Information Systems with Computing

The MSc in Information Systems with Computing is an innovative programme with an integrated delivery from end-to-end covering a wide range of information systems and computing topics. The programme is designed to create a deep level of knowledge and understanding in core areas such as programming, databases, web technologies and security while also offering practical skills in contemporary topics such as data analytics, distributed systems and mobile and social computing. In addition, the programme allows students to explore the issues around the management of information technology in business and industrial contexts. The programme was designed with significant input from industry and reflects the driving ethos of DBS to provide learners with career-focused programmes to enhance graduate’s employability.

International Accounting & Finance

Technological innovation has created a wave of disruptive activity that will change the shape of the global economic and financial system over the next decade. Digitisation and ever-increasing volumes of data has led to a demand for graduates (employees) from programmes specifically tailored to the skills required for a changing and increasingly competitive and globalised business landscape. In order to meet this demand, this industry-aligned, strategically-focused and highly-applied programme focuses on accounting, quantification of data, treasury functions and corporate finance. It is designed to appeal to graduates seeking to gain exposure to data-driven financial decision-making roles.

The MSc in International Accounting and Finance is a one year full-time or two years part-time programme. This broad programme with an integrated delivery from end‐to‐end covering a range of skills applicable to a wide range of accounting and finance functions. The programme aims to develop learners’ knowledge of the theory and practice necessary for them to secure employment and perform in a variety of areas in a broad range of companies.

The programme focuses on practical skills in core areas such as the role of capital markets, quantitative financial modelling, treasury risk management, international financial reporting, and advanced financial management. Its aim is to create a critical understanding of core accounting, financial, and quantitative principles whilst also enhancing the practical technical skills of the learners.

Management Practice

The MSc in Management Practice is a new specialised and innovative programme which has been created to meet the needs of graduates who seek to develop and expand their knowledge of the exciting field of Management at an advanced level. The broad objective of the MSc in Management Practice programme is to produce managers. The applied nature of the programme delivery ensures graduates are equipped to play a vital role in the management of any organisation. They will be equipped to interpret and synthesise information to confidently resolve complex issues which face today’s organisations. Graduates will gain a deep level of knowledge and understanding of current issues within Management and then will apply this knowledge to real work situations to gain experience of practical applications.

The aim of the programme is to provide students with a rigorous academic foundation and a systematic understanding of core business disciplines, with a focus on management practice and a contemporary skill set central to applied management.

Health Psychology

The Master of Science in Health Psychology (NFQ Level 9, 90 ECTS) is a one year full-time programme that provides learners with the theoretical background and practical skills to apply their psychological knowledge efficiently and productively to effect positive change in the world in the pursuit of health promotion and illness prevention. The programme covers a wide range of specialist topics that provides learners with the knowledge of theories and concepts relating to the contribution of psychological processes to health and illness and helps them understand how this knowledge can be applied in a variety of contemporary settings at individual, community and global levels. For the full-time delivery, in Semester 1 learners will begin three, 10 ECTS linear modules, Personal Development and Stress Management, Survivorship and Professional Issues and Ethics in Applied Psychology in addition to three, 5 ECTS modules in Advanced Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis, Advanced Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis and Addiction and Rehabilitation. All of these modules are assessed by a range of continuous assessments across the 24- or 12-week period.

In Semester 2 learners will continue with the linear modules while taking an additional three, 5 ECTS modules in Public and Community Health, Global Health and Occupational Health Psychology. The continuous assessment for the linear modules is completed in Semester 2. The 5 ECTS modules are assessed by continuous assessment across the 12-week semester with Public and Community Health and Global Health also assessed by a terminal exam during the scheduled examination period.

Business in Project Management

The programme will be delivered across two semesters comprised of twelve weeks each across twelve months. In the part-time mode, the schedule consists of three semesters of twelve weeks across eighteen months.

Semester one comprises a broad overview of project management generally with an overview of the project management lifecycle and an introduction to key frameworks, methodologies, project initiation, feasibility and planning.

Semester two builds on this by covering more advanced modules on project management tools and techniques, collaborative online software and delivering change and innovation. Finally, learners can synthesise their learning in applied skills in a capstone summative assessment – a Project Management Simulation.

Finance

The MBA (Finance) awarded by QQI, provides theoretical and practical models and perspectives, which will provide a basis for analysing financial information and for applying the analysis in making informed financial decisions. The decision making aspect is developed in Corporate Financial Management and the complexities and dynamics of international financial markets are explored in the Global Financial Markets. The MBA (Finance) graduate will perform data analysis and advise senior managers on profit maximising strategies. Financial management and an awareness of financial markets is key to the sustainability and growth of an organisation who must, on an ongoing basis, consider the potential consequences of management decisions on profits, cash flow on the financial condition of the company.

Cloud Computing

The MBA (Cloud Computing), awarded by QQI, is specifically aimed at facilitating the graduate’s understanding of how organisations may exploit the vast business opportunities that result from the transformative power that Cloud Computing offers both currently and in the future. There is an emphasis on structured approaches for delivering effective solutions in the Cloud that address value, efficiency, risks and costs associated with an increased reliance on Cloud Computing. The specialism also introduces learners to standard cloud practices and guides them through the planning, deployment and management of a cloud application.

Addiction Studies

The full-time day programme is one year in duration and contains three twelve week semesters. The course has four key components:

An academic programme of lectures

A weekly seminar with emphasis on research

Clinical visits to addiction treatment centres

A period of research for an extended thesis

The academic component and weekly integrative seminar provide a firm foundation in core addiction issues while the clinical visits provide students with direct experience of the nature of the problems posed by addiction. The concluding period of research provides students with the opportunity to collate their study and develop a thesis question in the field of addiction studies. The taught courses cover semesters 1 and 2 (October to May), and the clinical visits straddle semesters 2 and 3 (February to August). Independent research is pursued during semester 3 (May to August). There is also the availability of a January intake.

For part-time students, delivery of the programme is structured over two years and contains 5 twelve-week semesters and will require daytime attendance.

Laws (Hons)

The Bachelor of Laws (Hons) programme
aims to provide learners with a rigorous
legal education. The programme
aims to create in learners a critical
understanding of foundational legal
concepts and principles, and an
ability to make connections between
them and appreciate the relationship
between the various areas of law. It
also aims to enhance the practical
skills of the learners, such as analysis,
research, communication, interpersonal
and organisation skills. The content,
depth and breadth of the modules on
the programme ensure that learners
develop their understanding across the
breadth of the core legal areas, along
with some more specialised ones, as
well as allowing learners to explore
certain areas in more detail to allow for
full expression of their analytical and
reasoning abilities.
The programme also aims to prepare
learners for progression to professional
legal qualifications in Ireland by requiring
students to develop a fundamental
understanding of the core Irish legal
subjects to facilitate progression to
the Law Society of Ireland (Solicitors)
or the Honorable Society of King’s
Inns (Barristers) Examinations.
At the same time it is recognised that
while, initially, many students will aspire
to qualify professionally and engage in
private practice, a significant number
of our graduates will enter different
career pathways. Accordingly, the
programme aims to equip students for
a range of careers by using teaching
and learning techniques that develop
their intellectual and transferable
skills. These skills are designed to
strengthen their employability in
careers that may be unrelated to
the professional practice of law.
Widening access to the benefits to be
derived from a rigorous legal education
remains the core justification for the
programme. In addition, emphasis
is also placed on strengthening the
transferable skills dimension of the
programme in order to enhance the
employment opportunities of our
graduates.

Science in Data Analytics

The Higher Diploma in Science in Data Analytics is a one year full-time
Semester one lays the groundwork for the programme and encompasses mostly foundational modules that focus on providing a solid and comprehensive understanding of the relevant concepts, a proficiency in the use of programming for data analytics and Statistics for Data Analytics and Databases and Business Application.

Semester two builds on this by covering advanced modules in which the knowledge, understanding and skills acquired in the first semester can be employed. Semester two also comprises an elective module of project or placement module, which focuses on applied skills. The objectives of the programme are to:

Develop learner’s criticality in order to analyse industry trends in Big Data.

Develop learners who are capable of performing robust, significant reports on the future orientation of the field of data analytics with specific emphasis on the problem domain.

Provide learners with a platform to develop the requisite technical and design skills required by industry and to deepen knowledge of statistical analysis and analytical models.

Enable learners to implement scalable Big Data applications.

Prepare learners to work effectively and collaboratively in the execution of common goals.

Provide work opportunities where learners can apply knowledge to a real-world situation.