DT249 Transition Arrangements

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DT249 Transition Arrangements

• Ciarán OLeary
• Monday, 12th June 2006
• Wednesday, 14th June 2006

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Overview

• Introduction
• Review
• New Programme
• Old Programme
• Mapping between Programmes
• Transition of Student Categories
• Forms Required
• Questions

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Introduction

• Ciarán OLeary
• Lecturer, School of Computing
• Old DT249
• Distributed Information Systems (Stage 3)
• New DT249
• Programming and Algorithms (Stage 1)
• Distributed Systems (Stage 4)
• ciaran.oleary_at_comp.dit.ie
• http//www.comp.dit.ie/coleary

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Review

• Required by DIT every 5 years
• Align with
• Industry Requirements
• Academic Quality Requirements
• Modularisation
• ECTS Requirements
• Semesterisation

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Review

• Reviewed successfully in April 2006 by
• Programme Team
• Industrial representatives
• External academic representatives
• Internal academic representatives

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New Programme (249NEW)

• 4 stages
• 3 exit points / awards
• Higher Certificate in Information Systems and
  Information Technology (IS/IT)
• Upon completion of stages 1 2
• BSc (Ordinary) in Information Systems and
  Information Technology (IS/IT)
• Upon completion of stages 1, 2 3
• BSc (Honours) in Information Systems and
  Information Technology (IS/IT)
• Upon completion of stages 1, 2, 3 4

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New Programme (249NEW)

• All modules 1 semester long
• All modules assigned a number of ECTS (European
  Credit Transfer System) credits
• Reflects required workload
• 1 stage 60 ECTS credits
• Modules have
• 5 ECTS credits, or
• 10 ECTS credits, or
• 15 ECTS credits

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New Programme (249NEW)

• Modules linked through prerequisites
• Prerequisite modules must be satisfied before
  student can register for a module
• Students can select modules from any stage
• Recommendation that stages be completed before
  progression, in so far as possible
• Degree project must be completed for BSc
  (Ordinary) or BSc (Honours) awards

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New Programme (249NEW)
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Old Programme

• 3 Stages
• 2 Awards
• Year Long Modules

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Mapping between Programmes
Old Programme
New Programme
Stage 3 (3 modules project)
Stage 4 (60 ECTS)

Stage 2 (5 modules)
Stage 3 (60 ECTS)

Stage 2 (60 ECTS)
Stage 1 (3 Modules)
Stage 1 (60 ECTS)

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Transition

• Depends on Category

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Transition Category A1.1

• If you have
• completed all three modules on stage 1 of 249OLD
  and
• not yet completed any modules on stages 2 or 3 of
  249OLD
• You will
• transition directly into stage 2 249NEW

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Transition Category A1.2

• If you have
• completed all three modules on stage 1 of 249OLD
  and
• completed all 5 modules on stage 2 of 249OLD and
• not yet completed any modules on stages 3 of
  249OLD
• You will
• transition directly into stage 4 249NEW

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Transition Category A2

• If you have
• completed all three modules on stage 1 of 249OLD
  and
• completed all 5 modules on stage 2 of 249OLD and
• not yet completed the Ordinary Degree Project and
• not yet completed any modules on stage 3 of
  249OLD and
• And you
• wish to exit with a BSc (Ordinary)
• You will
• Complete your project and exit

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Transition Category A4

• If you have
• completed at least one module on stage 1 of
  DT249OLD
• not completed all 3 modules on stage 1 of
  DT249OLD
• You will
• Be exempt from certain stage 1 modules (15 ECTS
  per module completed)

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Transition Category A5

• If you have
• completed at least one module on stage 2 of
  DT249OLD
• not completed all 5 modules on stage 2 of
  DT249OLD
• You will
• Be exempt from certain stage 2 3 modules (25
  ECTS per module completed)
• You must
• Select those modules you wish to apply for
  exemption from
• Select certain predefined modules depending on
  those modules youve completed
• Not apply for more exemptions at stage 3 than
  stage 2
• Not apply for exemption from Ordinary Degree
  Project unless youve already complete Ordinary
  Degree Project

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Transition Category A6

• If you have
• completed at least one module on stage 3 of
  DT249OLD
• not completed all modules (3 subjects project)
  on stage 3 of DT249OLD
• You can
• Stay on the old programme for one more year
• Or you can transition where you will
• Be exempt from certain stage 2 3 modules (15
  ECTS per module completed)
• You must
• Select those modules you wish to apply for
  exemption from
• Select certain predefined modules depending on
  those modules youve completed
• Not apply for exemption from Honours Degree
  Project unless youve already complete Honours
  Degree Project

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Forms Required

• ec249
• Select exemptions
• ms249
• Selected modules for semester 1 to begin in
  September 2006

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Cost

• 30 per ECTS
• 110 capitation per academic year
• 1 stage in 1 year 1910

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Marketing

• Please take a poster and / or a leaflet

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Timetables

• Will be published online soon

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Questions?