Click here for more information CLick here for more information
CareersPortal HomeMy Career File header image
header imageCareer Guidance at your FingertipsCareer Guidance at your Fingertips Follow us on TwitterFollow us on Facebook
header image
header imageCareersPortalCareersPortalspacerCareer Guidance for school studentsCareers information for college students and graduatesCareers information for people who want to work header image
blankCareer PlanningWork and EmploymentEducation and Trainingblank

CAO Course Detail

 1

DIT

View College Profile

Visit College Website


 
Course Code:
DT222
Title:
Physics Technology
College:
DIT
Qualification:
Level on the National Framework of Qualifications
Duration:
4 Years

 

spacer Toolbox  spacer
blank Points Calculator
blank Course Investigation Worksheet
blank CAO Handbook
blank CAO Wizard (Course Search)
blank Study & Exam tips (Videos) 
blank CAO Video Guide

Employment Sectors
Employment Sectors related to this course:
This course prepares people for careers typically found in the sectors below. You can explore information relating to sectors by clicking on the titles below.

Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Space Science and Technology
Note: Use the 'Back' button on your browser to return to this page
 
Sample Careers 
If you are interested in this course, then these occupations may also be of interest. Note that these suggestions are not intended to indicate that this course leads directly to these occupations, only that they are related in some way and may be worth exploring.
Astronomer
Engineer - Computer Hardware
Engineer - Electronic
Engineer - Energy
Engineer - Software
Engineer - Telecommunications
Engineer – Nuclear
Mathematician
Meteorologist
Physicist
Research Scientist
Science Communicator
Scientist
   


 
Return to List
 
Must be registered to save to Career File

Course Video(s)
Physics at Ireland's DIT is active in research areas from nanotechnology & materials science to optics to medical physics and has pioneered Problem Based Learning as a delivery method for undergraduate ordinary and honours Physics degrees.

View College Profile

blank Course Summary... blank

 

This course covers five options in the first year and students specialise in one for the third year.

The options are: Chemistry and Physics, Chemistry and Maths, Food Science and Food Technology, Maths and Physics, or Physics and Physics Technology.



blank Careers or Further Progression... blank

 

Careers include quality control, product development, research, testing and analysis. The employment opportunities are wide in the technical or managerial sides of industry, in research and development in industry and in government and local authorities.

 

blank Entry Requirements... blank

 

Click Here [Source: Qualifax]


blank Detailed Information for this Course... blank
DISCLAIMER: These links are to official sources of information for this course - we accept no responsibility for the information on them.

From Qualifax...
Go...
DT222 - Physics Technology
Qualifax - The National Courses Database

From College Website...
Go...
DT222 - Physics Technology
DIT

 
Related Course Suggestions....  (not in order)
The following course suggestions share some interests in common with this course. and are from colleges in the same region. These might be worth exploring further. You can sort the list by Title or College by clicking on the column headings. You can Tag any of these courses from within the individual course pages.
Course Title College
Electronic Engineering DCU 
Electronics and Communications Engineering DIT 
Electrical and Control Engineering DIT 
Sustainable Design in Electrical Services Engineering DIT 
Engineering - Open Opportunities DCU 
Integrated Engineering TCD 
Engineering (General Entry) DIT 
Nanoscience, physics and chemistry of advanced materials TCD 
Science UCD (NUI) 
General Science DIT 
Computer Science College of Computer Training 
Digital Media Engineering DCU 
Electronics and Computer Engineering IT Blanchardstown 
Computer Systems Engineer - CompTIA A+ & CISCO Dorset College 
Computer Science UCD (NUI) 
Networking Technologies DIT 
Agricultural Science - (Engineering Technology) UCD (NUI) 
Automation Engineering DIT 
Computer Science DIT 
Information and Communications Engineering DCU 
Common Entry into Engineering (Undenominated Entry) DCU 
Mechatronic Engineering IT Blanchardstown 
Computer Engineering IT Blanchardstown 
Electronic Engineering IT Tallaght 
Mechatronic Engineering IT Blanchardstown 
Energy Systems Engineering IT Tallaght 
Engineering - Common Entry - Discontinued IT Blanchardstown 
Electronic Engineering IT Tallaght 
Engineering UCD (NUI) 
Electronic Engineering IT Tallaght 
Engineering Systems Maintenance DIT 
Electrical and Electronic Engineering DIT 
Mechatronic Engineering DCU 
Engineering - Common Entry IT Blanchardstown 
Engineering - Common 1st Year DIT 
Actuarial Mathematics DCU 
Arts (subject option: Mathematics) TCD 
Applied Physics DCU 
Physics with Energy & Enviroment DIT 
Mathematics TCD 
Theoretical Physics TCD 
Computing Science Griffith College. Dublin 
Arts (subject option: Mathematics) UCD (NUI) 
Science - (Mathematical, Physical and Geological) UCD (NUI) 
Industrial Mathematics DIT 
Industrial and Environmental Physics DIT 
Applied Biology or Applied Chemistry - Discontinued IT Tallaght 
Computer and Communications Engineering DIT 
Physics with Medical Physics and Bioengineering DIT 
Mathematical Sciences DIT 
Computing DIT 
Science - Common 1st Year DIT 
Physics Technology DIT 
Science with Nanotechnology DIT 
Clinical Measurement Science DIT 
Aviation Technology DIT 
Energy Systems and Industrial Automation (Cancelled) IT Blanchardstown 
Energy Systems and Industrial Automation (Cancelled) IT Blanchardstown 
Energy and Environmental Engineering IT Tallaght 
Physics with Astronomy DCU 
   

 
DIT
DT170 Buildings Management (Maintenance & Conservation) *NEW L6 Programme*
DIT
DT097 Engineering (General Entry) **NEW L7 Programme**
DIT
DT517 English Studies & Languages **NEW L8 Programme**

View all [6]


Monday, August 19
DIT - Maths Exam for Level 8 Engineering (2 days + 1 test day)
Tuesday, September 24
DIT - Guidance Counsellors Information Day
Friday, December 6
DIT - DIT Open Day (2 day event)

View all [4]


CAO Points 
2012 Points 320
History:


2011 - 305
2010 - 300
2009 - 315
2008 - 275
2007 - 270
2006 - 330
2005 - 270
2004 - 265
2003 - 240
2002 - 230
2001 - 265
2000 - 215
1999 - 305
1998 - 325
1997 - 365

What the symbols mean:
  


1 FETAC Links
FETAC Major Awards Linked to this course:

CASLT 5M3807


Module Requirements:

FIVE DISTINCTIONS WHICH MUST INCLUDE C20139 5N1833 OR Leaving Certificate Mathematics OB3


Notes
A new scoring system for FETAC awards will apply for entry through the CAO from 2013.
Click here for details >> 

 

  

 




         
  CareersPortal for ...   Explore CareersPortal ...   Work & Employment ...   Education & Training ...   About CareersPortal ...  
  @ School
@ College
@ Work
Parents
Guidance Professionals
 

Career Guidance Toolbox

Explore Yourself .... 
Self-Assessment

  Industry Sectors
Company Profiles
Occupations A-Z
Career Videos
Job Search Tools
Labour Market Information 
  Junior Cert. Subjects
Leaving Cert. Subjects
Post Leaving Cert. Courses
CAO Courses
School & College Education
Adult Education 
  Terms and Conditions
Privacy Statement
Contact Us

226914  Registered Users
Provider Login
 
 
  www.saoloibre.ie      
Bookmark and Share
 
© 2013 Durrow Communications Ltd