Curriculum

Faculties and the Level 1–3 pathway.

Maicourses is organised as faculties, not a list of unrelated courses. Each faculty runs a three-level pathway: Foundation, Practitioner, Advanced. You can enter at the level that matches your experience and progress with a clear destination.

How the pathway works

1

Level 1Foundation

Open entry. Builds the vocabulary, concepts and working habits of the discipline.

2

Level 2Practitioner

Applied design and delivery work, assessed through briefs modelled on real decisions.

3

Level 3Advanced

Leadership-level judgement, governance and a capstone that must be defended.

The faculties

Faculty

Faculty of Fintech & Financial Innovation

Payments, open banking and digital assets, taught as a practitioner discipline.

A structured pathway through modern financial technology: payment rails, open banking, embedded finance, digital assets and tokenisation.

Focus areas

  • Payment rails and settlement
  • Open banking and APIs
  • Embedded finance and wallets
  • Digital assets, stablecoins and tokenisation

Where it leads

  • Fintech product analyst
  • Payments operations specialist
  • Open banking implementation consultant
  • Digital assets analyst
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Faculty

Faculty of RegTech, Risk & Financial Crime

Compliance built as engineering, not paperwork.

Anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud, reporting technology and model risk, taught with real control design.

Focus areas

  • AML and customer due diligence
  • Sanctions and screening
  • Fraud detection and typologies
  • Regulatory reporting and digital records

Where it leads

  • Financial crime analyst
  • RegTech implementation analyst
  • Compliance technology officer
  • Risk and controls associate
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Faculty

Faculty of Business, Strategy & MBA Pathways

Corporate strategy, deals and leadership for technology-led organisations.

Strategy, finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and leadership, structured as an MBA-style progression.

Focus areas

  • Strategy and commercial analysis
  • Corporate finance and valuation
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Joint ventures and partnerships

Where it leads

  • Strategy analyst
  • Corporate development associate
  • Business partnerships manager
  • Programme and operations lead
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Faculty

Faculty of Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

From data foundations to deployed, governed AI systems.

Applied machine learning, analytics, generative AI and responsible model governance.

Focus areas

  • Data preparation and quality
  • Analytics and business intelligence
  • Machine learning and evaluation
  • Generative AI and prompt engineering

Where it leads

  • Data analyst
  • Machine learning practitioner
  • AI product analyst
  • Business intelligence developer
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Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Cloud & Engineering

The engineering backbone: cloud, automation and reliable delivery.

Cloud architecture, cloud-native engineering, DevOps, automation and platform reliability.

Focus areas

  • Computing and networking foundations
  • Cloud architecture
  • Containers and cloud-native delivery
  • Infrastructure as code and CI/CD

Where it leads

  • Cloud engineer
  • Platform engineer
  • DevOps practitioner
  • Site reliability associate
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Faculty

Faculty of Cyber Security & Digital Resilience

Defend real systems, and prove you can when it counts.

Threat modelling, identity, secure development, cloud controls, incident response and resilience.

Focus areas

  • Threat modelling
  • Identity and access management
  • Secure development
  • Cloud security controls

Where it leads

  • Security analyst
  • GRC analyst
  • Incident response associate
  • Security engineer
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Faculty

Life Skills & Languages

Everyday learning that changes what you can do next.

Practical English, test preparation and life skills study support for adults, families and newcomers.

Focus areas

  • English for work and study
  • Test preparation practice
  • Citizenship and settlement study
  • Road rules and hazard awareness

Where it leads

  • Stronger written and spoken English
  • Confidence sitting practice tests
  • Everyday digital and financial confidence
  • Better support for children at home
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Faculty

Science & Applied Research

Evidence, method and the habit of testing what you are told.

Original science study covering scientific method, human biology and health, and environmental science, taught for understanding rather than memorisation.

Focus areas

  • Scientific method and experimental design
  • Data, statistics and uncertainty
  • Human biology and health science
  • Chemistry and materials in everyday life

Where it leads

  • Confidence returning to formal science study
  • Stronger support for school and college science
  • Foundations for health, laboratory and research roles
  • Ability to read and judge scientific claims
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