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You will spend the second half of this fourth year working with an
academic supervisor on a substantial project in an area of your
choice.
If you decide to study for the Master in Computer Science
degree over five years, you also choose from the range of
advanced subjects listed above. The second half of your fourth
year will be spent working on
internship either in Ireland or
abroad.
Here you will have opportunities to work on live projects
putting into practice the knowledge and skills that you have
developed during your studies. Internships are offered by:
Cisco, DemonWare, Microsoft, MasterCard, Murex,
Susquehanna International Group, Arris, Intel, Creme,
CNGL, Empower, Accenture, Deloitte, Google, NewBay, First
Derivatives, Curam, Havok, Vigill, IBM, Bloomberg, Symantec,
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Ezetop, Ericsson, Glanta Ltd,
and SAP.
In your fifth and final year, as well as continuing to study
advanced subjects, you will spend the second half of the year
working with an academic supervisor on
a substantial research
dissertation
in an area of your choice.
On successful completion of the five years, both a B.A.
Moderatorship and Master in Computer Science will be awarded.
Study abroad
You may apply to spend your third year studying at a university
abroad as part of the Erasmus exchange programme.
Career opportunities
Graduates from this programme are highly sought after and can
expect to find employment anywhere in the world. Nine of the
top ten ICT companies are located in Ireland and find it difficult
to source enough graduates who are highly skilled in this field.
Each year
leading employers in the sector attend a special
recruitment fair held at the School of Computer Science
and Statistics
which affords students an opportunity to chat
informally regarding their career opportunities.
Graduates find employment in almost any sector from
communications and entertainment to manufacturing and
transportation, government, healthcare, education and
many more. Positions can be found within: design, testing,
manufacturing, support and implementation, information
systems, research and development, operations and
management. Many graduates hold senior positions such
as CTO and CIO. Others pursue careers in research to PhD
and beyond. The School is proud of the entrepreneurial and
academic success of its graduates.
Further information
E-mail:
Tel: +353 1 896 1765
Computer science
and business
COURSE CODES:
PLACES 2012:
POINTS 2011:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR082
30
420
B.A. Moderatorship
in Computer science
and business
Special Entry Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
HC3/OA2 Mathematics
Advanced GCE (A-Level)
Grade C Mathematics
OR
GCSE
Grade A Mathematics
See also:
TR017: Law and business, page 92
TR033: Computer science, page 117
TR034: MSISS, page 124
TR039: Computer science and language, page 120
TR081: BESS, page 37
TR085, TR086, TR087, TR089, TR090: Business studies
and a language, page 41
Course overview
This joint degree programme aims to provide graduates with
the knowledge and expertise needed to work in the technical
field of computer science along with the business management
skills required to understand the fundamentals of markets,
organisations and business management. The course, which is
of four years duration, prepares students for challenging careers
in computer science and/or business, as well as positioning them
for postgraduate study and research in either of these fields.
Over the four years students engage with a range of computer
science subjects and a range of business subjects. In order to
obtain an adequate grounding in each discipline, students will
be required to complete certain mandatory subjects, largely
taught in the Freshman (first two) years. The Sophister (third
and fourth) years will allow students to choose among various
options in computer science and business, although there will
still be a minimum requirement for study in each discipline. The
organisers will structure the programme, insofar as practicable,
in a way that allows students to fulfil some of the requirements
for professional accreditation – for example, such as those that
exist in accountancy and computer engineering. However, it is
expected that further training or examinations will be required to
achieve full accreditation.
From a computer science perspective, at the end of the course
graduates will be able to design, implement/engineer and
evaluate computer-based systems, processes and programs/
applications to meet desired objectives and specifications. From
a business perspective, at the end of the course graduates will
be able to analyse and solve a variety of problems in the private
and public sector from a multi-disciplinary knowledge basis of
theories in business. Overall at the end of the course graduates
