This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles and practical applications of nutrition and exercise in sports performance. Students will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience during the course by working with populations of all ages, genders, and abilities through modules such as Nutrition Across the Lifecycle and The Female Athlete, as well as during work placement (or studying abroad) in the third year of the course.

The key features of this four-year programme have been designed to reflect the dynamic global sporting environment in which sports nutrition, testing, analysis, and businesses operate.

This highly practical course provides graduates with the skills, knowledge, and competencies to work in a broad range of sports roles, maximising employment opportunities. Our curriculum is designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, where you will gain practical skills that will set you apart in the competitive sports industry. During your practical sports placement you will have the opportunity to work with teams, organisations and athletes putting your skills into action and building essential connections. You will also get the opportunity to obtain extra coaching certificates, enhancing your qualifications and opening more career opportunities. 

The Bachelor of Science in Applied Sports Science with Strength and Conditioning offers an in-depth education on this growing area of interest, both in Ireland and internationally. The Strength and Conditioning Coach is becoming a central and key figure in preparing and advancing the fitness and performance status of the individual athlete and team both in professional sport and also in amateur and recreational sport.

The interesting blend of both sports and business modules provides graduates with the skills, knowledge and competencies to work in either sport or business management, maximising employment opportunities. This course has been designed for people with a passion for sport who would like to work in an exciting, dynamic and global industry. Learn about working with athletes and training for performance and health. Develop your leadership skills and gain an understanding of governance and sports development, marketing, sponsorship, finance, law, running events, economics, public relations and human resource management.  

The BSc in Applied Sports Science with Performance Technology prepares students to work in an emerging field of sports analysis. This course is underpinned with exercise science to provide students with the background knowledge of developing sports performance.

Business Studies with Event Management includes both the creative and business aspects of event management. During your studies, you are encouraged and facilitated to further develop your creativity and also acquire strong business know-how. By combining technical event management skills with business competencies, you can work and progress your career in a wide range of event-related settings.

Business Studies with Beauty and Spa Management prepares you to meet the sector’s need for highly skilled and trusted professionals who can establish strong relationships with clients, deliver services in a professional, efficient and hygienic manner, and progress to management roles within the industry.

The course covers both the creative and business aspects of the beauty and spa sector. Learning and practicing in well-equipped workshops, you are encouraged and facilitated to further develop your creativity and also acquire strong business know-how. By combining technical beauty and spa skills with business/management competencies, the course equips you to work and progress in a wide range of beauty and spa settings.

This new Culinary Arts Programme provides graduates with the skills to cook at a high level of competence and to establish a base for further professional career development. This programme prepares students for work as professional chefs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. A chef will learn to be creative in the kitchen but also requires good business management and communication skills to organise and direct staff in the kitchen environment. A Culinary Arts qualification is a passport to travel and the programme is recognised worldwide. Currently, many of our graduates hold leading positions with some of the top hospitality brands in the world.

The programmes at Limerick School of Art & Design (LSAD) aim to assist students to become confident, articulate, informed, creative and expressive practitioners, who will be capable of making significant contributions in their own particular fields of contemporary culture.

This programme enables you to teach Art and Design at second level. It begins from the place of creative making in the studio setting where students are introduced to a variety of creative disciplines including; Fashion Design, Painting, Ceramics, Graphic Design, Sculpture, Animation & Motion Design, Printmaking and Contemporary Practice. Concurrent to this you will study educational theory and practice which will equip you with the teaching aptitudes and skills to enter into the profession of teaching Art and Design.

the BA (Honours) in Graphic and Digital Design will provide you with a unique and exciting educational experience while learning to become a designer. You’ll be encouraged to follow your passion and to develop your design process through research and experimentation. At the same time, you will be exposed to a host of new, exciting disciplines and skills that will enhance your critical and theoretical thinking to help you advance your skills as a conceptual and strategic graphic designer. 

On this programme, students learn to design, create and animate for both 2D and 3D platforms such as TV, Film and Games. There is a focus on developing students’ core skills in the traditional disciplines of drawing, illustration and animation asset design with a strong emphasis on the principles of animation.

Building on this foundation, students continue to develop their creative voice while training in industry standard software, processes and technologies with the aim of bringing their ideas and concepts to life on screen.

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The B.Sc. (Honours) in Game Art & Design targets the creative needs of the games industry by producing graduates who can develop high quality game content, design game levels and work with industry leading content creation tools, scripting languages and game engines.

The programme is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to work in the games industry as games artists, content creators and designers. The programme embodies the multidisciplinary nature of the games sector and seeks to address the demand for game art and design skills both nationally and internationally.

his skills-based programme offers students an exciting opportunity to explore the world of the film and broadcast media industry, covering a range of disciplines across film and TV production, visual effects, editing, radio production, screenwriting, mobile journalism, Art Direction, audio mixing, photography, event production as well as broadcast technologies across a range of new and traditional media platforms.

This Level 8 Programme culminates in a student capstone media production project offering students the opportunity to exhibit work to the public and industry at the annual LSAD Graduate show.

This honours degree course is designed for students wishing to build a career in the Music and Audio production industry. During the course, students will learn to compose, produce, and distribute music and audio for digital reproduction mediums. Students also develop the ability create, engineer, and promote music and audio-visual events using industry standard technologies and methods.

The programme produces graduates with the technical, creative, and professional skills required by employers in the music and audio industries. Graduates possess a broad awareness of the different roles in the industry and the experience required to take up employment on small or large-scale projects. They are confident self-starters that can collaborate well with others in both technical and creative capacities.

The BSc. in Visual Effects for Film, TV and Animation is designed to develop your artistic and technical abilities to produce world-class content from social media to the cinema screen. film, television, and animation sectors both nationally and internationally.

This studio-based programme consists of modules that are primarily assessed through design projects, coursework and assignments.

Programme content is concerned with the study of interiors through analysis, research and intervention. Through understanding the needs of the client, respecting the existing situation, and researching the specialised area, it allows the student to respond with relevant, innovative and creative solutions.

The programme uses the design project as the central vehicle for learning and aims to stimulate and provoke imaginative responses to the reuse of interior spaces. Projects address domestic, commercial, hospitality, community, social and user-specific interior briefs.

The Bachelor of Technology in Design Engineering combines the creativity embedded in the process and practice of design with the innovative engineering capabilities to utilise advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies. The course will equip learners with skills and aptitudes that will elevate their potential to conceive innovative solutions to real world problem statements. They will also be equipped with the technical abilities to fully develop and deploy these meaningful design solutions across a wide range of technological outputs. This integrated approach of creativity coupled with analytical and technological techniques makes for an adaptable future facing graduate.

Software Development with Cyber Security is designed to produce graduates with an in-depth knowledge of the essential aspects of Software Development and the skills associated with Cyber Security. You will learn how to design and develop secure software applications and systems, utilizing various programming languages, security frameworks, and data analytics tools.

The course will equip you with practical skills needed to create, deploy, and maintain secure software applications. You will learn about software design, enterprise coding, database and data analytics, and cross-platform production, ensuring you have a comprehensive skill set for the industry.

This course will equip students with the knowledge and skills to become professional software developers and have exciting, rewarding careers building software for web servers, smartphones, tablets, PCs and cloud. It provides students with the skills and knowledge to meet the needs of today’s IT industry. This course focuses on Software Engineering and Software Development techniques. With the mix of skills this course provides, students will be ideally positioned to secure employment in either Open Source or .NET technology jobs as a: Software Engineer, Software Developer, Software Engineering/Modelling, Web Designer/Developer, Database Developer/Administrator, Test Engineer, Games and Mobile App Developer.