B.Sc. in Enterprise Computing or Computer Applications??

Danny911

Anyone done either of these seriously considering doing one next year any advice?

Which should I opt for have a major interest in both

Clondalphian

I'm in 3rd year EC.Started in CA but changed after semester one in first year.Couldn't hack it.EC is better rounded as it has business aspects involved with the course.CA is more hardline computing.Both courses are tough but CA would be the tougher of the two courses in my opinion.

Danny911

Yeah was thinking more along the lines of EC. Thanks for your response. Do you know if it would be anything like the Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Information Technology) in NUI??

Cheers

Koffee

Currently a First year in EC.

EC tends to focus on the Organization,Management and Infrastructure of Computing and how it's integrated into an Organization.

It also covers Basic Programming (so far only web markup and JScript) and Hardware. EC caters to a demand in industry for graduates who not only have technical skills in Computing but also have a grasp on how an Industry uses and can benefit from I.T.

CA is mostly on the code end of the spectrum, it tends to be a little more complex for the un-initiated and figures suggest it has a very high drop out rate, whether that's entirely due to the difficulty of the course or a lack of students understanding what they're getting into when they chose computing.

Best advice I'd give. Come into the University if you can ask some of the lecturers for a very basic overview of their courses, then take what they said with a pinch of salt and go into one of the computer rooms and ask a student what they think.

evilmonkee

Final year CA, worked for School of Computing for the past 3 years at open days, advising potential students about CA and EC.

CA - 100% computing, you will need to work hard.
EC - 60% business, 40% computing, much simpler and less demanding.

If you want a business role in the workplace EC, if you want a technical computing role CA
(CA can do EC job's, with the business knowledge you pick up within an organization. but EC can't do CA, due to the deeper technical knowledge necessary).
CA grad's are very desirable , EC is a new course, so thats harder to judge, but they wouldn't be competing for the same jobs, so it really does depend on what you want to do, as the two courses will qualify you for completely different grad roles.


PM me if you want to know anything more specific.

zack_k

Same as above, final year CA, and I'd say that the best thing to do is try first year CA, there's a good few modules in first semester that both courses cover.

So if you do that, and feel like the programming stuff is too hard, you transfer over to EC in second semester easily.

And just as someone who's doing the course, I'll say that with CA, you've got to really like computers and be interested in computers if you want to do it, if you don't, you'll find it really hard and may struggle.

Hope that helps somewhat.

StaticAge11

I am in first year EC and I previously did 3 years of accounting.

I will agree with what the posters above say if you want the more technical aspect, CA is your option. If you are more business minded like myself and has a great blend of business and computing then EC is your choice.

I had my doubts about EC but I am thoroughly enjoying the course so far and firmly believe I made the right choice!