Software development is the creation and maintenance of software products. These products range from mobile phone apps to highly complex software control systems such as those found in self driving cars. In the broad sense, it includes everything from initial concept identification and design through to the final production of software. It can include identification of required software, analysis of software requirements, system design, programming, testing and maintenance.
Course Structure
This course equips students with the range of skills required to become competent software developers. Students follow our new learning-by-doing' model in first year with continuous assessment replacing final exams. Modules for the first three years include a broad range of subjects and an industry work placement. Year 4 concentrates on state-of-the-art, high-level software development topics such as: secure app development, data science, distributed systems and an extensive project.
Is this course for you?
Always on the cutting edge and working with the new ideas and technology, software developers enjoy working in diverse teams and solving novel problems with practical solutions. If you have an open, logical and enquiring mind, then software development may be the profession for you.
Special Features:
Dedicated software development laboratory for 3rd and 4th year Carlow students sponsored by UNUM.
SETU Carlow's final year industry showcase is attended by leading IT employers.
Active participation by students in national and international competitions. Carlow Software Development students were recently awarded 2nd place in FIWARE Smart Society' competition in Seville, winning 40,000 in prize money for their My people Care' project.
SETU Carlow maintains widespread collaborations with international third-level institution computing departments and has active research links with the Netherlands, France, China, Norway, Hungary and the UK.
The computing department in Carlow continues to collaborate with many industry leaders in computing. For example Intel sponsored the use of the Galileo development board and Quark chip at the University and this leading edge technology was incorporated into several undergraduate and graduate research projects at SETU Carlow.
Exit Awards: Higher Certificate in Computing (NFQ Level 6) after Year two and a Bachelor of Science in Software Development (NFQ Level 7) after Year three.
Year 1
Semester 1
Semester 2
Applications and Interpersonal Communications (M)
Computer Hardware 2 (M)
Computer Hardware 1 (M)
Mathematics 2 (M)
Mathematics 1 (M)
Networking 2 (M)
Networking 1 (M)
Programming 2 (M)
Programming 1 (M)
Operating Systems (M)
M is a mandatory subject - E is an elective subject
Year 2
Semester 3
Semester 4
Systems Analysis and Testing (M)
Assembly and C (M)
Object Oriented Software Development 1 (M)
Object Oriented Software Development 2 (M)
Digital Logic (M)
Web Programming and Databases 2 (M)
Web Programming and Databases 1 (M)
Project Year 2 (Software Development) (M)
Data Structures and Algorithms (M)
Discrete Structures (M)
M is a mandatory subject - E is an elective subject
Year 3
Semester 5
Semester 6
Cloud Development (M)
Semester Abroad (E)
Advanced Programming (M)
Work Placement (Software Development) (E)
Software Engineering (M)
Project Year 3 (Software Development) (E)
Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms (M)
Operating Systems (M)
M is a mandatory subject - E is an elective subject
Year 4
Semester 7
Semester 8
Agile Software Verification (M)
Secure Application Development (M)
Concurrent Development (M)
Project Year 4 (Software Development) (M)
Data Science and Machine Learning 1 (M)
Data Science and Machine Learning 2 (M)
Agile Software Development (M)
Cloud Data Centres (E)
Case Studies in Data Science (E)
Data Visualisation (E)
Data Engineering (E)
Bias in Computational Systems (E)
Programming Language Design (E)
Artificial Intelligence in the Wild (E)
UI/UX Design and Development (E)
Blockchain Technology (E)
Linux Infrastructure Engineering (E)
Distributed Development (E)
Entrepreneurship (E)
M is a mandatory subject - E is an elective subject
What are the minimum entry requirements?
2 subjects: H5
4 subjects: O6/H7
English or Irish: O6/H7
Mathematics: O6/H7
What follow-on study opportunities are available?
Graduates have the option to progress to postgraduate studies at either masters or doctoral level within at SETU or any other university. Graduates are also eligible to undertake the taught MSc in Data Science, the taught MSc in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, the taught MSc in Applied Artificial Intelligence or the MSc in IT Management at SETU Carlow.
What exemptions will I receive?
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Notes
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What will I be able to do when I finish the course?
Ireland is a large global player in the software development and software engineering industry with significant employment opportunities for graduates at home and abroad. Graduates of this course are working in Ireland and Worldwide with companies such as UNUM, Google, IBM, Microsoft, HP, AOL, DoneDeal, Symantec and Intel, to name but a few.
