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An overview of the Mathematics Department at CIT

This course is designed to provide the graduate student with the advanced theoretical knowledge and skills in the interrelated areas of Computer Networking and Computer Security.

The programme is designed to provide the postgraduate student with the advanced theoretical knowledge and skills necessary for their continuing professional development (CPD) in the software industry. The main focus is in the area of software development with particular emphasis on current software design principles and methods and software quality.

Software development programmes provide graduates with the skills and knowledge required to design and create the software programmes that people use every day. For example, you use software programmes when using the internet, booking a flight or writing up your homework on a PC.

The course can be considered as software development for the web. It provides graduates with the skills and knowledge required to design and create web sites and web applications (the software programmes that people use every day on the Internet). Some examples would be Facebook, Youtube, Amazon, or basically any website you visit. The course has a strong focus on the use of current and emerging web technologies and user experience.

This course is flexible and will provide you with the opportunity to qualify at Higher Certificate level after two years at which time you can leave CIT to find employment or decide to stay on in CIT and acquire your degree or honours degree subsequently. Acquiring an honours degree in software development using this option takes a year longer than would be the case if you entered the BSc (Honours) in Software Development CR106 directly.