Higher Diploma in Science in Software Development

*** 90%/ 100% funded under Springboard. Apply on www.springboardcourses.ie ***

• If you come from a non-computing background and wish to convert to a Software Programmer role.
• You can complete the course over 12 or 18 months. 
• The course is fully ONLINE, with optional programming workshops once per month on a Friday evening.
• Includes a 3-6 month placement in an IT related role, or a placement equivalent.
• Up to 80% of those who completed this course in previous years obtained paid employment within three months of the course ending.

This course provides you, as a Level 8 graduate, with an entry path into careers in computing and it includes a placement in the IT industry.

There is the assumption behind the course that Level 8 graduates from other disciplines will already have developed significant transferable skills in analysis, communications and independent learning and that graduates are in a position to quickly learn a focused subset of computing knowledge at Level 8.

The aim of this course is to provide you with this focused subset of knowledge and the requisite skills to apply it in a work environment.

The make up of this course is:

• Object Oriented Software Development (10 credits)
• Computer Architecture and Technology Convergence (5 credits)
• Network Technologies (5 credits)
• Database Design and Development (5 credits)
• Web Applications Development (5 credits)
• Agile Software Development (5 credits)
• Mobile Applications Development (5 credits)
• Operating Systems and Cloud Computing (5 credits)
• Advanced Object Oriented Software Development / Project (10 credits)
• Computational Thinking with Algorithms (5 credits)
• Work placement/ internship (15 credits)

The Higher Diploma in Science in Computing is an Honours Degree level graduate conversion award which gives graduates from non-computing backgrounds the skills and knowledge to start a career in the IT industry. 

Update: 9th January 2023. This course is closed for applications. We are hopeful that it will be funded to run again in 2024. If so, applications will reopen in 2023 (date as yet unknown). If you wish to be notified, if and when, the course is open again for applications, please enter your details into the Microsoft Form here

Course Start Date:

January 2024 if funded under Springboard+ 2023

Delivery Method:

Fully online with recorded lectures, followed by online discussion groups with the lecturers

Application Process:

Applications must be made through http://www.springboardcourses.ie

The Springboard+ Programme is operated by the Higher Education Authority on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills and is co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Union under the European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2021-2027.

Contact Us

School:                           School of Science

Department:                   Department of Computer Science & Applied Physics

Head of Department      Gareth Roe

Email:                              Gareth.Roe@atu.ie

Course Contact

Peter Butler
Graduate Studies & Professional Development
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
Dublin Road
Galway 

Phone
091 742328 from 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday

Email: springboard.galwaymayo@atu.ie 

Springboard+ is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF programme for employability, inclusion and learning 2021-2027