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  • 10-09-2009 9:05am
    #1
    redmaxi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭


    Anyone have any views on this (Process Plant Technonogy). It's a level 8, one year add on course from mechanical ordinary degree. Is it seen as a genuine honours degree or just a kinda afterthought ?


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  • #2
    BlackEdelweiss
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    I dont know about this course in particular but we had a one year add on in Fire Technology in our college. It was called a level 8 but was not recognised on the Engineers Ireland career ladder as being a Level 8 qualification, you would not progress to the next level of engineer whatever it was, you would still be the same as you are now with your level 7. Its more like a level 7.5, its not a level 7 but its not a proper level 8 either.
    What this means career wise I have no idea, if there are jobs in that field then it will probably not matter, I dont know if it counts when trying to go to do a masters though, one of my classmates aasked Napier about this, not sure what the reply was, I'll find out if nobody else can answer you.


  • #3
    redmaxi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭redmaxi


    Yeah decided on going into year 3 of sustainable energy. This is a stand alone 4 year honours degree, level 8. Should be interesting and is definetly an up and coming specialist area of engineering. Work placement too next year so that'll shorten it somewhat.


  • #4
    quietsailor
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    redmaxi wrote: »
    Yeah decided on going into year 3 of sustainable energy. This is a stand alone 4 year honours degree, level 8. Should be interesting and is definetly an up and coming specialist area of engineering. Work placement too next year so that'll shorten it somewhat.

    I was offered a place in a renewable/sustainability course in CIT last year and it was the first year that the course had ever ran. so they are only lecturing second year for the first time now (Sept 2009). You'll have to wait until Sept 2010 to transfer across to third year.

    Check this out with the admissions office - it'd be sickening to leave one course for another and discover you've to wait a year to get into the second course.

    ** UCC run a renewable course as well and we're starting into second year on the 21st of this month, there is no third year yet as we'll be the first intake of third years in Sept 2010.**

    Good luck with whatever you decide.

    Shane


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