BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS COMPUTING AND DIGITAL MEDIA

Why Study Business Computing and Digital Media?
Are you interested in how computers work and what they can do? This programme provides you with the foundations for many careers in computing in diverse, modern commercial environments. It covers a wide range of activity from everyday business computer skills to advanced database and multimedia development and manipulation.

The programme has a heavy practical element and you will be trained in the provision of computerised solutions using a wide range of methods. You will work individually and in groups on a variety of projects and acquire the techniques involved in system/solution production, development and deployment

Programme Modules
Digital Media Development and Deployment, Multimedia Application & Develop, Essential Mathematics for Computing, Audio-video Design, Computer Technology and Business Applications, Enterprise Development, IT Training and Software Development Techniques, E-Business Administration, Communication Skills, OO Computing, Applied Networking Technologies, Accountancy and Marketing.

Electives Modules: European Languages, Digital Photography, Computer Forensics and Digital Investigations, Applied Modeling and Simulation, Legal and Ethical Issues.

Career Opportunities
The proliferation of digital media products offers career opportunities in web development, graphics design and digital image/video manipulation. There are also opportunities in IT training and support and in IT application.

Other Essential Information
Network computing, data base management systems and individual and group project work are fundamental to the programme.

Follow-on Studies
One year add-on B.Sc (Honours) degree (Information Technology for Business) at GMIT.

Honours degree programmes at other Institutes of Technology and universities in Ireland and the UK.