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Business Information Systems

  • 01-07-2011 10:59pm
    #1
    Dr.Dre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭


    Hey guys im thinking about putting Business Information Systems as no.1 on my cao this year.Could someone please answer the following questions..

    1. Is it a difficult course?

    2.Which IT is the best for BIS?

    3. Should the points go up again?(last year they went up 20 I think)

    4.How many hours do students have in 1st year per week?

    5. Is there labs etc. that must be attended?

    Thanks in advance :D


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Dr.Dre wrote: »
    Hey guys im thinking about putting Business Information Systems as no.1 on my cao this year.Could someone please answer the following questions..

    1. Is it a difficult course?

    2.Which IT is the best for BIS?

    3. Should the points go up again?(last year they went up 20 I think)

    4.How many hours do students have in 1st year per week?

    5. Is there labs etc. that must be attended?

    Thanks in advance :D


    You have asked a lot of very vague questions. For example, how do you define difficult? I would find a course on nuclear physics difficult, but I would probably find a BIS course relatively easy.

    How do you define the best IT? Facilities? Reputation? Lecturers? Public Transport? Nicest coffee? See my point?:)

    The other questions really are dependent on the IT in questions - the most likely vary from one institute to another.


  • #3
    Dr.Dre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭Dr.Dre


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    You have asked a lot of very vague questions. For example, how do you define difficult? I would find a course on nuclear physics difficult, but I would probably find a BIS course relatively easy.

    How do you define the best IT? Facilities? Reputation? Lecturers? Public Transport? Nicest coffee? See my point?:)

    The other questions really are dependent on the IT in questions - the most likely vary from one institute to another.

    Ha sorry i see what you mean! Wrote it in kind of a hurry :)

    Well lets forget difficult. How about effort/amount of study/attendance needed?

    I did arts last year so overall not much effort was needed to pass the year.

    Anyway to be honest I dont know much about the course so any info on it would be great guys.Thanks


  • #4
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Dr.Dre wrote: »
    1. Is it a difficult course?
    Nope, it's actually quite easy. Think Business Studies with an IT slant.
    Dr.Dre wrote: »
    2.Which IT is the best for BIS?
    What difference does this make?
    Dr.Dre wrote: »
    3. Should the points go up again?(last year they went up 20 I think)
    ?
    Dr.Dre wrote: »
    4.How many hours do students have in 1st year per week?
    They usually do maths/IT/accounting/economics/communcations/business so a busy year.
    Dr.Dre wrote: »
    5. Is there labs etc. that must be attended?
    Programming/databases/web design


  • #5
    Dr.Dre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭Dr.Dre


    @nolanger, Any ideas on the amount of hours? 15-20, 20-30 ?

    Sorry really a stupid question to ask where is the best IT to attend for BIS. :rolleyes:


  • #6
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Dr.Dre wrote: »
    Sorry really a stupid question to ask where is the best IT to attend for BIS. :rolleyes:
    It doesn't matter where you go. It's a sh*t easy degree and you'll be trained to work in project management for computer systems. No employer will care which IT you went to anyway. If you are really worried about this then TCD is the best bet.


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  • #7
    Dr.Dre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭Dr.Dre


    Nolanger wrote: »
    It doesn't matter where you go. It's a sh*t easy degree and you'll be trained to work in project management for computer systems. No employer will care which IT you went to anyway. If you are really worried about this then TCD is the best bet.

    Wait hold on a sec now. Its not a sh*t easy degree like you might think.

    The drop out numbers are very high every year and I was even looking at a thread that one person said about 30 dropped out of it in their first year.

    You think people are dropping out because it is too easy? No they aren't.

    Do your research before you give out wrong information please :)


  • #8
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    Dr.Dre wrote: »
    Wait hold on a sec now. Its not a sh*t easy degree like you might think.

    The drop out numbers are very high every year and I was even looking at a thread that one person said about 30 dropped out of it in their first year.

    You think people are dropping out because it is too easy? No they aren't.

    Do your research before you give out wrong information please :)
    The reason the drop out numbers are so high is because these students go to crap IT colleges where they need 200 points to get in. Compared to computer science it's a piss easy degree. If you put in the work it's easy enough as you'll be doing lots of different business and computing subjects but nothing in too much detail. You should also consider doing this degree at nights instead of full time. TCD and DBS offer evening degrees in Business info systems.


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