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Choice between 2 M.Sc. Courses

  • 03-04-2003 11:13am
    #1
    Druid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Im currently trying to choose between two taught M.Sc. courses:

    1) M.Sc. in Security and Forensic Computing @ dcu

    This is a new course and is starting this September.
    It sounds like a good area to get into. Im pretty big into Crypto + security, but kinda worried about the more OS parts. I would gather that OS would need to be known inside out - which is ok but could get a bit annoying.

    PDF leaflet (168KB)

    2) M.Sc. in Networks and Distributed Systems @ TCD

    This course has been running for a while. Internationally Trinity would have more reputation than dcu (??) this is why Im considering this course.
    Course Webpage


    Any opinions, feedback much appreciated.

    - Mike.


Comments

  • #2
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    One of the main acid tests when considering a course should be what the graduates are doing.

    Obviously, from a career point of view there is no point in doing a really cool sounding course when the employment rate of graduates is 10%.

    You don't know what the DCU course employment rate will be like, but then again, as the first graduates you will probably have less competition in the job market.

    I'd see what the TCD graduate prospects are like. If they aren't overwhelmingly good, the DCU one might be worth a gamble.


  • #3
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    I wouldn't necessarily agree. I am doing the taught MSc. in Griffith, and for me, it's simply a piece of paper - another line item on my CV that will hopefully get me more noticed when I apply for a real job.

    I didn't really care what the graduates were doing, and come to think of it, I wouldn't know where to find that kind of information (it's certainly not on the college website).

    Personally, I chose it because it looked relatively handy and wouldn't take too long to do. Druid - the MSc. in networks and distributed systems looks generic enough to be useful in the tight market place we have now. I would imagine the DCU course would be too specific for a lot of companies here.

    Just my tuppence worth.


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