{"id":7235,"date":"2024-03-20T13:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlaoiseinstitute.ie\/?page_id=7235"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:20:07","slug":"bachelor-of-science-honourssoftwaredevelopment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.portlaoiseinstitute.ie\/?page_id=7235","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Science Software Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7235\" class=\"elementor elementor-7235\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f070214 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f070214\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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This programme will give people of Portlaoise and surrounding areas the opportunity to access a third level course in their local area without any requirement for a CAO application.<\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW96203922 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; color: #000000; white-space-collapse: preserve; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont', 'Times New Roman_MSFontService', serif; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW96203922 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\">Our Honours Software Development Degree will equip you with the qualifications to enable you to work in a vast array of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW96203922 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;\">organisations<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW96203922 BCX0\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;\"> from small local companies to large multinationals. 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