DT249/DT249PDT249/DT249P

Induction Evening Induction Evening for new Studentsfor new Students

September 11th 2014

Introductions• Robert Ross (Programme Chair)

• E-Mail:   robert dot ross THE-USUAL-SYMBOL dit dot ie

• Office Address:   KE 115

• Art Sloan – Mentor Stages 1 and 2• Emai: art dot sloan THE-USUAL-SYMBOL dit dot ie

• Office Address: KE 114A

• Martin McHugh – Mentor Stages 3 and 4

• Email: martin dot mchugh THE-USUAL-SYMBOL dit dot ie

• Office Address: KE G08

Programme Codes• DT249

• BSc In Information Systems & Information Technology• Higher Certificate• Ordinary Degree• Higher Degree

• DT249P• Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Timetables

See the DT249 Website

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar  12/01/15  

  

   19/01/15 1 Semester of 15 weeks that normally includes 12 weeks

teaching  26/01/15 2   

February 02/02/15 3  

  09/02/15 4  

  16/02/15 5  

  23/02/15 6  

March 201502/03/15

7  

 09/03/15

8

  16/03/15 9  

  23/03/15 10  

  30/03/15 Easter break 

April 2015 06/04/15 Easter break  

  13/04/15 11  

  20/04/15 12  

  27/04/15 13 Weeks 13, 14 and 15 provide flexibility to allow teaching, exams or marking during this time

May 2015 04/05/15 14  

  11/05/15 15Exams and Marking

 

  18/05/15 Exams / Marking  

  25/05/15 Marking / Module and progression boards  

June 2015 01/06/15 Module and progression boards

  08/06/15 Student feedback and Appeals

  15/06/15 Student feedback and Appeal   

Registrations • Please submit module selection as soon as

possible

• Once module selection is received, your choices are passed on to the Registration Office who then contact you

• Registration has been taking place online in batches

ID CardsYour invitation to register will include information on how to get your student ID card

The easiest way to get your student ID card is to send information online and have the ID card posted out to you.

Information on how to do this will be available from the DT249 website

IT AccountsStudent accounts are issued by central DIT Information Services to students who are eligible to register

Further information on how to access your student account is available at www.dit.ie/is/student/newstudents/

In order to get technical support of any kind you need to use the logging system via the RMS self service portal - mysupportdesk.dit.ie

If you have any trouble completing assessments or exams or attending lectures please contact your lecturer or mentor as soon as you can

DIT has a range of facilities to help students complete a programme:

PC1 Personal Circumstances form

Appropriate documentation is always required

Deferral of a module

Deferral of exams

Difficulties

Other ServicesDIT also has a range of other services in place to help students

Campus Life (www.dit.ie/campuslife/)

Disability Support Service (www.dit.ie/access/)

Library (library.dit.ie)

Students Union (www.ditsu.ie)

Counseling Service (www.dit.ie/campuslife/counselling/)

Careers Service (www.dit.ie/careers/)

The Website DT249 Website

http://www.comp.dit.ie/dt249/

If you have a question, please check the DT249 website FIRST!

We will use the website as the main point for providing information to you.

Locations Most lectures will be in Kevin St with a small number in Aungier St

All DIT room numbers are named using the following format XX-Y-NNN where:

XX: Building Code: KE Kevin Street Main Building

KA Kevin Street Annex Building

AU Aungier Street

Y: Floor

NNN: Room Number

Locations

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Stage 1 Overview• 60 ECTS Credits at Stage 1

• Semester 1

• Information Systems in Organisations (Tuesday)

• Computer Technology 1 (Wednesday)

• Programming and Algorithms 1 (Thursday)

• Semester 2

• Interface Design and Web Development (Tuesday)

• Programming and Algorithms 2 (Wednesday)

• Computing Fundamentals 1 (Thursday)

• All classes 6:30 – 9:30

Stage 2 Overview• 60 ECTS Credits at Stage 2• Exit with Higher Certificate or Progress to Stage 3

• Email dt249-info@dit.ie to confirm if and when you intend to graduate with the Higher Certificate

• Semester 1• Object Oriented Programming (Tuesday)• Computer Technology 2 (Wednesday)• Computing Fundamentals 2 (Thursday)

• Semester 2• Computer Communications and Networking (Tuesday)• Database Systems (Wednesday)• Information Systems Project Management (Thursday)• Next year: Programming Paradigms and Data Structures

(Thursday)

Stage 3 Overview• 60 ECTS Credits at Stage 3

• Two Paths

• Exit at Stage 3 with an Ordinary Degree

• Complete Stage 3 and continue to Honours Degree

• Ordinary Degree Path

• Complete 3 Core Modules

• Complete the Ordinary Degree Project

• Complete Two Option Modules

• Honours Degree Path

• Complete all 6 Stage 3 Modules

Stage 4 Structure & Requirements • Requirement: 60 ECTS Credits at Stage 4

• 2 Core Modules

• Information Systems Engineering (Semester 1)• 10 Credits

• Distributed Systems & Systems Integration (Semester 2)• 10 Credits

• Honours Degree Project

• 20 Credits spread over 2 modules• Information Systems Research Practice• Honours Degree Project module

• 4 Options

• 5 Credits per module

Stage 4 Options• Geographic Information Systems

• (Option, Semester 1, Monday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm)

• Security and Cryptography

• (Option, Semester 1, Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm)

• Bioinformatics

• (Option, Semester 1, Thursday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm)

• Business Systems Intelligence

• (Option, Semester 1, Thursday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm)

• Artificial Intelligence 2

• (Option, Semester 2, Monday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm)

• Spatial Databases

• (Option, Semester 2, Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm)

• Information Security Services

• (Option, Semester 2, Thursday, 6:45pm to 9:45pm)

Structure for Stage 4 Project• Information Systems Research Practice

• 10 Credits

• 2 Semesters Long

• 1 Hour per week

• Working with Project Coordinator (Pat)

• Working with Project Supervisor

• Honours Degree Project module• 10 Credits

• 1 Semesters Long

• Runs in the semester following completion of ISRP

• Working with Project Supervisor

Structure for Stage 4 Project

Sept Jan May Sept

Information Systems Research Practice

Honours Degree Project module

Student Working Alone

Interim Report Submission

Final Report Submission

Dec

The Honour Code

Election of Class Rep

• Class reps provide an incredibly important function in facilitating conversations between lecturers and the class as a whole. Class reps are also essential to the management of any programme in DT249

Confirmation of Class Reps• If you have any interest at all in being the class rep for Stage 1,

please send an email to me: robert.ross@dit.ie with your name.

• Elections for class rep will be held in the second week of semester

The Social Angle• Try to enjoy yourself

• Get to know each other

• The class rep can organize events

• Friends can be the single most useful resources in getting through any degree!!!