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Registering for 2008/2009
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Click here for details of registration requirements and office
opening hours. Please note you can go ahead and register for
2008/2009 if you are repeating an exam in the supplemental session. |
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All students need to complete the
module selection form
and return it to the Programme Chairperson asap.
In order for you to register online, you will
need to inform the Programme Chairperson of your module choices
by completing the
module selection form
and sending it before 5th September 2008.
As always, you can elect to register and pay
for both semester 1 and 2 modules in September or pay Semester
by Semester. Please make sure you indicate your preference on
the form.
Once you've submitted the form by e-mail you
will receive a confirmation of receipt - thereafter all queries
regarding registration should be directed to the registrations
office at kevin.registrations@dit.ie or on (01) 402 4687.
If you do not wish to register online you can
make a payment via telephone using credit card, laser card or
mastercard or by sending a cheque, postal order or bank draft to
the registrations office. Please note that laser card payments
cannot exceed €1,500.
The Examinations
Office at DIT Kevin Street handle all matters relating
to exam scheduling, exam registration and communication of
results. As with the registration process your lecturers
have no jurisdiction or influence over this either. This
office is run by Joan Cummins. A list of contact information
for the examinations office can be found
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Start of 2008/2009 Classes will
start on September 22nd 2008.
Click here for the full academic calendar.
Programme Rules
Assessment
The
General Assessment
Regulations of the DIT apply to this programme
except where specified in the programme document.
Students are
expected to familiarise themselves with the general
assessment regulations.
Assessment on this programme is by written
examination and where appropriate practical examination
and/or continuous, practical and/or project assessment and
dissertation (hereinafter called non-exam assessment).
The components that
contribute to the programme assessment include written
examination papers, programme work and a research project
and dissertation.
No compensation is
normally allowed between modules, or between components of
modules.
Examinations
Exams will be offered at
the end of each module in accordance with the General
Assessment Regulations (modular programmes) of the Dublin
Institute of Technology.
Students are required to
pass the continuous assessment component and the examination
component of all modules.
Supplemental exams will be
offered in accordance with the General Assessment
Regulations (modular programmes) of the Dublin Institute of
Technology.
Repeating Modules or Module Components
There will be no
supplemental exams for non-exam components of any modules of
the programme. Where a student fails the non-exam component
of a module, they must re-enrol for the module and re-take
the non-exam component.
Where a student fails to
reach the pass mark in a component for a module a mark of
40% will be used for this module in the calculation of the
students award. A
student cannot repeat a module where they have received a
pass result. Only
two attempts are permitted for the non-exam component of any
module. As per the Dublin Institute of Technology General
Assessment Regulations (modular programmes), four attempts
will be permitted for the written components.
In the case of SPEC 9310,
a student may enrol for this module a maximum of three times
within a period of four academic years after which time they
may not enrol for the module again and must choose to exit
the programme with a Postgraduate Diploma in Computing
(Knowledge Management).
No module may be attempted
more than four times over six examination sessions.
Progression to MSc
On successful completion
and passing of or exemption from the nine core modules plus
two option modules, each student enrolled in the MSc in
Computing (Knowledge Management) programme must express
their intention to either continue with the MSc. programme
and enrol in SPEC 9310 or to exit the programme with award
of Postgraduate Diploma in computing (Knowledge Management).
They must express their intention in writing to the
Programme Chairperson within one academic year of receiving
the result of the final module contributing towards the
award of Postgraduate Diploma in Computing (Knowledge
Management).
Where a student fails to
complete an acceptable dissertation proposal within four
weeks of enrolling for SPEC 9310, they will not be allowed
to proceed and will be requested to re-enrol for SPEC 9310
at the next available opportunity.
A student who does not
achieve the required minimum mark will be able to re-enrol
for SPEC 9310 of the MSc programme at the next available
opportunity. Students who re-enrol for SPEC 9310 will be
required to undertake a project and a dissertation on a
topic different to previous attempts if there is any.
A student of the MSc
programme may choose to exit from the MSc programme with an
award of Postgraduate Diploma in Computing (Knowledge
Management) at any time and during SPEC 9310. However,
should they choose to do so, a student will not be allowed
to return to the MSc programme in the same academic year.
Calculation of Awards
Where a student has been awarded an exemption from a module,
the ECTS credits for such modules will not be included in
the calculation of their award.
Postgraduate
Diploma
The Post Graduate Diploma
final grade achieved by the student is determined from two
groupings of modules which will be referred to as Group 1
and Group 2 to simplify calculation formula:
Group 1. The
marks achieved in the core modules SENG 9110, SPEC 9120 SENG
9130, SENG 9140, TECH 9150, SPEC 9160, contribute 40% to the
final grade.
Group 2. The
marks achieved in the core modules SENG 9210, SPEC 9220 and
SPEC 9230 and two of the option modules SENG 9240, TECH
9250, SPEC 9260, SPEC 9270, TECH 9280, BUS 9290, TECH 9290,
SPEC 9290,INTC9221, INTC9231 contribute 60% to the final
grade.
Marks are awarded in proportion to the ECTS
credits for the modules in a group as follows:
Sum(Mark achieved for a module * ECTS credits
for the module) / Total ECTS Credits
The formula for calculation of the final
grade for the PgD is therefore:
(0.4) * Group 1 marks +
(0.6)* Group 2 marks
The Post Graduate Diploma in Computing
(Knowledge Management) is a graded award with the
classifications of Distinction, Merit upper, Merit Lower and
Pass in accordance with the schedule set out below:
Distinction:
>=70%
Merit upper
division: 60-69%
Merit Lower
division: 50-59%
Pass: 40-49%
MSc in Computing (Knowledge Management)
To be eligible for an MSc
in Computing (Knowledge Management) a student must complete
and pass or be exempt from all nine core modules and two
option modules and pass SPEC 9310 the research project and
dissertation.
The final grade achieved
by the student is determined from three groupings of modules
which will be referred to as Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 to
simply calculation formula:
Group 1. The
marks achieved in the core modules SENG 9110, SPEC 9120 SENG
9130, SENG 9140, TECH 9150, SPEC 9160, contribute 20% to the
final grade.
Group 2. The
marks achieved in the core modules SENG 9210, SPEC 9220 and
SPEC 9230 and two of the option modules SENG 9240, TECH
9250, SPEC 9260, SPEC 9270, TECH 9280, BUS 9290, TECH 9290,
SPEC 9290, INTC9221, INTC9231 contribute 40% to the final
grade.
Group 3.
The marks achieved in the
research project and dissertation, SPEC 9310, contribute 40%
to the final grade.
Marks are awarded in proportion to the ECTS
credits for the modules in a group as follows:
Sum(Mark achieved for a module * ECTS credits
for the module) / Total ECTS Credits
The formula for calculation of the final
grade for the MSc is therefore:
(0.2) * Group 1 marks + (0.4)* Group 2 marks+ (0.4)* Group 3
mark.
he MSc in Computing (Knowledge
Management) is a graded award with the classifications of
First Class Honours, Second Class Honours Upper (2.1),
Second Class Honours Lower (2.2) or Pass in accordance with
the schedule set out i below:
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Classification of Final Award
MSc in Computing (Knowledge Management) |
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Average Mark |
Classification |
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>=70% |
First Class
Honours |
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60%- 69% |
Second Class
Honours
Upper Division |
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50%-59% |
Second Class
Honours
Lower Division |
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40% - 49% |
Pass |
All timetables
should be considered provisional.
The offering of any
module is subject to a minimum number of students enrolling
in the module and therefore modules may be removed from the
timetable before teaching starts in a semester.
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