Computing (Common Entry) (Honours) Munster Technological University

Overview

The current shortage in Computer Programmers, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally offers any computing graduate with core programming skills an entry route to a successful and rewarding career.  The B.Sc. Honours in Computing with Games Development (4 Year Abinitio) course provides the platform for students to achieve this while also learning key techniques and technologies used in the ever-growing Games Industry.

While this course is designed to teach programming and is not envisaged that graduates would enter the games industry directly, several past students have released games on the play store and have started careers in gamification.  This course aims provide a fun environment to aid the student in their rewarding and challenging years on campus

This Computing (Common Entry) (Honours) course at Munster Technological University is one of three streams of the offered in Computing, the others being Computing with Digital Media, and Computing with Software Development. There is also an option to take the Computing degree, in which the specialism is chosen after first year. There is a core of computing modules common to all streams and the streams differ by approximately a quarter of the modules.  This structure has several advantages, including a common first year which allows for the seamless transfer of students between streams before second year.  For this reason, we advise that, if a student indents to do any of these streams that they select all the streams on the CAO. This ensures that they will take advantage of any difference in the points for entry requirement.

What are my career opportunities

The Department is located on the University’s North Campus adjacent to the Kerry Technology Park where a number of new, exciting and highly successful technology enterprises are based. Graduates of the computing programmes that have strong core computing skills are attractive to companies such as these and others like them nationally and internationally.

Depending on their particular skill sets, graduates may find work in a variety of roles such as:

• Programmer/software developer with a games development, media or other technology enterprise and areas where ICT is heavily used such as finance services, education and health care;
• Developer of digital media and audio/video content;
• Network technician and administrator;
• Database administrator;
• Web developer and web manager.
• They also take up employment opportunities as network administrators and computer technicians.