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Digital Innovation for Sport - Galway

ATU - Galway Campuses

Course code
GA_SDISG_V09
Level
Award
Classification
Awarding body
Duration
1.5 years full-time/part-time blended delivery. Study Hours There are up to 13 hours of online lectures / workshops per week in semesters 1 and 2, and a lot of self-directed activity. Lectures are generally delivered in 2 day blocks (Wed / Thurs) in the afternoon and evening. On-Campus Attendance Full time students are required to attend up to 4 days per semester in person. These are designed for team building, peer and industry networking and to take students to key Irish sporting infrastructure. Where possible these will be scheduled on Thursdays and Fridays.

Programme summary

Digital innovation is being rapidly embraced by Ireland’s sporting organisations to manage membership, competitions, performance, facilities, ticketing, broadcast, marketing and many more functions. This programme has been designed to address the digital innovation and digital transformation needs of the sports sector providing graduates with high-level ICT skills, particularly in AI and analytics.

Entry requirements

Applicants require a Level 8 Bachelor (Hons) degree H2.2 or equivalent. Applicants also have the option to apply using Recognition of Prior Learning according to ATU policy. Recognition of Prior Learning: Yes.

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