Reasons to choose this course
- Research-led and market driven course curriculum
- Excellent career opportunities in this growing industry
- Students will partake in a work placement as part of the programme
What is the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Information Technology about?
The course embraces a wide range of information technology areas combined with modules in education and work-based training. It provides the graduate with a solid grounding in the skills and competencies necessary to work as IT trainers in both the commercial/industrial training sector and the adult and further education sector. This programme shares a common first year with all students on the BSc in Computing programmes.
Graduates of the level 8 honours degree programme will develop a range of skills which exhibit independent learning and research ability including software project management, coaching and mentoring and curriculum development. There is also a work placement module in semester 8.
How is the course delivered?
The course consists of a combination of lectures, practicals, tutorials, projects, seminars, presentations and speakers from industry. Work experience now forms an integral part of all of our honours degree programmes, providing a valuable opportunity for our students to apply their learning in a real-world environment while still benefiting from the experienced supervision of our dedicated staff. The final year of the level 8 programme relates more to the emerging technologies relevant to Information Technology, it also involves the preparation for work placement, work placement itself, and a research project.
What facilities are available?
Students have access to state-of-the-art computer laboratories including specialist labs for mobile communications, multimedia, games development, network administration, computer architecture and software development. The Institute has a purpose built digital editing suite which allow students to edit video and sound files they have created in their project work. All computing students have access to e-learning systems (WebCT). The Computing Department at the institute leads the Higher Education sector in Ireland in the use of e-learning in its courses.
What are my career opportunities?
Roles graduates can undertake include:
• Training specialists in the fields of networking, databases, web design and multimedia
• Adult and further education (IT) specialist
• Instructional Design, Content authoring, courseware developer
• Technical writing
• Applications development
• Web design, web development, internet development
• Multimedia design and development
• Network administration and management
• Database administration and management
• Technical support (Networks, Database Admin, Helpdesk, etc)