Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This exciting new course offers the best of both worlds- journalism AND photography, offering you superb employment and third level progression opportunities. You will learn to tell compelling stories through writing, photography, film and radio. A variety of additional creative elements like scriptwriting, studio engineering, podcasting and creative visual work, are also explored.
This course is the ideal foundation for a broad range of third level courses in the humanities or media. It is also ideal for anyone looking to establish themselves as a writer, podcaster, film maker or journalist. Students are encouraged to aim for full creative expression, so they can understand themselves and the world through their work. Students have access to an on-campus radio production facility as part of their training programme.
Certification
QQI Level 5 -Media Production (5M18518)
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Writing Skills for Journalism 5N2435
Prose Fiction 5N18475
Radio Programme Production 5N1379
Research Skills for Journalism 5N2443
Media Analysis 5N1298
Digital Editing
Communications 5N0690
Work Experience 5N1356
Documentary Photography 5N1271
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course results in a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a direct progression route, click below:
QQI Code
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
Journalism| Photography| Radio| Advertising Agencies| Newspapers/Magazines| Magazines| Marketing| Public Relations| Publishing| Writing| Film Production