New WIT Postgraduate Course for Autumn 2005

Taught M.Sc. in Computing (Communications Software)

A new taught MSc that is closely allied with the core competencies and vision of the TSSG has recently been approved by WIT's Academic Council and will run for the first time from September 2005. This MSc programme, which specialises in Communications Software, will complement the existing research postgraduate programmes provided by the TSSG under the auspices of WIT's Dept of Physical & Quantitative Sciences.

Course Outline

This one-year full-time taught Masters degree programme aims to produce graduates with knowledge, skills and expertise in Communications Software Development. The course will also confer on the graduates a set of personal and professional attributes that will allow them greater flexibility in the development of their own career options. Specifically, the course aims to produce graduates who can:

• Reason and problem-solve to a high level in the context of communications software technology and its role in business, industry and research
• Participate in the development of high-quality communications software products


• Participate constructively in the strategic deployment of new communications technologies


• Undertake research-based projects for industry, providing effective advice and leadership where required


• Manage technology-based projects that require the handling of innovation and change in dynamic environments

The programme is to be delivered in a modular format, as follows:

Semester 1 (September - January)

Software Patterns, Communications Infrastructure, Network Security, Graph Theory and Applications, Research Methods, Dissertation - Proposal

Semester 2 (February - May)

Communications Services Development, Communications Management, Combinatorial Optimisation, Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing, Software Development Tools, Dissertation - Literature Review

Semester 3 (June - September)

Dissertation

Entry requirements

An honours degree in computing or equivalent. The number of places available on the course will be limited to 20 in the first year. Therefore an interview process may be required in the student selection procedure. International students are required to meet the WIT postgraduate TOEFL (600)/IELTS (6.5) English Language requirement standard.

There is a prerequisite that a student successfully completes a bridging module in Telecommunications Software Development if they have not taken an equivalent module already. This module is an intensive introduction to the area of communications software development and is based on the elective module in the current final year of the BSc in Applied Computing at the Department of Physical and Quantitative Sciences at WIT.

Admission Queries

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Mr. Richard Frisby or Mr. Jimmy McGibney

Waterford Institute of Technology

Email: rfrisby@wit.ie or jmcgibney@wit.ie

Fees

Necessary documents & further information

Download course description (PDF, 207KB)

Download application form (PDF, 80KB)

View Module Descriptions

For up-to-date information, please visit http://www.wit.ie/MScComputing/