computer games development @ itcarlow

eddie-fandangle

hey i just wanted to ask any students currently studying computer games development in it carlow if maybe they could give me some info on the course.
im seriously considering a change of course and that would be right up there on the top of the list. my main concern is that i cannot find out the points for the course so if you could tell me your leaving cert results i could get a vague idea. i also want to know absolutely anything thing else about the course you can tell me. thanks!!!!!

(p.s. i would have put this in the it carlow page but i got kicked, cheers tomtom)

damnyanks

I think it is a new course this year hence not having points listed etc. If you are serious about it the UK has hundreds of games programming courses. Goto the UCAS Website

eddie-fandangle

ya its really taken off in england but i dont really have the money to study there. i would have thought that the points would be listed as they have already done one year of the course. thanks anyway

Lump

You can get a grant from the EU to help.


John

Stephen

I'm not in that course but I am in 4th year networking in Carlow, and by all accounts you'd want to be good at maths and physics, and preferably have some programming skills going into it.
Like the guy above said, there's no CAO points available for it as the first year of the course is not yet complete. It does have the support of Microsoft in the form of Xbox dev kits and funding and stuff, as far as I know.
Mail Joe Kehoe (one of the main guys behind the course and the head of the computing department) at joseph.kehoe (at) itcarlow.ie for more information on it.

eddie-fandangle

joe kehoe??? is that tom green guy

i tried finding him but hes out sick all week.
i wonder could ya break into the games industry wit a similar qualification in software programming

Stephen

Yes he has the tom green beard

damnyanks

Lump wrote:

You can get a grant from the EU to help.


John

Got any linnks or information

I study in the UK. Grant would be nice Or is it based on the same income level as the grants in Ireland for third level?

Lump

I got a grant to pay my fees. Call into your local DFES office for a form, or have a look at There website, do a google on DFES.

John

Lump

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/

John

hetsscaryguy

im also thinking of changing course to this but i wont be starting till sept 06 because i need to get the money together. i also have yet to tell my parents this. i think if you got over 300 points its safe to say you have enough, i think all qualified last year.

Stephen

This year was the first year of the course, so there was no points for it published in advance.

Lump

Is there an echo in here

John