Bachelor of Science Software Development CW207

What is the Course about?

Software development is the creation and maintenance of software products. These products range from mobile phone apps to highly complex software control systems such as those found in self driving cars. In the broad sense, it includes everything from initial concept identification and design through to the final production of software. It can include identification of required software, analysis of software requirements, system design, programming, testing and maintenance.

Course Structure

This course equips students with the range of skills required to become competent software developers. Students follow our new ‘learning-by-doing’ model in first year with continuous assessment replacing final exams. Modules for the first three years include a broad range of subjects and an industry work placement. Year 4 concentrates on state-of-the-art, high-level software development topics such as: secure app development, data science, distributed systems and an extensive project.

Is this course for you?

Always on the cutting edge and working with the new ideas and technology, software developers enjoy working in diverse teams and solving novel problems with practical solutions. If you have an open, logical and inquiring mind then software development may be the profession for you.

Special Features:

• Dedicated software development laboratory for 3rd and 4th year students sponsored by UNUM.
• Active participation by students in national and international competitions. Institute of Technology Carlow Software Development students were recently awarded 2nd place in FIWARE ‘Smart Society’ competition in Seville, winning €40,000 in prize money for their ‘My people Care’ project.
• Institute of Technology Carlow maintains widespread collaborations with international third-level institution computing departments and has active research links with the Netherlands, France, China, Norway, Hungary and the UK.
• Collaboration with industry leader Intel has resulted in its sponsorship of the Galileo development board and Quark chip at the Institute and this leading edge technology is now central to several undergraduate and graduate research projects at Institute of Technology Carlow.
• Exit Awards: Higher Certificate in Computing (NFQ Level 6) after Year 2.

What follow-on study opportunities are available?

Graduates will also be eligible to proceed to the BSc (Honours) in Software Development at Institute of Technology Carlow.

What exemptions will I receive?

Notes

What will I be able to do when I finish the course?

Ireland is a large global player in the software development and software engineering industry with significant employment opportunities for graduates at home and abroad. Graduates of this course are working with companies such as UNUM, IBM, Microsoft, HP, AOL, DoneDeal, Symantec and Intel.

What are the minimum entry requirements?

Leaving Certificate:

• 5O6/H7

Subjects required:

• English or Irish O6/H7
• Mathematics O6/H7

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