| Title | BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media |
|---|---|
| School | |
| Department | |
| Course Type | CAO Undergraduate International |
| Qualification | Honours Bachelor Degree |
| Level | 8 |
| Course Category | Computing Creative Media Marketing and Public Relations |
| Programme Code | DK_MCREM_8 |
| CAO Codes | DK863 |
| Places | 40 |
| Duration | 4 |
| Duration Type | Year(s) |
| Delivery | Full time |
- About this Programme
- Programme Details
- Entry Requirements
- Opportunities
- Further Info
Are you a creative and artistic person? Do you want to work in the Creative Industries?
BA(Hons) in Communications in Creative Media is a multi-disciplinary programme that offers students the opportunity to experience a number of occupational areas before concentrating on subject options most suited to their chosen career path.
Established in 2000 the BA(Hons) In Communications in Creative Media is now welcoming applications through the CAO at level 8.
Recognising the continued need for highly creative practitioners and critical thinkers, this innovative programme was updated in 2014 to ensure it remained at the forefront of trends within the creative media industries - it is recognised as one of the leading Creative Media courses in Ireland. Communications in Creative Media includes a Work Placement and a number of electives which allow students to specialise in areas such as Design, Audio, Media Production and Web Development.
Based in the state-of-the-art PJ Carroll’s building, students on this programme have a unique opportunity to innovate and create outstanding work. Recent graduates have won national and European prizes.
Graduates of this programme are uniquely situated to work and study at the forefront of the Creative Media Industries in Ireland and abroad and have found work in companies such as HBO, TV3, Grabone.ie, Boylesports, Spin 103Fm, BT Sports, along with Creative Agencies such as CKSK, Isobar and PML.
Many graduates have progressed onto MA and PhD programmes at national and international institutions including DKIT, DIT, University of Bristol, DCU and Goldsmiths London.
The full suite of modules offered on the programme are:
Stage 1, Semester 1:
Media and Communication Studies (Part 1 of 2)
Communication, Research & IT
Creative Design
Creative Collaborative Development
35mm Photography
Introduction to Digital Audio/Visual Techniques (Part 1 of 2)
Stage 1, Semester 2:
Introduction to Web Authoring
Visual Literacy
Writing for Creative Media
Media and Communication Studies (Part 2 of 2)
Introduction to Digital Audio/Visual Techniques (Part 2 of 2)
Stage 2, Semester 1*:
Understanding Culture and Society
Visual Communications
Authoring for the Web (year-long)
Legal & Ethical Issues in Creative Media
Sound Design 1
Intermediate Audio/Visual Production (Part 1 of 2)
Stage 2, Semester 2*:
Sound Design 2
Branding & Packaging
Social Context of Technology
Creative Media Project Management
Authoring for the Web
Intermediate Audio/Visual Production (Part 2 of 2)
*Students may undertake a one-semester placement with one of our currently approved partners via the Erasmus Programme. Students can partake in the scheme during Stage 2 of their studies. Partner institutes include the Baltic Film School (Tallinn, Estonia), Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (Pori, Finland) and San Pablo/UEM (Madrid, Spain).
Stage 3, Semester 1:
Physical & Pervasive Interfaces
Professional Issues in Creative Media
Human Computer Interaction
Media and Society
3D Modelling Techniques (elective)
Advanced Audio/Visual Production (Part 1 of 2) (elective)
Web Design and Development (elective)
Editorial Design (elective)
Computer-Assisted Learning (elective)
Communication and Popular Music (elective)
Interactive Sound (elective)
Stage 3, Semester 2:
Culture, Society and Creative Media
Research Methods 1
Work Placement-Creative Media
Scriptwriting for Creative Media
Advanced Digital Photography (elective)
3D Animation (elective)
Design in Motion (elective)
Radio Production (elective)
Advanced Web Authoring (elective)
Public Relations (elective)
Authoring for Interactive Narrative (elective)
Advanced Audio/Visual Production (Part 2 of 2) (elective)
Stage 4, Semester 1:
Creative Media Group Project (Part 1 of 2)
Research Methods for Creative Media 2 (Part 1 of 2)
User Theories
Current Issues & Theories in Creative Industries
E-Learning (elective)
Interactive Installation Authoring (elective)
Popular Music, Media and Place (elective)
Self-directed Design (elective)
Stage 4, Semester 2:
Entrepreneurship for Creative Industries
Media Discourse and Analysis
Creative Media Group Project (Part 2 of 2)
Research Methods for Creative Media 2 (Part 2 of 2)
Creative Advertising (elective)
Compositing and Visual Effects for Creative Media (elective)
Narrative & Creative Media (elective)
Mobile Authoring (elective)
Throughout their studies, students also have the option of completing an additional 5ECTS Service Learning - Creative Media module, aimed to encourage students to participate in activities that will enhance their personal and professional development. This could include volunteering activities with a voluntary/charitable body or work experience with a Creative Media company and/or lecturer working on an Industry project that are taken on above and beyond the student's timetabled class hours.
Standard Applicants Entry Requirements.
Or
A level of qualification equivalent to the above (see below re: RPL)
The Institute actively encourages applications from mature students.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Admissions to programmes in the Section of Creative Media that wish to recognise prior learning are referred to the Institute's RPL policy while taking into consideration discipline specific criteria, appropriate to this programme.
RPL is a process that allows students to gain admission to a programme of study or to gain exemptions/credit from some parts of a programme, based on demonstrated learning achieved prior to admission. Learning can be gained formally from previously certified coursework. It can be gained informally or non-formally through the workplace, through involvement with community groups or through voluntary activities.
Progression Opportunities:
On successful completion of this programme, students who obtain Second Class Honours or higher are eligible to be considered for entry to the MA/MSc by Research within the School.
Students who have successfully completed the first two years of this programme and who wish to leave after two years, may be awarded a Level 6 Higher Certificate in Arts in Communications in Creative Media.
Students who have successfully completed the first three years of this programme and who wish to leave after three years, may be awarded a Level 7 BA in Communications in Creative Media.
The programme merges practical experience in existing and emergent creative media and digital platforms with a user-centered and industry aware approach to design and this balance will offer students the opportunity to develop a combination of professional and creative skills and equips them for the rapidly changing industrial environment.
By balancing content creation alongside teamwork and entrepreneurial skills, the BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media ideally equips students to pursue graduate level positions across divergent sectors in the creative media industry.
The programme’s unique selling point is that it is an undergraduate degree that will create graduates who are idea-driven content designers competent in communicating through a variety of mediums and who have had the space to test out media theories through practical work.
A key feature of the BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media is the access that students will continue to have to Industry Professionals from first year onwards. As mentioned above, Creative Media masterclasses will be held up to six times each semester and feature Creative Media professionals currently active in industry.
Industry Professionals who have delivered lectures, workshops and masterclasses include:
Cathal Gaffney – CEO Brown Bag films
Ciara Leyden – Senior Designer BFK
Stefan Randelshofer - Audio Artist for Electronic Arts
Dr Elyssebeth Leigh - Educational consultant on games
Hamlet Sweeney – Project Manager Setanta Screens(Large Scale Urban Projection Mapping)
Conor Horgan – Director “One Hundred Mornings”
Conor Mac Garrigle – Digital Artist
Stephen O’Leary – O’Leary Analytics
Gerry Stembridge – Author/ Director/ Broadcaster
Mark Swaine – Squire Communications
Emma Wade - Visual Artist
Sinead Woods – Owner Baboom Animation
Alan Lambert. Director The End Of The Earth Is My Home’
Stephen Murphy - Steadicam Operator
Anna Rodgers - Documentary Director/Researcher
David Rane - Film Producer (Soilsiú Films/Guth Gafa Documentary Film Festival)
Neasa Ní Chianáin - Documentary Director (Soilsiú Films/Guth Gafa Documentary Film Festival)
Ray Roantree - Editor, Screenscene
Rory Gavin - Online Editor, Piranha Bar
Mairtin deBarra – Director/Production Manager (& ex-Louth, Newry & Mourne Film Commission)
Suzanne McKenzie - Post-Production Supervisor, Screenscene
Alan Fitzpatrick - Managing Director, Filmbase
Alan Maher - Production Executive, Irish Film Board
Paula Mulroe - Development Executive, Irish Film Board
Sarah Dillon - Production & Development Co-Ordinator, Irish Film Board
Liz Gill - Film Director & Editor
Kieron Walsh - Director
Brian Furey - Commissioning Editor, Broadcasting Commission of Ireland
Matt Skinner - Cinematographer
Stephen Stewart - Green Inc Productions
Philip McGovern - Big Mountain Productions
Jane Kelly - Big Mountain Productions
Hilary Fennell - TV Producer/Director
Stephanie Comey - Scheme Director, Broadcasting Commission of Ireland
Siobhan O'Donoghue - Media Desk Ireland
Kate Bowe - Kate Bowe PR
Alan Brennan - Director
Denise Fogarty - Production Manager & recent graduate
Donal Dineen - TV/radio presenter & filmmaker
Nicky Gogan - Producer/Director (Still Films)
Marc-Ivan O'Gorman, Director
Ronan O Coisdealbha - TG4 Sports Editor
James Finlan - Editor
John Murphy – Editor
Desmond Bell (Documentary Filmmaker)
Frank Agnew (TV Producer)
Harvey O’Brien (Author & Film Theorist)
Nelly Ben Hayoun – Experience Designer, Director International Space Orchestra
John Callaghan – Creative Technologist
In addition, there have been numerous national and international accolades for student work within the Section across the years, including:
Name of Project/Student
Award/Event
The Seven Sins
Best in Show 2007, The Digital Hub
Tactical Control Force
Best in Show 2007, The Digital Hub
Aftermath08
Best in Show 2008, The Digital Hub & Seal of Approval 2008 (Europrix Multimedia Awards)
Common Sense Project
Best in Show 2009, The Digital Hub
Media Society
Best Society 2010 & 2013, BIC (Board of Irish College Societies awards)
Audiolise
Best in Show 2011, The Digital Hub
Split Thread
Kieran Hegarty Award for Interactivity, Celtic Media Festival, 2011
Forgiven
Best Camera at LIT Film Festival, 2011
Elder Abuse
All top 3 awards won by DKIT Creative Media students in the nationwide HSE short film competition
Graff Writer
Shortlisted for Best Documentary at the Fastnet Short Film Festival, May 2010
The Last Dance
Best Writer, National Student Film Festival, March 2010
Adam Gray
Best Short Screenplay Finalist, Waterford Film Festival, 2011
Dominic McKeviit
Jamie Harty
Short List: Short Story of the Year, Smedias 2012
Short List: Film Script, Smedias 2012
Solaria
Best Overall Short, LIT Film Festival 2012
Best Director, LIT Film Festival 2012
Audience award at the Film Devour Short Film Festival, Belfast, 2011
Kinds of Blue
Best Student Documentary, Next Generation Competition, Guth Gafa International Documentary 2013
Marionette
Best Lighting, LIT Film Festival 2013 (also nominated for Best Editing & Best Overall Short)
Best Student Film, Underground Cinema Film Festival, 2013
Best Student Film, Kerry Film Festival 2013
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