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NUIG Software Engineering Diploma

  • 29-04-2015 05:35PM
    #1
    Roneyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    Hi all, just wondering if anyone has done/has any experience with the distance learning Diploma in Software Engineering (GYE16) offered by NUIG. I'm thinking about applying and I'd be very interested in hearing your experiences/how you feel its benefitted your career etc...
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  • #2
    Roneyc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Roneyc


    bump...


  • #3
    robotron1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭robotron1000


    Hi,

    I'm doing the masters in SE and Database Technologies. I'm done with the modules and now I'm doing my thesis. SE diploma is a subset of the masters degree, if I remember correctly. I already wrote about the course on this forum in a topic called "MSc Software Engineering & Database Technologies (MScSED)". I'm not allowed to post URLs so you'll have to Google a bit.

    That post was written at the beginning of my 2nd year (a year ago), most of my comments and opinions haven't changed, so I can expand on the previous post by writing about the 2nd year here.

    It was database intensive, administration, backup & recovery and perfomance tuning. First two were excellent, performance tuning was a big pile of everything (very fast paced, I lost myself in the middle - nevertheless I'll go through selected chapters again after I graduate as I need some of that stuff in my work).

    Besides that I had:
    OOD - I was already familiar with the basic plot but it was great to revisit and get a second perspective. Had to do a project, design some system, I can't remember the details.
    Distributed systems - this was a great module. It was optional for me, as I took the masters and not diploma. We learned about how distributed systems evolved and concentrated a lot on the cloud (hands-on and theory). This was my last module by chance and it was a great choice as it rounded a lot of stuff up. I develop and maintain a huge web application that's part of a wider architecture, on a daily basis and this was a game changer for me because I finally got the bigger picture.

    All in all, this is not a type of course that's going to teach you how to program from scratch, if that's what you're after. It's mainly for people who already work in IT, have a non-IT related degree and want to get some formal education. Because of that, it was a great fit for me because, even though we did go over the basics (like OOP), we mainly focused on covering a wide set of concepts. That provided me with the ability to get the bigger picture. That's what I was after and I can say that the course achieved it's goal.


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