HIGHER DIPLOMA IN APPLIED SCIENCE (SOFTWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT)(GYE12)

starWave

Jimmel wrote: »

Can anyone give me an idea of the hours per week involved in the Software Engineering online (pdip) GYE16 course. Not the MSC and not the full time course. It says 20 hours per week on the website but that seems a bit excessive for a course where people are mainly working full time.

I think 20 hours a week is probably typical of any part time course.

I've done the Hdip course (full-time), and if you have done object orientated programming (C# or Java) before you can probably get away with less than the 20 hours suggested. If you are relatively new to OOP, then you might need the 20 or more. I'd say it depends on the individual.

JackNow

Hi starWave, im applying for this course and i will be studying in the evening and weekends. i am currently reading java and C# books to try and get a head start(i have not been notafied if i will be accepted yet) but can you tell me what course books did you have to read? or can you give me any books that you would recommend for java?

Tsipras

JackNow wrote: »

Hi starWave, im applying for this course and i will be studying in the evening and weekends. i am currently reading java and C# books to try and get a head start(i have not been notafied if i will be accepted yet) but can you tell me what course books did you have to read? or can you give me any books that you would recommend for java?

Heads first java

Robmeister2011

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but all of the courses opened on the new website this morning and the H.Dip in Applied Science isn't there.

There's one in Maynooth alright. Has the course been discontinued at NUI Galway? I received an email during the week to say that it would be opening soon, but it hasn't.

3fullback

What do you mean open ?

Robmeister2011

The applications for the ictskills.ie springboard courses opened today, but the H.Dip in Applied Science in NUIG wasn't included. There's one with a similar name in NUIM now, but it's unlikely that they'd move a course when they have candidates/teachers in Galway, so maybe they just decided not to fund it this year? I'm going to get on to the department anyway, and see what the story is. Was really looking forward to getting on to this.

Edit: It's up now in the last hour. Crisis averted!

PRyan123

Anyone know the start date for the post-grad IT courses ?

Dingle20144

Hey guys, Iv been offered this course with NUIG and wondering of past students who done it, is ther jobs there after the 1 year HDIP and without this course would u have got a job?

boardzz

I done it last year and the majority of students are now working in IT. Of course if you have never done an IT course then you probably wont get a job in IT.

c_man

is ther jobs there after the 1 year HDIP and without this course would u have got a job?

First part, yes there's jobs.

boardzz wrote: »

I done it last year and the majority of students are now working in IT. Of course if you have never done an IT course then you probably wont get a job in IT.

Disagree. I know of at least one grad from there, from a very non-tech primary degree, who landed a C# dev role. Another whose only experience before the Dip was a semester of Programming in first year Arts! And those are just in my company. Of course you'll have to work a bit harder, but that should go without saying.

boardzz

I was saying if you don't do an IT course AT ALL. The poster asked if you would get a job without doing this course.

c_man

My bad

Dingle20144

Apologies my bad. Im paying my deposit today for the dip and just wanted to be sure theres light at the end of the tunnel. If you don't mind me asking wher ye are working and hiw do u like ur job?? thanks guys

Dingle20144

Apologies my bad. Im paying my deposit today for the dip and just wanted to be sure theres light at the end of the tunnel. If you don't mind me asking wher ye are working and hiw do u like ur job?? thanks guys

c_man

Well suffice to say I work for a multinational and am a developer on a pretty interesting project. I definitely enjoy my job.


I'm a while out of the H.Dip now but we've hired a few grads out of it over the years. Best of luck with it, and you should check out the Development Forum here on boards.

darraghking22

hey guys, anyone know when the closing date for applications for this course is?

Sorry for the silly question but I dont see any dates anywhere.

also, do offers of places come out in august with the CAO offers?

Appreciate any input

Thanks guys

Kellzer

Check out @hdipindustry on twitter.there's a link to a video about the course (key dates etc) posted there recently.

I just finished this course in may. (on internship now) offers are nothing to do with Cao. Think I was accepted about 2 weeks after the interview that I did. The whole process seems to be running a bit later this year thou because interviews were held in mid may last year.

It's a very good course-busy year but would recommend it highly and the job prospects at the end seem good.(although I am only on my internship at the moment like I said). Any other questions feel free to ask.

darraghking22 wrote: »

hey guys, anyone know when the closing date for applications for this course is?

Sorry for the silly question but I dont see any dates anywhere.

also, do offers of places come out in august with the CAO offers?

Appreciate any input

Thanks guys

darraghking22

Kellzer wrote: »

Check out @hdipindustry on twitter.there's a link to a video about the course (key dates etc) posted there recently.

I just finished this course in may. (on internship now) offers are nothing to do with Cao. Think I was accepted about 2 weeks after the interview that I did. The whole process seems to be running a bit later this year thou because interviews were held in mid may last year.

It's a very good course-busy year but would recommend it highly and the job prospects at the end seem good.(although I am only on my internship at the moment like I said). Any other questions feel free to ask.

Thanks for the reply. Wasn't expecting an answer so quickly.

So I'm just finished my level 7 in comp and electronic engineering and I loved the programming side of things and want to go down that route, but not sure if I can still apply for this Hdip?
Is it too late to apply if the interviews have already taken place?

darraghking22

I checked out that twitter account, but could only find information about the industry stream Hdip.
The course Im wondering about is this one:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/software-design-development.html

Kellzer

Sorry thought you were asking about the industry stream one. Both courses are almost identical (90% of the course is the same) except there are no fees for the industry stream one and you get a paid internship at the end of it. There would be no reason not to apply for this one as it is the same course with free fees.you can still continue on to the masters year regardless of which one you do. It's competitive for places thou.think they had well over 100 last year for 30 places. That video will give u all the info about closing dates.

PRyan123

Hi everyone,

I'm just wondering is it possible for people taking the Hdip (GYE12) or the Masters (GYE03) to apply for summer intern-ships like those taking the industry stream course ?

As you all know a certain amount of IT experience is required when applying for jobs in the IT sector and really intern-ships are the only way to start gaining some experience.

Dingle20144

Hey Guys

Doing an interview tomorrow for the HDip in Soft. design anf dev. with NUIG and im just wondering whats instore... Questions they ask, topics for discussion, need i stress about this?? Also anyone who has done the internship, is that paid??

Thanks

jose-fahartose

Hoping to start this course in september. Anyone who has done this HDip and is now working are you working with the same company you did the internship with, or did you look elsewhere after the 3 months? Thanks

Kellzer

Hi, I just finished the course in May this year and have been on my internship since. The company is keen to keep me on thou so looks good on that front. There are a lot of very good companies involved with the internships but there's also a few that aren't as good, and have little chance of being extended beyond the three months. It's really nothing more than the luck of the draw which company you end up with. I'm not sure what success rate of people that are kept on is but it seems to be pretty high, but like I said there are a few of the placements that have no chance of this.

I would definately recommend the course thou-it's hard work but I enjoyed it and learnt a lot. I would think that most people who aren't kept on after the internship will get sorted themselves anyway. I know people from the regular stream of the course that had no internship and some of them got jobs more or less straight away in June. Let me know if I can help you with any other info you need. Had a good few questions myself this time last year!

jose-fahartose

Cheers for the info Kellzer. Jobs prospects look good then!

Can i ask with the company mentor, did you work with them through all projects during the course or just the main one in the second semester? Do they give a lot of feedback/collaboration during the year or how does that work?

Thanks again

PRyan123

Any idea what date the course is starting in September ?

jose-fahartose

It says 8th Sept on the site

darraghking22

Hey All,

Just offered a place on this course, any idea about the 500euro deposit?
Im not paid till 28th, but they want it within 10 days.
Anyone know if they will be ok putting it off for a couple of days?

Dingle20144

Hey Guys

So i didnt get offered the Industry stream course but i did have my deposit paid for the GYE12 course. In terms of modules for the GYE12 whats best to pick that may be the closest to the Industry stream? I done AI and tech writing in my B.A year so i dont want anymore EASY subjects. Also thanks Kellzer for ur input.

DarraghKing22 , email the fees office and explain that u have a situation in terms of money and u request a extension , that worked for me.

takamichinoku

I don't think there are any huge differences for the industry streams modules. They'll focus on one language (either Java or C#, I believe) instead of splitting it between the two. To be honest most of whatever you learn in one is easy enough to learn to do in the other iirc.


Might be worth your while digging into C before starting though? Computer Architecture and a few other modules can be a bit hard to relate to when you've only dealt with higher level languages imo.

darraghking22

@dingle20144.....thanks for the advice. I thought it was all an automated process, never thought to email them.
Mailed them anyways and they've extended the deadline till sept 1st

Working part time while doing this course, will deco put in the extra time required by the course being so intense so hopefully it's doable with the PT job.

Thanks for the advice and posts.

Dingle20144

Thanks.. I done Java in my undergrad degree. Im looking into buying a Macbook for the coming year. Anyone have any advice on which Mac might be best suited both on college and the pocket?? thanks

takamichinoku

Dingle20144 wrote: »

Thanks.. I done Java in my undergrad degree. Im looking into buying a Macbook for the coming year. Anyone have any advice on which Mac might be best suited both on college and the pocket?? thanks

If you're doing .NET stuff, a Mac wouldn't be the best idea I don't think. Might be wrong here, I've never had one.

boardzz

Mac is well able for the job. Probably go for the older model macbook pro at 1149. Not as expensive as the retina models but more powerful than the macbook airs. Compub store on shop st. have student discounts.
http://store.apple.com/ie/buy-mac/macbook-pro

takamichinoku

Would you be dual booting Windows on it then? Recent versions of Visual Studio have to be a bit resource heavy on a vm, surely?

I've never touched a Mac in my life, mind. Can remember someone or another complaining about them for whatever reason, no clue if he even knew he could stick Windows on there though, tbh.

boardzz

I use a mac because I love OSX but I dual booted windows when I needed visual studio. Works perfectly because it's supported by Apple.

Dingle20144

Heys guys. So I was considering the part time diploma in Irish along side the hdip in soft. Design. For rhose who completed GYE12, is taking on an extra diploma of 3 hrs a week alot on top of the IT?

takamichinoku

Dingle20144 wrote: »

Heys guys. So I was considering the part time diploma in Irish along side the hdip in soft. Design. For rhose who completed GYE12, is taking on an extra diploma of 3 hrs a week alot on top of the IT?

If I recall correctly, the end of semester two was shocking busy. The rest of the time it wasn't that bad but you might occasionally hit into something that would take way more time than expected (I recall Internet Programming taking a huge amount of time for a lot of people, in patricular). So yeah, uhm, gather up a few people's opinions, dunno if it'd be worth the risk myself, depending on how much else you've going on.

No clue what would be involved in the Irish diploma, mind.

PRyan123

Anybody have insight into the 2nd year of the masters...

Do you or IT dept decide your thesis topic ?
How much student/lecture contact (weekly/fortnightly/monthly) ?
Is it possible to have a job while completing your thesis ?

Thanks.

eefasaur

Hello everyone!

Been reading through all the posts and I've just applied for the course myself so fingers crossed!

I was wondering what the reading lists are like?

Does anyone who has done the course, or doing it now, have any tips on pre-study? Any book titles recommended in the core modules would be really helpful!

Anyone else applying for this year?

Tonntaa

I applied for it too! But it's my third choice for NUIG so we'll see XD

emerfan

Anyone do their internship with the Marine Institute and like to give advice / experience?

Newport81

I'm currently doing an arts degree at nuig without IT as a subject I'll be in third year this September.

Is there any course or anything online I could do in the meantime to strengthen my application or give me a head start on this hdip as I would love to do it?

The Freeman

Hi Guys,


Just a quick message to say that applications are currently open for this course until 15th July, the applicants for 2016-2017 are down from last year so applicants would have less of a fight to get on the demanding course.

It is a fees paid conversion course and includes a paid internship upon completion of the course.

more information here on this 2 semester course.

http://www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/courses/postgraduate-courses/softwaredesignanddevelopmenthdipappsc-industrystream/

jemmett

Hi Freeman just applied for the course recently,I was just wondering where you received this info about the course not having as many applicants? Have you done the industry stream before or teach it? If you know anything about the interview process that would be much obliged thanks!

Newport81

any recent graduates to this course? would you need to be good at maths?