Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Civil Engineering
Civil engineering is about protecting, creating and improving our everyday environment. It involves the planning, design and construction of facilities that we require for living, for industry and for transport. Roads, bridges, harbours, buildings, railway, airports, water supply, drainage, wastewater treatment systems, dams, flood management and sustainable energy schemes such as wind farms, ocean energy or hydroelectric stations. Infrastructure on which civilization depends upon to function now and into the future.
Civil Engineers manage and design projects of all scales, from single houses to multi-storey buildings, from group water schemes to major bridges and roads. They work as individuals and as part of teams.
Creative Media
The aim of this three-year degree course is to produce Creative Media professionals with the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to work within the varied Creative Media Industries in Ireland and abroad. This course will allow students to develop key skills in conventional and new media, by combining traditional communication and media production skills such as photography and video production, with high-level training in multimedia production and design. Graduates from this degree programme will be able to work across a variety of creative media platforms, traversing the rapidly decreasing boundaries of traditional and new media.x
Computing in Augmented and Virtual Reality
The aim of this programme is to provide graduates with the knowledge, skills and competencies to design, build and evaluate immersive user experiences using virtual, augmented and mixed reality tools and technologies. Graduates will acquire core competencies in computing, design and animation making them suitable for employment in immersive design and development across a range of industries, which is complemented in the semester long work placement.
Computing in Aumented and Virtual Reality
This programme aims to produce graduates that can design and develop for these immersive spaces. Virtual and augmented reality applications are set to transcend all industries and are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Our understanding of how people can usefully navigate and interact within immersive environments will also evolve, leading to the creation of more “natural” methods of interacting and exploring immersive space
Computing in Cloud and Data Centre Operations
Graduates of this course will be capable of thriving in a constantly connected, constantly changing technological landscape. It will enhance their skills with Cloud technologies, as well as providing them with the core competencies to approach working in the Data Centre environment. Additionally, they will be given an increased appreciation of the wider social, business, architectural and development context in which they will work. The course will produce perceptive, adaptable graduates, competent to prosper in employment, research or business.
Computing in Cloud Computing
Graduates of this course will be capable of thriving in a constantly connected, constantly changing technological landscape. It will enhance their skills with Cloud technologies and techniques while affording them an increased appreciation of the wider social, business, architectural and development context in which they will work. The course will produce perceptive, adaptable graduates, competent to prosper in employment, research or business.
Computing in Games Development
This honours degree aims to provide students with comprehensive knowledge and skill in developing software and the opportunity to gain expertise in the development of computer games.
As well as giving learners the strong computing foundation needed to build a game, there will also be a significant focus on the creative aspects of games’ design and development. The emphasis in the first three years is on providing a solid foundation in fundamental computing knowledge and skills and in the technical and creative aspects of games development. Students will produce numerous portfolio pieces during the four-year programme, with a large project integrating content across multiple modules delivered in the second semester of each year. The final year offers specialist options and a team project that involves the development of a substantial computer game.
Computing in Software Development
The course will ensure that students have knowledge of the fundamental principles of computing across a wide range of topics with an emphasis on software engineering.
During the course of your studies you will:
develop advanced problem-solving and computer-programming skills
acquire in-depth knowledge of current and emerging Internet and Web technologies
develop as a team player, capable of working as part of a modern software development team
manage your own learning and become capable of carrying out independent research.
Students will specialise in the design, development, testing and evaluation of software systems with particular emphasis on the application of agile process development approaches. Students will also acquire the fundamentals of a broad range of computing topics; networking, procedural and object-orient programming, testing, computer security, data analysis and visualisation, IoT, and will have the option of selecting specialist modules such as: artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile development, smart technologies, and immersive technologies.
Culinary Enterprise
The aim of this one-year add-on honours degree course is to afford learners the opportunity to develop their intellectual, creative and management expertise in their chosen discipline of Culinary Arts. The modules are designed to create a graduate with an entrepreneurial orientation.
Digital Marketing, Communications & Public Relations
This Level 7 degree has been produced in response to a very high demand from employers for graduates who are skilled in the rapidly evolving Digital Marketing and Public Relations sector. Students can choose to graduate at the end of their third year or they can take one of the year-long Level 8 ‘add-on’ opportunities.
The degree prepares students for direct employment within the marketing communications industry and has been welcomed as both timely and relevant by employers. A key selling point of the course is the semester-long work placement in year three, which will give students a taste of life within this dynamic and expanding industry and will enable them to put their skills into practice.
There is also the option to spend a semester studying abroad. DkIT sees this as a core strength of the new degree, with strong industry links through the work placement office this will enable students to get real-world experience within their area of interest, something which will really stand to them as graduates.
