Course details

This course is designed to give par­tic­i­pants the core skills requiredin the com­puter sci­ence indus­try and to pre­pare stu­dents for careers demand­ing spe­cial­ist knowl­edge of pro­gram­ming, net­work­ing imple­men­ta­tion and web technology.

Course Con­tent:

  • Com­puter Sys­tems Hardware
  • Net­work­ing Essentials
  • Oper­at­ing Systems
  • Com­pu­ta­tional Meth­ods or Mathematics
  • ICT Secu­rity
  • Pro­gramme Plan­ning and Design Principles
  • Vir­tu­al­i­sa­tion Sup­port
  • Com­mu­ni­ca­tions
  • Work Prepa­ra­tion and Experience

Entry Require­ments:

Appli­ca­tions are invited from those who have com­pleted a Leav­ing Cer­tifi­cate with 5 passes or equiv­a­lent. Mature stu­dents and recent school leavers with­out for­mal qual­i­fi­ca­tions are also invited to apply. All appli­cants will be interviewed.

Pro­gres­sion and Career Options:

This is a new course which pre­pares stu­dents for careers in Net­work­ing and Infor­ma­tion Tech­nolo­gies. Stu­dents may also progress to related courses at Third level.

Updated on 08 November, 2015
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