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Engineering, Mathematics and Science
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Why choose the Trinity College
School of Business?
See page 40
Further information
Course website:
www.scss.tcd.ie/courses/bacsb
School websites:
www.tcd.ie/business
or
www.scss.tcd.ie
E-mail:
computerscience-business@tcd.ie
Computer science
and language
COURSE CODE:
PLACES 2011:
POINTS 2010:
TR039
This course replaces
Computer science, linguistics
and a language (CSLL):
TR010 (German), TR011
(French), and TR013 (Irish)
15
TR010 (485), TR011 (430),
TR013 (525)
DEGREE AWARDED:
B.A. (Moderatorship)
Special Entry Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
HC3
Mathematics
HC1
If presenting
French or German
HB3
If presenting Irish
Advanced GCE (A-Level)
Grade C Mathematics
Grade C If presenting
French or German
Grade B If presenting Irish
Students choose one language from French, German and
Irish. Students must present one of the above grades in
their chosen language.
See also:
TR032: Computer engineering, page 131;
Electronic and computer engineering, page 133
TR033: Computer science, page 119
TR034: MSISS, page 124
TR082: Computer science and business, page 120
What is CSL?
The CSL degree course is one of the most interdisciplinary
offered by the University, bridging both science and arts, and its
different strands foster a wide range of talents, from practical,
problem-solving in computer science, to more analytical skills
in understanding novel concepts in linguistics, to fluency and
cultural awareness in the language component. In computer
science, students learn the underlying fundamentals of computer
software and computer-related mathematics. Advanced areas
of study include software engineering and artificial intelligence.
Linguistics is the scientific study of languages in general. This
cognitive science explores the internal properties of languages
(constraints on syntax, semantics and sound patterns), the
process of human language acquisition, and sociological
factors that impinge on language use and languages in contact.
The chosen language (French, German or Irish) is studied to
degree level, with emphasis on aural, oral and written fluency.
Computational linguistics is a discipline that unites the three
strands of this course. Students choose their year abroad, as
well as third and fourth year projects and options to allow them
to shape their major focus within one of the three strands of the
degree, or within computational linguistics.