enterprise computing dcu

sugarnutmuffin

anyone doing enterprise computing in dcu.....non of my friends are going to dcu and will be all alone:( anyways does nyone know what kind of material will we be studying in the course...and how far is dcu from city centre.....by the way are many people commuting to dublin?

johnmcdnl

i'll be your friend :P :P

Yeah - I'm doing enterprise computing too and tbh I'm not sure exactly what I'm gettting myself into - know I want to get into computing in some form but didn't think comp apps was for me so I went for enterprise computing - anyone else in my shoes too and yeah any tips on what we're actually going to be studying would be appreciated lol :cool::cool:

Totally

I'm doing Enterprise Computing too.This thread here has some great information on it.

Noodleworm

Its about 20 mins from the city centre, there's a bus stop right at the ballymun road entrance to the college, all the buses there go to the centre

Hauk

sugarnutmuffin wrote: »

does nyone know what kind of material will we be studying in the course

u piked d course nd u didnt check wot u'd b studyin'? lol.

I love the course. It's basically CA just swap the programming for marketing/business.

jenga-jen

CA without the programming?? Wouldn't that just be a business/marketing degree with a some IT thrown in...?

You got it! Well its a lot more web based wherein you develop websites and such, in first year we've learned out coding for HTML, CSS and Javascript. Which have all been doable, while the CA class have done Java rather than Javascript. They're similar, as they've essentially come from the same course as back in the day there was the option of once you've done 2nd year you were able to choose between what you'd rather focus your studies on. This way in which its done now is a lot more direct into what you're doing and you won't have to learn anything which isn't necessary to your degree.

You also get to see people's baffled faces whenever you tell them you're doing "Enterprise Computing" which is quite funny.

The Maths is really easy too, there's a lot of marks for attendance to tutorials so I'd recommend you to go to as many as you're capable of, they also help you to get through all the exams by having pre answered questions done for you. There's also the Maths Learning Centre which is an excellent resource for the students who struggle with it.

You get one module option in the first semester either Programming/Digital World. I'd recommend to go for the DW option as its relaxed and quite easy, it also has a lot of presentations and it's actually quite interesting as it gives you a background as to what you're studying, not to mention the lecturers are really sound.

My favourite part of the whole year though was IT Hardware, the tutorials were fantastically fun and you were really "hands on" it gives you a good basis for knowing all of the components of a PC and helps you understand the basics, a lot of people struggle with some of the sections but its really an interesting degree with a lot of interesting people who all generally have an interest in computing/business, I'd recommend you to chat to everyone as the first semester our class was quite segmented as the classes were separated and we didn't stay around campus a lot, but in the 2nd semester we discovered the bar, the astro turf and the Xbox room as well as a few other places on campus which were fun to hang around.

Its really an interesting degree but if you're not decent at maths or enjoy computers you'll struggle a little. I hope this post gave you a little bit of an insight into what the degree is like.

jenga-jen

Thanks for all the info Paddy.

I'm actually a CA grad myself (Software Engineering) and going back to do a second undergrad this year so I was more just interested in what kind of degree this was!

G'luck with the rest of the years though.

H2G2

Deleted User wrote: »

You get one module option in the first semester either Programming/Digital World.

Not anymore. Digital world is no longer optional in 1st year and you do 2 semesters of programming in 2nd year now. Plus the marketing is gone from semester 2 as well.

irish_boy90

H2G2 wrote: »

Not anymore. Digital world is no longer optional in 1st year and you do 2 semesters of programming in 2nd year now. Plus the marketing is gone from semester 2 as well.

Sounds like a good thing to me. if your going to have the word computing in your course you should be forced to to a little programming at least.

as for meeting people in your course, joining societies is the best way to do that. Join a few your interested in and there is bound to be a few there from your course. Should have a few things in common.

johnmcdnl

what exactly will we be qualified to do when we come out of this course...

I love the sound of the course itself but what will I be when I finish in 4 years time - what sort of job opportunities or whatever will I have

Will I be the guy who fixes the computers in the office or will I be the guy that recommends what computers to buy for a school or something

what exactly will we be qualified to do

Noodleworm

Enterprise computing always makes me think of Jobs in a Bank... Dunno why, possibly was suggested from that talk they give during the open days.
I think it would set you up to be the IT guy in businesses, running the websites and databases...
Someone correct me cos I'm probably wrong?

johnmcdnl

Noodleworm wrote: »

Enterprise computing always makes me think of Jobs in a Bank... Dunno why, possibly was suggested from that talk they give during the open days.
I think it would set you up to be the IT guy in businesses, running the websites and databases...
Someone correct me cos I'm probably wrong?

yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking off - hope that's what it does anyways :P

Creadak

H2G2 wrote: »

Not anymore. Digital world is no longer optional in 1st year and you do 2 semesters of programming in 2nd year now. Plus the marketing is gone from semester 2 as well.

I also reckon this is a good idea. People constantly write EC off as being the easier option when compared to CA, and I'm certainly no exception.

When I was in first year, we had the management/business game module, and that gave CA's a taste of the business side of EC, but because there was a choice between Digital World and Programming and one was far easier than the other, most people chose the Digital World module, and never got the chance to experience the programming aspects of CA. So a nice balance, and its handy to have basic programming skills.

EC's a grand course, if you're businessy and computery but don't love the idea of learning about them in depth. Just be prepared for the "CA is better than EC" etc, we're just being narrowminded elitists but, hey, computers obey us

If you were interested in being more Marketing focused choose Mint

Pygmalion

Creadak wrote: »

EC's a grand course, if you're businessy and computery but don't love the idea of learning about them in depth. Just be prepared for the "CA is better than EC" etc, we're just being narrowminded elitists but, hey, computers obey us

Yeah, god forbid someone with a 4 year degree in "computing" be expected to know about computers in depth. >.>

Creadak

Creadak wrote: »

"CA is better than EC"

Excuse us for caring about what's true.

BlackWizard

What sort of jobs will EC graduates be looking for?