Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing Information Technology Management

Mikebyrne

I'm thinking about doing this course next term. Has anyone done this before or no what the content is ie Project etc

Any course documents would be great!

Hank Scorpio

im doing IT SUPPORT ( ITS1 ) in itcarlow

its basically 2 years , 6 months in carlow, then 6 months work experience, then another 6 months of classes in carlow

im up in a very successful company in dublin on my work experience and its very enjoyable.. dont no if your course is the same/similar to this one, but overall i found carlow a very nice place to study.

Mikebyrne

Yeah I did that course for 1st and 2nd year and went into the Degree. I was just looking for info on the 4th year

Hank Scorpio

nice im thinking of doing the same

hope u didnt have eamon cass in 3rd year?!? :P

Mikebyrne

Ah I can't complain about Eamon he was good for me this year. Gave my CA's great marks!

If you hear of anyone wanting to get rid of the 4th Year notes let me know

Hank Scorpio

will do

Mikebyrne

If your going into 3rd yr CSM give me a shout as I've a box of notes you can have

wheres me jumpa

nuxxx wrote: »

hope u didnt have eamon cass in 3rd year?!? :P

mmm id be careful dropping names on here.

I graduated from this course two years back. The big advantage of it is the 6 month work placement, it will really stand to you after graduation. The first half of the course has some good database and linux classes. The second half is pretty much all theory/research. There is a strong business/management influence on the second half.

Two complaints I would have is that we were missing a lecturer for one of our subjects for most of the second half of the course. This is common in Carlow, i.e. classes do not have lecturers assigned to them for the start of the year.

Secondly, the course is a bit general/broad. When you graduate you may find yourself wondering what exactly you are qualified to do. The majority of people from my year ended up in support positions. Many of them ended up in non IT positions. e.g. Sage accounting takes on a lot of placements and graduates from this course.

johnnybmac

Mikebyrne wrote: »

If your going into 3rd yr CSM give me a shout as I've a box of notes you can have

I'm going in to CSM (Third year) this year. Any help with notes would be great

Mikebyrne

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

mmm id be careful dropping names on here.

I graduated from this course two years back. The big advantage of it is the 6 month work placement, it will really stand to you after graduation. The first half of the course has some good database and linux classes. The second half is pretty much all theory/research. There is a strong business/management influence on the second half.

Sounds pretty similar to what we did in CSM3. Did you have to do a project in 4th yr and if so what was it based on?

Hank Scorpio

euw sorry bout dropping the name
thought no1 was active in this forum
my apoligies ( i cant edit it )
I strangly posted it cause i liked eamon

wheres me jumpa

Mikebyrne wrote: »

Sounds pretty similar to what we did in CSM3. Did you have to do a project in 4th yr and if so what was it based on?

4th year is split kind of over two years, before your placement and after. When you come back you are still in 4th year but it is more or less referred to as 5th year.

In "4th year" you do a project in Flash.

In "5th year" you do your research project. This is large project based on your work placement. You are basically proposing some system or process for your company and then researching whether it is a good idea or not. It is all research, e.g. if you are proposing a new software, you will never actually install the software, only research its cost and impact.

Mikebyrne

What did the Flash project involve and what software did you use?

woodyg

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

4th year is split kind of over two years, before your placement and after. When you come back you are still in 4th year but it is more or less referred to as 5th year.

In "4th year" you do a project in Flash.

In "5th year" you do your research project. This is large project based on your work placement. You are basically proposing some system or process for your company and then researching whether it is a good idea or not. It is all research, e.g. if you are proposing a new software, you will never actually install the software, only research its cost and impact.

if your lucky ya can research something that your company actually needs and it makes it a hole lot easier both motivation (€€€) and support wise. It's not a bad course a bit to wide range with lots of theory including a lot of business stuff but it's a good back ground.

Mikebyrne

What did the Flash project consist of?

wheres me jumpa

Mikebyrne wrote: »

What did the Flash project involve and what software did you use?

We used Flash!

You basically create an interactive cv. Mine was an interactive CV. You just need to be able to work in video, images, audio etc. Doesnt really matter what you do it on as long as you tick all the boxes. There are no marks for design!

Shamo

At least I did something cool and made a Metallica promo cd, wheres me jumpaaaa!

Mikebyrne

Yeah I hope I dont have to do a CV, was hoping to do a little game or something!

Im going to try to get a CV done this summer to to get some practise in flash. If anyone could reccomend stuff it would be a great help

Shamo

Mikebyrne wrote: »

Yeah I hope I dont have to do a CV, was hoping to do a little game or something!

Im going to try to get a CV done this summer to to get some practise in flash. If anyone could reccomend stuff it would be a great help

Well we were asked what we'd like to do it on and as far as i remember they were all fine. Obviously a collection of your favourite "stuff" from various "sites" wouldn't be allowed but generally anything you have an interest in is grand.

Myxomatosis

Well Mike, did you send back the acceptance form for next year?

I sent mine back in but not sure if I'll follow through on it. I have also sent a late application to GMIT for Hons Degree IT for Business.

So if I get a place offer there I don't really know which one to pick. They both look as bad as each other.

Mikebyrne

Yeah, waiting on word back form the college this week. Looking forward to going back

wheres me jumpa

Shamo wrote: »

At least I did something cool and made a Metallica promo cd, wheres me jumpaaaa!

Yea well next time ill do one on yore ma!

I wouldnt worry about the topic or even how good it looks. You are given a list of 15 items it must include, if its there you get the mark, if not you dont.

e.g. you must have a video file. It could be on burning babies for all they care. As long as it plays you get the mark.

Mikebyrne

I was thinknig about doing some sort of portfolio like this

http://www.ilovetotravel.co.uk/cv/

Might give it a try during the summer but im a flash noob. Any tips on where to start. Ive got Adobe Flash CS3

Myxomatosis

Depends on what you want to learn really.

There are 3 different versions of Action Script, the language behind Flash. AS1, 2, and 3.

AS1 is dead, but AS2 is still very popular as AS3 is fairly new. Some aspects AS2 and AS3 are completly different so if you learn one you won't automatically know the other, in fact learning one may confuse your learning of the other.

Also you could get away with knowing hardly any code at all and use the drag and drop interface which will also take some learning (i.e. the tips and tricks to create something complex)

So if your going the AS3 code route, here is a good place to start
http://www.flashandmath.com/basic/index.html

Here is a fourm with tutorials on both AS2 and AS3
www.actionscript.org


I'm hoping they'll let us use whichever version we choose because I know enough AS3 to make this project handy, but if we HAVE to use AS2 then I'll have to learn it from scratch.

Kiith

Myxomatosis wrote: »

Depends on what you want to learn really.

You dont learn things in college silly :rolleyes:

wheres me jumpa

Myxomatosis wrote: »

Depends on what you want to learn really.

There are 3 different versions of Action Script, the language behind Flash. AS1, 2, and 3.

AS1 is dead, but AS2 is still very popular as AS3 is fairly new. Some aspects AS2 and AS3 are completly different so if you learn one you won't automatically know the other, in fact learning one may confuse your learning of the other.

Also you could get away with knowing hardly any code at all and use the drag and drop interface which will also take some learning (i.e. the tips and tricks to create something complex)

So if your going the AS3 code route, here is a good place to start
http://www.flashandmath.com/basic/index.html

Here is a fourm with tutorials on both AS2 and AS3
www.actionscript.org


I'm hoping they'll let us use whichever version we choose because I know enough AS3 to make this project handy, but if we HAVE to use AS2 then I'll have to learn it from scratch.

I hate to burst your bubble but heres all the action script you will be using:

stop();

Im pretty sure that the stop command is supported across all versions of AS.

Myxomatosis

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

I hate to burst your bubble but heres all the action script you will be using:

stop();

Boring.

wheres me jumpa

Myxomatosis wrote: »

Boring.

What Im trying to say is, you can go off and learn AS if you want but to get all the marks for the actionscript part, stop(); is all you have to have in it.

There were people with seriously crap projects who got full marks, most of the class will get full marks. This is a small part of the year which I wouldnt worry too much about.

SanNJay

sounds like a blast :rolleyes:

Cant wait!

Sandra

El_mariachi

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

In "4th year" you do a project in Flash.

Not this year if I can have anything to do with it!

SanNJay

El_mariachi wrote: »

Not this year if I can have anything to do with it!

Come on D, how are you gonna stop it?

El_mariachi

SanNJay wrote: »

Come on D, how are you gonna stop it?

Ask nicely? Do something cute with my eyes like puppys!

I have some plan's!

I will let you know when were back, trust me you will be sicker this year of me talking.