BSc Honours in Technology Management

at National College of Ireland

This full-time course is a four-year honours degree run over eight semesters with continuous assessment held throughout the course and examinations at the end of each semester. On completion you will receive a QQI BSc (Honours) in Technology Management at level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications.

Students must obtain a minimum of 3 distinctions and a full award and meet the CAO points requirements to apply for this Level 8 course. 

Stage 1 / Semester 1

Core Subject

• Module 

• H6IMBC    Introduction to Mathematics for Business & Computing

• H6IMBC    Introduction to Mathematics for Business & Computing

• H6MYL    Managing Your Learning

• H6PSP    Problem Solving and Programming Concepts

• H6CI    The Computing Industry

• H6WD    Web Design and Development
   

• Stage 1 / Semester 2

• Core Subject
   

• Module Code    

• H6DM    Digital Multimedia

• H6MGM    Introduction to Management

• H6IM    Introduction to Marketing

• H06IP    Introduction to Programming

• H6SAB    Software Applications for Business
   

• Stage 2 / Semester 1

• Core Subject
   

• Module Code    

• H6FBA    Fundamentals of Business Analysis

• H06ID    Introduction to Databases

• H06ID    Introduction to Databases

• H06SPM    IT Project Management

• H6OBR    Organisational Behaviour

• H6WAD    Web Application Development
   

• Stage 2 / Semester 2

• Core Subject
   

• Module Code   

• H06BE    Business Entrepreneurship

• H06DCN    Data Communications and Networking

• H6ITP    Interdisciplinary Team Project

• H6PA    Principles of Accounting
   

• Stage 3 / Semester 1

• Core Subject
   

• Module Code    

• H7ACCB    Accounting for Business

• H7AVB    Advanced Databases

• H7TPR    Team Project
   

• Optional

• Module Code    

• H7BID    Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing I

• H7IER    Introduction to ERP
   

• Stage 3 / Semester 2

• Core Subject
   

• Module Code   

• H7WRKPL    Work Placement
   

• Group Elective 1

• Module Code    

• H7ALC    Application Lifecycle

• H7BAD    Business Application Development

• H7BCS    Business Communication Skills- Enhance Your Personal Impact
   

• Stage 4 / Semester 1

• Core Subject

• Module Code    

• H8BDA    Business Data Analysis

• H8GSM    Global Supply Chain Management

• H8TM    Information Systems Management

• H8PE    Project

• H8SMG    Strategic Management
   

• Group Elective 1

• Module Code    

• H8BGD    Programming for Big Data
   

• Group Elective 2

• Module Code    

• H8BID2    Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing II
   

• Group Elective 3

• Module Code    

• H8AWA    Advanced Web Application Development
   

• Group Elective 4

• Module Code    

• H8RM    Requirements Management
   

• Stage 4 / Semester 2

• Group Elective 1
   

• Module Code    

• H8DWM    Data and Web Mining
   

• Group Elective 2

• Module Code    

• H8BPM    Business Process Management

• H8BNS    Security Principles
   

• Group Elective 3

• Module Code    

• H8BIA    Business Intelligence and Analtyics with Social Media

• H8PRS    Public Relations and Social Media
   

• Group Elective 4

• Module Code    

• H8APM    Agile Project Management

Minimum entry requirements are a grade H5 and above in two higher level subjects together with a minimum of O6/H7 in four other subjects. A minimum of grade O6/H7 must be obtained in English. A grade O6/H7 must be obtained in Mathematics.
 

The certificate of your English language standard must have been issued within 2 years of the expected start date of your course.  As a guide, the IELTS English language requirements are as follows:
 

This course qualifies under the Free Fees Initiative and Student Grant Scheme.
 

Tuition Fees will be paid in respect of EU nationals who have been resident in an EU Member State for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to full-time undergraduate third-level courses at National College of Ireland. Each student's eligibility must be determined on an individual basis.

The criteria for determining eligibility, as laid out by studentfinance.ie, are as follows:
 

Notwithstanding this condition and subject to compliance with the other conditions of the Free Fees initiative, students who already hold a Level 6 qualification (Higher Certificate or National Certificate) or a Level 7 qualification (Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma) and are progressing to a Level 8 (Honours Bachelor Degree) course without necessarily having received an exemption from the normal duration of the course may be deemed eligible for free fees.
 

• Tuition fees will be paid in respect only of students attending full-time undergraduate courses.

• The courses must, other than exceptionally, be of a minimum of two years duration.

• The courses must be followed in one of the eligible institutions.

• Tuition fees will not be paid in respect of:

  • students pursuing a second undergraduate course. 

  • students who already hold a postgraduate qualification.

• Tuition fees will also not be paid in respect of students undertaking a repeat year of study at the same year level. In this regard, this condition may be waived where evidence of exceptional circumstances, such as cases of certified serious illness, is provided.

• Subject to compliance with the other conditions of the Free Fees initiative, students who have previously pursued but have not completed a course of third-level study and subsequently resume third level studies:

  • may be deemed eligible for free fees where the third-level course concerned did not attract any exchequer funding (e.g. fees, maintenance, tax relief, subsidy towards course cost)

  • are not eligible for free fees for the equivalent period of time spent on the first course of study where the third level course concerned did attract exchequer funding (as above). Part-time and evening students are included in this category.

• Tuition fees will be paid in respect of eligible students who, having attended but not completed approved courses, are returning following a break of at least five years in order to pursue approved courses at the same level in the current academic year.

• The tuition fees payable do not include the payment to be made by students towards the cost of registration, examination and student services.

The interdisciplinary nature of the course is designed to lead graduates towards employment in the business and/or information technology domains. Graduates from this course are working within companies including Google, Citi, Hertz, Dell, BNY Mellon, Electric Ireland, Hewlett Packard, OmniPay and Realex Payments. Roles are diverse and include sales, account management, fund accounting, data analysis and management information reporting.
 

According to a recent Higher Education Outcomes Report released by the CSO, ICT graduates receive the highest weekly earnings five years after graduating compared to other sectors based on the analysis of the destinations of students who graduated between 2010 and 2016.