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Applied Sciences
Communications & Media
BA Journalism & New Media
4 years
€3000 pa
Programme profile
Students of the BA in Journalism and New Media learn core practical journalism skills and, through the study of two specialised subjects, develop their capacities to engage critically with society and the structures of power that operate within it. The course will equip you with a wide range of workplace-focused skills including: reporting; feature writing; investigative reporting; layout and design, text editing; how to start and manage a magazine and shorthand. You will learn how to apply these skills to print, broadcast journalism and new media - on-line journalism and podcasting.
You should enjoy writing and already be involved in writing in some way, preferably through local newspapers, local radio, newsletters or school magazines. Where it is possible to do so, you should also visit local/community radio stations or newspapers for a short while to see how things really operate as many people have a false image of how glamorous a journalist’s life is. Much of it involves hard work, unsociable hours and tight deadlines, so students really have to want to do it!
Programme content
Throughout the four year programme, you will study two subjects in the arts, humanities or social sciences, to degree level. This will allow you to build up an expertise in a particular field of journalism and develop your research and analytical skills. There is a strong emphasis on team work on the course and students produce their own publication in the final year. You also have an opportunity to develop a portfolio of work which can be used for presentation to future employers.
Our lecturers combine academic expertise with many years of industry experience in journalism. Our adjunct professors include two nationally renowned names in Irish journalism - The Irish Times assistant editor Fintan O’Toole, and former Irish Independent executive editor Philip Molloy. In a special seminar series, editors, correspondents, reporters and other media-interested professionals visit the University of Limerick to talk to journalism students about key contemporary issues. The four year course includes obligatory integrated work and international study placements
Progression
The university offers an MA in Journalism
Entry Requirements
Students must present six subjects of which two must be at grade C or above at Advanced GCE (A-Level. Others must be at least at grade C or above on GCSE or Advanced Subsidiary GCE (AS) papers. The six subjects above must include: English, Mathematics and a language other than English. English A-Level required, at Grade B or above.
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