: Principles and Programming (Hardcover) Publisher:
Course Technology; 4Rev Ed edition (15 Oct 2004).

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PGD Management Information Systems

Primary texts
Kenneth C. Laudon & Jane P. Laudon, Essentials of Management
Information Systems, Tenth Edition, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2012.
Other texts
Terry Lucey, Management Information Systems, Ninth Edition, 2005,
Thompson.
McNurlin, Sprague & Bui, Information Systems Management in
Practice, Prentice Hall (8th Ed), 2013.
Efraim Turban, Jay Aronson & Tin-Peng Liang, Decision Support Systems
and Intelligent Systems, Ninth International Edition, Pearson PrenticeHall, 2010.
Effy Oz, Management Information Systems, Fourth International
Student Edition, Thomson, 6th Edition, 2008.
Fidler C. & Rogerson S., Strategic Management Support Systems,
Financial Times Management, 1996.

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978-0132668552

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978-1844801268

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978-1292023540

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978-0136107293

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978-1423901785

0273614185

978-0273614180

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978-1555581848

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978-0684868356

PGD Network Information Systems

Primary Texts
The range of titles available in this field is very wide, and it is important to note
that the books listed here are only examples. These titles have been chosen
because they:
o Cover one or more areas of the syllabus
o Are currently available in the UK SECTION 4
o Have been published or revised recently
Chaffey D., Groupware, Workflow and Intranets: Reengineering the
Enterprise with Collaborative Software, Digital Press, 1998.
Collins T. & Bicknell D., Crash: Learning from the Worst Computer
Disasters, Simon and Schuster, 2000.

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Coulouris G., Dollimore, J., Kindberg T. and Blair G. Distributed Systems,

Addison-Wesley (5th Ed), 2011.
Garfinkel, A., Spafford, G, Schwartz, A. Practical UNIX & Internet
Security, OReilly & Associates, 2003
Robson W., Strategic Management & Information Systems, Pitman (2nd
Ed),1997.
Stallings W. & Case T., Business Data Communications - Infrastructure,
Networking and Security, Prentice Hall (7th Ed), 2012.

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Other Reading
Secure Computing, ISSN: 13524097. Available on-line at
www.scmagazine.com

PGD Programming Paradigms

Primary Texts
Any one of the following four texts will provide adequate coverage of most of
the syllabus, although they do not cover concurrency and distribution, and the
coverage of scripting languages and event-driven programming is very limited.

Clark R. G., Comparative Programming Languages, Addison-Wesley (3rd

Ed.), 2000.
Mitchell, John C., Concepts in Programming Languages, Cambridge
University Press, 2002.
Sebesta, R. W., Concepts of Programming Languages, Addison-Wesley
(10th Ed.), 2012.
Tucker A. and Noonan R, Programming Languages: Principles and
Paradigms, McGraw Hill, 2006.
The book by Mitchell is available free of charge to members of the BCS via the
Books 247 service, which can be accessed through the members secure area
of the BCS web site.

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Scripting languages and event-driven programming are covered by:

Barron D. W., The World of Scripting Languages, Wiley, 2000.

The following book covers concurrency and distribution (in much greater
detail than is required for this module).
Harris, T. and Bacon J., Operating Systems: Concurrent and Distributed
Software Design, Addison-Wesley, 2003.

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PGD Software Engineering 2

Primary Texts
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering: International Version Edition 9,
Addison Wesley, 2010.
Roger S. Pressman, Software Engineering: A Practitioners Approach,
McGraw-Hill, 7th Edition, 2009.
Other texts
Fredrick P. Brooks, Jr., The Mythical Man-Month, Addison-Wesley, 1995
(paperback edition)
Endres A. and Rombach, D., A Handbook of Software and Systems
Engineering. Pearson (Addison Wesley), 2003.
Norman Fenton and Shari Pfleeger, Software metrics (2nd ed.): a
rigorous and practical approach, PWS Publishing, 1997.

Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnsonand John Vlissides, Design

Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, 1994.
Joshua Kerievsky, Refactoring to Patterns, Addison Wesley, 2004.
Rini Van Solingen and Egon Berghout, The Goal/Question/Metric
Method, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Jeffrey S.Poulin, Measuring Software Reuse: Principles, Practices, and
Economic Models, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1997.
Watts Humphrey, Managing the Software Process (SEI), AddisonWesley, 1989.

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Watts Humphrey, A discipline for Software Engineering (SEI), AddisonWesley, 1995.

Diomidis Spinellis, Code Quality: the Open Source Perspective, AddisonWesley, 2006.
Kent Beck, Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change,
Addison-Wesley, 2nd Edition, 2004.
Alistair Cockburn, Agile Software Development, Addison-Wesley, 2nd
Edition, 2006.
Len Bass, Paul Clements, Rick Kazman, Software Architecture in
Practice (SEI), Addison-Wesley, 3rd Edition, 2012.
Hull M. E. C., Jackson K., Dick A. J. J., Requirements Engineering, 3rd
edition, Springer, 2010.
James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, Grady Booch, The Unified Modeling
Language Reference Manual, Addison-Wesley, 2nd Edition, 2004.
Mens, Tom; Demeyer, Serge (Eds.), Software Evolution, SpringerVerlag, 2008.

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PGD Systems Design Methods

Primary Texts
Most system design methods consist of a life cycle model together with a set of
techniques and notations, supported by a set of software tools. There is a wide
range of books on software engineering that cover these topics among others,
although they give little detail about specific methods. The following are
examples of such books, which can be recommended for this option; there are,
however, many others:
Avison D. Fitzgerald G., Information Systems Development:
Methodologies, Techniques & Tools, McGraw-Hill (4th Ed), 2006.
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering: International Version Edition 9,
Addison Wesley, 2010.
Pressman R.S. and Ince D., Software Engineering: A Practitioners
Approach, McGraw Hill (7th Ed), 2009/10.

Watts Humphrey, Managing the Software Process (SEI), AddisonWesley, 1989.

This book is particularly valuable for its explanation of how statistical
process control can be used to improve system design methods.

Other Reading
Budgen D., Software Design, Addison-Wesley (3rd Ed), 2003.

Jackson M., Problems, Methods and Specialisation Software

Engineering Journal, Vol. 9, No 6., 1994

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depth than the texts cited above.

Kitchenham B.A., Linkman S.G. and Law, D.T. Critical Review of

Quantitative Assessment Software Engineering Journal, Vol. 9, No 2.,
1994
Kitchenham B.A., Pickard L. and Pfleeger S.L., Case Studies for Method
and Tool Evaluation, IEEE Software, July, 1995
These articles describe techniques that have been used for carrying out
quantitative assessments of the benefits of system design methods.

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PGD Realising the User Interface

Primary Texts

D Benyon, Designing Interactive Systems: A Comprehensive Guide to

HCI and Interaction Design, 2nd Edition (2010), Publisher: Addison
Wesley.
Other Texts
H Sharp, Y Rogers and J Preece, Interaction Design:Beyond HumanComputer Interaction, 3rd Edition (2011), Publisher: John Wiley (pbk.)
M Jones and G Marsden, Mobile Interaction Design (2006), Publisher:
John Wiley, (pbk.)
B. Shneiderman and C. Plaisant, Designing the User Interface :
Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 5th ed.
"International ed." (2005), Publisher: Pearson View, (pbk.)

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Other Sources
Mads Soegaard (2011). Interaction-Design.org. Retrieved Jan 27,
2011 from Interaction-Design.org
Jakob Neilsen (2011). Useit.com. Retrieved Jan 27, 2011 from
Useit.com
British Interaction Specialist Group (2011). Resource
OPSI (2011). Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved Jan 27, 2011
from bcs-hci.org.uk
W3C (2011). Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Retrieved Jan 27, 2011 from
www.w3.org/WAI/

PGD Web Engineering

Primary Texts
Bates, C., Web Programming: Building Internet Applications, John Wiley
& Sons Inc (3rd Ed), 2006.
Garfinkel, S., Spafford, G., Web Security, Privacy & Commerce, OReilly
UK (2nd Ed), 2001.
Ullman, L., PHP for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, (4th
Ed), 2011.
Other Texts
Schneier, B., Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source
Code in C, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2nd Ed., 1995.
Schneier, B., Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World,
John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2004.

Dana Moore et al, Professional Rich Internet Applications: AJAX and

Beyond, Wrox (Wiley), 2007

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Other Readings:
W3C Web Accessibility Iniiative http://www.w3org/WAI
W3C Extensible Markup Language http://www.w3.org/XML
W3C Platform for Internet Contenct Selection http://www.w3.org/PICS
PHP: ypertext Preprocessor http://www/php.net
W3schools Javascript Tutorial http://www/w3schools.com/is/

PGD IT and the Environment

Reading List:
There are, as yet, no texts that cover the syllabus of this module in its entirety.
However, the following book, published by the BCS, addresses concisely and
comprehensively the environmental effects of IT systems, the way these can be
alleviated and the IT professionals responsibilities in this direction. It does not,
however, address the complementary topic of ITs role in monitoring and
alleviating the environmental effects of other activities.
Mark G. ONeill. Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice. British
Computer Society. pp. xi + 144. (2010).
Candidates are likely to find that regular reading of a serious news magazine or
newspaper will provide suitable coverage of the legislative and political issues
mentioned in section 1 of the syllabus. The Economist or The Guardian (see
below for web sites) have good coverage but so do many others.

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The following is a list of research papers, reports and books that address a
broad range of topics relevant to this module. Many of them are readily
available on-line, at least in part, and most of them have extensive
bibliographies that will allow students to pursue the topics in greater depth
should they so wish. Candidates are NOT expected to have read all the items in
the list.
Barroso, L. A. & Hlzle, U. The Case for Energy-Proportional Computing.
IEEE Computer 40, pp 3337. (2007)

Paul Edwards. A Vast Machine: Computer Models, ClimateData, and the

Politics of Global Warming. MIT Press. pp 528. (2010).

This is a well written book in a fairly popular style that covers the material in
section 1 and parts of section 2 of the syllabus. At 528 pages, the book contains
far more material than candidates for this module need to know but a couple of
afternoons spent browsing through the book in a library will be afternoons well
spent.
Andy Hopper and Andrew Rice. Computing for the Future of the
Planet. Philosophical Transactions of the RoyalSociety, A
366(1881):36853697, 2008.
This paper was an important influence in drawing up this syllabus. Its text can
be found on Andy Hoppers web site:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/~ah12/
Ruediger Kuehr and Eric Williams (eds). Computers and
theEnvironment: Understanding and Managing Their Impacts. Kluwer
Academic Publishers. pp 300. (2003).
Despite its title, the coverage of this book is limited. The manufacture of
personal computers, their energy usage and their disposal is covered by a
number of the contributors but wider issues are ignored. Covers section 4 of
the syllabus and much of section 3.
Mats Larsson. Global Energy Transformation: four necessary steps to
make clean energy the next success story. Palgrave Macmillan, pp 320.
(2009).

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This is a book about change management that treats the energy crisis as
creating the need for change, but tries to explain why change is necessary and
uses a lot of IT-based ideas as potential solutions.
Molly Macauley, Karen Palmer, and Jhih-Shyang Shih. Dealing with
electronic waste: modelling the costs and environmental benefits of
computer monitor disposal. Journal of Environmental Management 68,
pp 1322. (2003)
P. Meyer. Greening IEEE. IEEE Technology and SocietyMagazine, Fall
2009 issue, pp. 64-72.
An overview of the work of IEEE in the sustainability field, with a good
collection of references.
Mark G. ONeill. Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice. British
Computer Society. pp. xi + 144. (2010).
Reichart, I., Hischier, R. The Environmental Impact of Getting the News:
A Comparison of On-Line, Television, and Newspaper Information
Delivery. Journal of IndustrialEcology 6, pp185200. (2002)

Jensen, John R. Remote Sensing of the Environment: AnEarth Resource

Perspective. Second edition. Prentice Hall. pp 608. (2006)

This book is written at an appropriate level but the coverage is very much wider
than is required for this module. Covers section 2 of the syllabus.
Sarah Sorensen. The Sustainable Network. OReilly Media. pp 368.
(2009).
A mix of sustainability via technology (the net), energy measurement / carbon
foot printing, social networking and security. The first 150 pages are particularly
relevant to section 5 of the syllabus but also to sections 3 and 4.
Lan Yi and Hywel R. Thomas. A review of research on the
environmental impact of e-business and ICT. EnvironmentInternational,
33(6), pp 841-849. (2007)

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While web sites have to be treated with caution material found on them may
be biased, ephemeral, or plain wrong, they are also a source of much valuable
information. The sites discussed below are, however, of a high standard and
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The Guardian has a section of its web site dedicated to environmental affairs;
its address is http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment. The Economists on-line
coverage can be found on its science and technology pages at
http://www.economist.com/science-technology.
The site http://www.susteit.org.uk/ is a legacy site containing material
produced as part of a strategic review of green IT in higher and further
education in the UK during 2008/9. While it is specific to this environment, it
contains reports and detailed case studies, the conclusions of which are more
generally applicable and, in any case, the environment will be familiar to many
candidates for this module. It is also worth noting that constraints of
commercial confidentiality are less inhibiting in this environment than in many
others.
The Natural Edge Project (TNEP) is a collaborative partnership for research,
education, and policy development on innovation for sustainable development,
supported by HP. Its web site http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/ contains
much valuable material and, in particular, the page
http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/SustainableIT.aspx contains the text of a
series of lectures on sustainable IT, particularly relevant to section 4 of the
syllabus.
The connected urban development programme, supported by Cisco, is
concerned with how to reduce carbon emissions by introducing fundamental
improvements in the efficiency of urban infrastructure through information and
communications technology. Its web site:
http://www.connectedurbandevelopment.org/role_of_ict contains many
articles relevant particularly to sections 5 and 6 of the syllabus.

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