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Need help choosing college courses

  • 11-09-2012 10:26pm
    #1
    RianF2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭


    Hey peeps. I'm doing my Leaving this year (2013) and not sure what to do after. I know that I want to do either Computer Science or Software Development but not sure where. Any help here guys before CAO and all the panicing comes along.

    P.S. I can't go to my guidance counsellor as she's never in.


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  • #2
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Ok, where (general area) do you live? Which colleges are reasonably accessible / have you a preference?

    Help people to help you ... ;)


  • #3
    RianF2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭RianF2


    I live in kerry so its basically cork and limerick or even dublin. Just not that stupid IT in Tralee (not saying they're all stupid)


  • #4
    mossy95
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭mossy95


    http://www.qualifax.ie/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=16

    Thats all you need it very easy to use to find the course your thinking of choosing.


  • #5
    areyawell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭areyawell


    Get a introduction to java book or look at introduction tutorials on the net to see if you like it. Programming and engineering courses have the highest failure rates with most people in the courses dropping out in first year. They are tough and perhaps if you know someone in a course ask them for some of there first year lecture notes. Its kinda like honours maths, ya either get programming or ya dont


  • #6
    RianF2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭RianF2


    I found a C book lying around and picked it up and started to get it, its more a question of comp science or software development


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  • #7
    Seren_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,810 ✭✭✭Seren_


    There's a Computer Science and Software Engineering (so basically the two topics you want in one course) course in NUI Maynooth, although Maynooth might be a bit far away if you're in Kerry.


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