INSTITIÚID TEICNEOLAÍOCHTA, SLIGEACH
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SLIGO
School of Business and Humanities
BACHELOR of SCIENCE
in
COMPUTING
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On completion of this course, the successful student:
The entry is based on a student holding a National Diploma in Computing passed at Merit level or better, or an equivalent qualification.
Places are not guaranteed and are subject to availability and demand.
These are similar to those of the Certificate and Dipolma but the Degree qualification, particularly with its emphasis on advanced theory and practical development work, should make job procurement at a higher level easier and enhance career development opportunities. Job titles include:
This is a one year add on degree programme for students who have obtained at least a Merit grade in the National Diploma in Computing. A programme of bridging studies of three weeks duration must be completed prior to commencement of the degree which will cover the subject areas of mathematics, cognitive psychology and graphics.
The subjects offered are all mandatory
Bridging Studies:
Three short modules will be offered to students who hold a National Diploma in Computing to provide bridging into the BSc course. These modules are:
They will all be of 30 hours duration and examined by continuous assessment only.
Course Modules
| Subject | Duration | Status | Content |
| Artificial Intelligence | 100 hours | M | Overview of AI, game playing and it’s effect on AI, knowledge representation, manipulation of knowledge, natural language parsing, expert systems, prolog programming |
| Client Server Technology | 100 Hours | M | Client server technology overview, role of the operating system, operating systems technical features, transaction processing, distributed objects, Internet client server, distributed systems management. |
| Human Computer Interaction | 100 Hours | M | Human virtual machine, principles, guidelines, standards and rules for iser interface design, input/output for user interfaces, interaction styles, design processes and representations, design evaluation, HCI application for groupware, CSCW and hypertext |
| Information Technology Marketing | 100 Hours | M | The marketing function, the role of the consumer, identification of target markets, product development, selling, promotional management, customer service, strategic issues of services marketing, tools for services marketing, challenges for services marketing, strategic Internet marketing |
| Information Technology Management | 100 Hours | M | Management in the information age; IT and strategic management; information resource management; risk management; computer environment controls; management of end-user computing and the IT workforce, IT trends. |
| Project | 150 hours | M | Problem identification, Systems Analysis and Design, implementation, testing and documentation of a "live" application. |
The course fees vary from year to year but as a guideline they are likely to be in the region of £1000. EU students studying this course for the first time are exempt from fees. Local Authority and VEC grants are available for this course subject to the usual regulations and means test.
All applications for this Degree programme are through the College Admissions Department. The deadline is April 1st of the year in which you are seeking admission. For overseas students the deadline is December of the year prior to that of admission.
Application forms are available from:
Admissions Office
Institute of Technology, Ballinode, Sligo.
Telephone 071-55222, Fax: 071-44096