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Download Programme Descriptor\u00a0anseo<\/a><\/p>

Click on the component code below to download an individual component<\/p>
Code<\/th>Title<\/th>Credit<\/th>Specific Validation Requirements<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Thefollowing programme modules must be included<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
5N0541<\/a><\/td>Fundamentals of Object Oriented Programming<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N2772<\/a><\/td>Software Architecture<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
A minimum of one programme module from the following list must be included, to a total credit value of 15<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
5N0554<\/a><\/td>Computational Methods and Problem Solving<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N18396<\/a><\/td>Maths for Information Technology<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
A minimum of one programme module from the following list must be included, to a total value of 15<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
5N0690A-02<\/a><\/td>*Communications<\/td>15<\/td>This descriptor will deactivate in June 2026.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N0690B-01<\/a><\/td>*Communications<\/td>15<\/td>This descriptor will deactivate in June 2026.<\/td><\/tr>
5N1367<\/a><\/td>Teamworking<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
A minimum of one programme\u00a0module from the following list must be included, to a total credit value of 15<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
5N1536<\/a><\/td>Work Experience<\/td>15<\/td>

The work experience requirement for this programme is 10 days<\/p>

This descriptor will deactivate in June 2026.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5N1433<\/a><\/td>Work Practice<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
A minimum of two programme modules from the following list must be included, to a total credit value of 30<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
5N0783<\/a><\/td>Database Methods<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N0580<\/a><\/td>Mobile Technologies<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N2928<\/a><\/td>Operating Systems<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N2927<\/a><\/td>Programming and Design Principles<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N2769<\/a><\/td>Software Testing<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1910<\/a><\/td>Web Authoring<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
The remaining credit value of 15 can be obtained by using relevant modules from the list above or below at Level 5.\u00a0 A maximum of 15 credits may be used from either Level 4 or Level 6<\/h5><\/td><\/tr>
5N1348<\/a><\/td>Accounting Manual and Computerised<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1551<\/a><\/td>Animation<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1830<\/a><\/td>Animation Drawing Studies<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1929<\/a><\/td>Computer Illustrated Graphics<\/td>15<\/td>

Versions of software that reflect current modern business use<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5N0548<\/a><\/td>Computer Systems Hardware<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N0972<\/a><\/td>Seirbh\u00eds do Chustaim\u00e9ir\u00ed<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1862<\/a><\/td>Drawing<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1951<\/a><\/td>Entrepreneurial Skills<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N0583<\/a><\/td>ICT Security Policy and Management<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1833<\/a><\/td>Matamaitic<\/td>15<\/td>

A\u00a0set of Formulae and Tables at examination. Calculators\u00a0available to each candidate at examination<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5N2929<\/a><\/td>Networking Essentials<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1615<\/a><\/td>Problem Solving<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1977<\/a><\/td>Spreadsheet Methods<\/td>15<\/td>This descriptor will deactivate in June 2026.<\/td><\/tr>
5N1611<\/a><\/td>The Internet<\/td>15<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
5N1358<\/a><\/td>Word Processing<\/td>15<\/td>This descriptor will deactivate in June 2026.<\/td><\/tr>
Total credits required for certification in the major award = 120<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

5M0529 Software Development Download Programme Descriptor\u00a0here Click on the component code below to download an individual component Code Title Credit Specific Validation Requirements Thefollowing programme modules must be included 5N0541 Fundamentals of Object Oriented Programming 15 \u00a0 5N2772 Software Architecture 15 \u00a0 A minimum of one programme module from the following list must be included, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5855,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"left-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5924","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5924"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5928,"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5924\/revisions\/5928"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}