Description

This honours degree programme will inspire an intellectual capacity for self-expression and objective enquiry, while developing the practical skills necessary for media production.

The art of writing, design, presentation, production, layout and publishing for newspaper, radio, video, photography and the Internet will be covered in this course. The course aims to produce versatile and confident graduates who can meet the needs of the existing communications industry, and identify and exploit further opportunities within media.

The degree is recognised by the main professional journalists' organisation, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). In addition, full-time students are entitled to apply for NUJ student cards during their degree.

Highlights

Year 1
In first year students acquire theoretical understanding and introductory practical media skills. Students learn about the history of media, about how society has adapted to increasingly sophisticated systems of media communication. In addition students learn how to present a message and how to present themselves in public within systems of media communication. Students acquire introductory skills which develop an understanding of radio, print, visual media and photography. On completion of first year, students are in a position to make choices in relation to specialising in visual or verbal media.

Year 2
In Year 2 students choose to take a journalism or visual media specialisation, a choice they have been prepared for in first year. Students gain essential background knowledge relating to the legal and ethical environment of media production, the history and development of systems of photographic representation and how social, economic and political issues affect society.

During this stage, students are applying their knowledge and beginning to think holistically in the development of their various media related skills. They will produce practical media work on a regular basis during this stage of the course.

Year 3
Media and Society, one of the three common subjects in third year, teaches students about the interaction of modern media systems with practitioners, audiences, owners and structures. Media Research and Cultural Studies allows students to develop their capacity for research, while Media and Society teaches students how media companies arrive and thrive within specific commercial and regulatory environments. Students continue their specialist choices which increase in the final year within the journalism or visual media stream.

Progression
BA graduates have successfully pursued postgraduate awards in Ireland's main universities as well as in prestigious academic institutions across the UK and Europe.

Careers
Given the comprehensive nature of this course, which explores such a diverse and exciting range of media, you will have many career options. Successful students will work as journalists, researchers, presenters and producers in print and broadcast media. In addition to traditional journalism, the course prepares graduates for employment in areas where visual media or multi-media are in demand, including video production, photography, web design, and graphics production & design. Because communicating information is becoming increasingly electronic in nature, studying the role of the Internet in modern media is an integral part of this course. With this in mind, graduates may seek work in new and rewarding fields of communication technology.

Minimum Education

High School

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

Approx. 40,000 USD tuition only for full degree (3 years)

Program Fees Include:

Tuition for full degree, three years. Does not include any other expenditures. Students can expect to spend approximately USD 10,000 per year on personal and living expenses.

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Group living
• Home-stays
• Independent living
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Scholarships are Available

A limited number of partial scholarships available for exceptional applicants.

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

2 weeks

Post Services Include

• Job and Internship Network

Year Founded

1975