Course details
This MSc programme will provide you with the skills required to understand the entrepreneurship and innovation required for the software industry. Many national and multinational companies employ computer science graduates in areas such as software development and engineering, artificial intelligence, systems and networks, database and systems security as well as mobile multimedia, modelling, research and development. You will also get the chance to demonstrate the skills you have learned by completing a substantial research and development project.
NFQ Level 9, Major Award
The MSc is a full-time taught Master's Degree programme running for 12 months from the date of first registration for the programme. Students take taught modules in Semesters 1 and 2, followed by a research/development project from May to September
The Masters Degree consists of 90 credits: taught modules to the value of 60 credits and a research/development project to the value of 30 credits. The taught modules comprise core modules to the value of 30 credits and elective modules to the value of 30 credits. Students are required to seek approval of the Head of Department for their choice of elective modules, following consultation with the programme coordinator. Not all elective modules will be offered each year.
Students must choose modules as follows: core modules to the value of 30 credits, plus elective modules to the value of 15 credits chosen from Group I and elective modules to the value of 15 credits chosen from Group II, plus the Research/Development Project (30 credits). Students will have completed all taught modules and related examining prior to commencing the Research/Development Project.
Core Modules
- CS6403 Case Studies in Computing Entrepreneurship (5 credits)
- CS6406 Large-Scale Application Development and Integration 1 (5 credits)
- CS6407 Large-Scale Application Development and Integration 2 (5 credits)
- CS6408 Database Technology (5 credits)
- CS6409 Information Storage and Retrieval (5 credits)
- CS6410 Project Development Skills (5 credits)
- CS6400 Dissertation in Computing Science (30 credits)
Elective Modules Group I
- CS6311 Mobile Network Protocols (5 credits)
- CS6312 Mobile Devices and Systems (5 credits)
- CS6314 Mobile Applications Design (5 credits)
- CS6320 Formal Methods for Distributed Systems (5 credits)
- CS6321 Model-Based Software Development (5 credits)
- CS6322 Optimisation (5 credits)
- CS6402 Virtualisation Technologies (5 credits)
Elective Modules Group II
- CS6313 Services and Mobile Middleware (5 credits)
- CS6315 Mobile Systems Security (5 credits)
- CS6316 Cellular Network Services (5 credits)
- CS6317 Multimedia Technology in Mobile Networks (5 credits)
- CS6323 Analysis of Networks and Complex Systems (5 credits)
- CS6325 Network Security (5 credits)
- CS6405 Datamining (5 credits)
- Course Practicalities
A typical five credit module includes:
- two lecture hours
one to two hours of practicals per week
outside these regular hours, you are required to study independently by reading and by working in the laboratories
Detailed Entry Requirements
Candidates must normally have obtained at least a Second Class Honours degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related discipline. Candidates who have obtained at least a First Class Honours in a Higher Diploma conversion course, such as the Higher Diploma in Applied Computing Technology offered at UCC will be considered. Applications from other suitably qualified candidates, or from those with equivalent technical experience/qualifications, will be considered.
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About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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