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Information Systems (part time)

  • 14-03-2014 02:06PM
    #1
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭


    Applied for this course today, anyone know how long it usually takes to find out if you're successful?

    Also anyone any comments on the course? Looks to be decent enough by all accounts.


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  • #2
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    And how do people think it might compare to a similar course in DIT?

    http://www.dit.ie/study/parttime/programmes/dt249informationsystemsinformationtechnology/#d.en.43009

    The DIT course appears to be heavily focused on programming. Trinity course not so much?


  • #3
    UDP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭UDP


    The TCD course is more management focused. The technical parts start off more slowly. The DIT course goes at about twice the speed technically at least in the first year than the TCD course.

    I would say do the TCD course if you already work in an established IT role e.g. sys admin etc but are thinking you will move into management later on in your career. Go with the DIT course if you want to become a developer/IT engineer e.g. you currently don't work in IT but have a good technical aptitude. The DIT course is also cheaper but I would imagine the TCD course would have better international recognition.

    Takes about a month to hear back from TCD.


  • #4
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    My current role is IT related (DBA/Data Analysis), although I'm largely inexperienced and have no formal training.

    From what I know so far I would lean towards the DIT course, just seems to be tailored more to the direction I want to go in.


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