1. DT249/DT249P Induction Evening for new Students September 11 th 2014

2. Introductions Robert Ross (Programme Chair) E-Mail: robert dot ross THE-USUAL-SYMBOL dit dot ie Office Address: KE 115 Art Sloan – Mentor Stages 1 and 2 Emai: art dot sloan THE-USUAL-SYMBOL dit dot ie Office Address: KE 114A Martin McHugh – Mentor Stages 3 and 4 Email: martin dot mchugh THE-USUAL-SYMBOL dit dot ie Office Address: KE G08

3. Programme Codes DT249 BSc In Information Systems & Information Technology Higher Certificate Ordinary Degree Higher Degree DT249P Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

4. Timetables See the DT249 Website

5. Academic Calendar August 201418/08/14Reassessment (2013/14) 25/08/14Reassessment (2013/14) September01/09/14Academic Year commences 2014/15 08/09/14Induction/ Module and Progression Boards 15/09/141 Semester of 15 weeks that normally includes 12 weeks teaching 22/09/142 29/09/143 October06/10/14 4 13/10/145 20/10/14 6 27/10/14 7 November 201403/11/148 10/11/149 17/11/1410 24/11/1411 December 201401/12/1412 08/12/14 13Weeks 13, 14 and 15 provide flexibility to allow teaching, exams or marking during this time 15/12/1414 Exams / Marking 22/12/14Christmas 29/12/14Christmas January 201505/01/1515 Exams / Marking

6. Academic Calendar 12/01/15 19/01/151Semester of 15 weeks that normally includes 12 weeks teaching 26/01/152 February02/02/153 09/02/154 16/02/155 23/02/156 March 2015 02/03/15 7 09/03/15 8 16/03/159 23/03/1510 30/03/15Easter break April 201506/04/15Easter break 13/04/1511 20/04/1512 27/04/1513 Weeks 13, 14 and 15 provide flexibility to allow teaching, exams or marking during this time May 201504/05/1514 11/05/1515 Exams and Marking 18/05/15Exams / Marking 25/05/15Marking / Module and progression boards June 201501/06/15Module and progression boards 08/06/15Student feedback and Appeals 15/06/15Student feedback and Appeal

7. Registrations Please submit module selection as soon as possible Once module selection is received, your choices are passed on to the Registration Office who then contact you Registration has been taking place online in batches

8. ID Cards Your invitation to register will include information on how to get your student ID card The easiest way to get your student ID card is to send information online and have the ID card posted out to you. Information on how to do this will be available from the DT249 website

9. IT Accounts Student accounts are issued by central DIT Information Services to students who are eligible to register Further information on how to access your student account is available at www.dit.ie/is/student/newstudents/ In order to get technical support of any kind you need to use the logging system via the RMS self service portal - mysupportdesk.dit.ie

10. If you have any trouble completing assessments or exams or attending lectures please contact your lecturer or mentor as soon as you can DIT has a range of facilities to help students complete a programme: PC1 Personal Circumstances form Appropriate documentation is always required Deferral of a module Deferral of exams Difficulties

11. Other Services DIT also has a range of other services in place to help students Campus Life (www.dit.ie/campuslife/) Disability Support Service (www.dit.ie/access/) Library (library.dit.ie) Students Union (www.ditsu.ie) Counseling Service (www.dit.ie/campuslife/counselling/) Careers Service (www.dit.ie/careers/)

12. The Website DT249 Website http://www.comp.dit.ie/dt249/ If you have a question, please check the DT249 website FIRST! We will use the website as the main point for providing information to you.

13. Locations Most lectures will be in Kevin St with a small number in Aungier St All DIT room numbers are named using the following format XX-Y-NNN where: XX: Building Code: KE Kevin Street Main Building KA Kevin Street Annex Building AU Aungier Street Y: Floor NNN: Room Number

14. Locations You are here

15. Stage 1 Overview 60 ECTS Credits at Stage 1 Semester 1 Information Systems in Organisations (Tuesday) Computer Technology 1 (Wednesday) Programming and Algorithms 1 (Thursday) Semester 2 Interface Design and Web Development (Tuesday) Programming and Algorithms 2 (Wednesday) Computing Fundamentals 1 (Thursday) All classes 6:30 – 9:30

16. Stage 2 Overview 60 ECTS Credits at Stage 2 Exit with Higher Certificate or Progress to Stage 3 Email dt249-info@dit.ie to confirm if and when you intend to graduate with the Higher Certificate Semester 1 Object Oriented Programming (Tuesday) Computer Technology 2 (Wednesday) Computing Fundamentals 2 (Thursday) Semester 2 Computer Communications and Networking (Tuesday) Database Systems (Wednesday) Information Systems Project Management (Thursday) Next year: Programming Paradigms and Data Structures (Thursday)

17. Stage 3 Overview 60 ECTS Credits at Stage 3 Two Paths Exit at Stage 3 with an Ordinary Degree Complete Stage 3 and continue to Honours Degree Ordinary Degree Path Complete 3 Core Modules Complete the Ordinary Degree Project Complete Two Option Modules Honours Degree Path Complete all 6 Stage 3 Modules

18. Stage 4 Structure & Requirements Requirement: 60 ECTS Credits at Stage 4 2 Core Modules Information Systems Engineering (Semester 1) 10 Credits Distributed Systems & Systems Integration (Semester 2) 10 Credits Honours Degree Project 20 Credits spread over 2 modules Information Systems Research Practice Honours Degree Project module 4 Options 5 Credits per module

19. Stage 4 Options Geographic Information Systems (Option, Semester 1, Monday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm) Security and Cryptography (Option, Semester 1, Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm) Bioinformatics (Option, Semester 1, Thursday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm) Business Systems Intelligence (Option, Semester 1, Thursday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm) Artificial Intelligence 2 (Option, Semester 2, Monday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm) Spatial Databases (Option, Semester 2, Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm) Information Security Services (Option, Semester 2, Thursday, 6:45pm to 9:45pm)

20. Structure for Stage 4 Project Information Systems Research Practice 10 Credits 2 Semesters Long 1 Hour per week Working with Project Coordinator (Pat) Working with Project Supervisor Honours Degree Project module 10 Credits 1 Semesters Long Runs in the semester following completion of ISRP Working with Project Supervisor

21. Structure for Stage 4 Project SeptJanMaySept Information Systems Research Practice Honours Degree Project module Student Working Alone Interim Report Submission Final Report Submission Dec

22. The Honour Code

23. Election of Class Rep Class reps provide an incredibly important function in facilitating conversations between lecturers and the class as a whole. Class reps are also essential to the management of any programme in DT249

24. Confirmation of Class Reps If you have any interest at all in being the class rep for Stage 1, please send an email to me: robert.ross@dit.ie with your name. Elections for class rep will be held in the second week of semester

25. The Social Angle Try to enjoy yourself Get to know each other The class rep can organize events Friends can be the single most useful resources in getting through any degree!!!