Nursing courses were the only subjects to see point increases at Dundalk IT in the first round of CAO offers published this morning.
The course that requires the highest number of points in the college is Midwifery, which increased from 400 to 415 points. General Nursing at the College also increased from 400 to 405 points, while Psychiatric Nursing went from 375 to 385.
The only other course to record a points increase was Health and Physical Activity, which went from 365 to 375.
The majority of courses remained unchanged although there were point drops recorded for Computing in Games Development (300 from 367), Applied Music (460 from 500) and Social Care (315 from 350).
In terms of the higher certificate/ordinary bachelor degree courses, Business and Management increased from 105 points to 160 points, while Civil Engineering went from 100 to 125 points and Hospitality Management from 240 to 265.
There were also sizeable increases in the points required for Sport Exercise and Enterprise (275 to 335 points) and Pharmaceutical Science (285 to 333).
The largest faller was Applied Bioscience, which went from 325 to 215, while there were also falls recorded for Culinary Arts, Hospitality Studies and Agriculture.
