Oscail DCU: Opening doors to education
Enhance your career with a post-graduate degree from Oscail at DCU.
Oscail was established in 1982 by Dublin City University (DCU) and has been offering post-graduate level education at a distance since 1990. Oscail's mission is to provide adults with access to third-level education through distance education regardless of location, employment, domestic or personal circumstances.
Oscail's post-graduate programmes are targeted at working professionals who wish to achieve a deeper understanding in a specialist area and provide a sound basis for their long-term career, without disruption to their career or other commitments.
Graduates to the programmes are equipped with the knowledge and skills to reach senior-managerial positions in specialist areas.
All of the programmes are accredited by DCU and students study in their own time, at their own pace and wherever is most convenient, with the help of specially written self-instructional course texts. All modules are taught online in a virtual classroom, Moodle, where you can interact with your fellow students and tutors through e-mail, chat, skype, at whatever time suits you. It is possible, therefore, to build a study timetable to fit individual lifestyles.
Assessment is by continuous assessment only with no terminal examinations. This greatly increases the flexibility of the programme.
The normal entry route to the programme is for people with a Level 8 or higher degree in a relevant discipline (engineering, science, business or IT) from a recognised higher education institution.
However, it is also possible to get a place on one of Oscail's post-graduate programmes without a Level 8 degree, providing the candidate can show evidence of substantial relevant work experience. This entry route is of particular interest to people who are already in a managerial position and who would like to enhance their careers with a recognised qualification.
In addition to the three long established MSc programmes, (MSc in Management of Operations, MSc in Internet Systems and MSc in Information Systems Strategy), Oscail is introducing a new masters programme this year called MSc in Management for Sustainable Development.
This programme is the first MSc programme of its type in Ireland and is aimed at people who are working as environmental managers, or who aspire to work as environmental managers within organisations in the public and private sectors, as well as consultancy firms and NGOs. The topics on the programme include sustainable environmental and waste management, sustainable energy and water management, sustainable procurement and environmental legislation as well as modules in the area of management.
For more information and programme entry requirements log on to www.dcu.ie/oscail
