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Griffith College

Dublin , Dublin ,Ireland

BA (Hons) in Communications and Media Production

This honours degree course enables students to gain practical media skills and build an industry-class portfolio across a range of media.

The BA (Hons) in Communications and Media Production is conducted on a full-time basis over a three-year period and allows students to develop their own media skills path with an option to specialise in Year 2 and 3. Students will work across the media communications spectrum, becoming confident in their skills and prepared to succeed in this exciting and ever-changing industry, before choosing their own study path from social and digital media, photography, radio, investigative journalism, TV or video.

You will gain a solid understanding of media theory, media communication and media production.
You will develop practical media skills through work on traditional and new media platforms like the college newspaper, radio station and digital portal.
You will build a strong portfolio of your work and gain knowledge of the most up to date technologies and techniques.
Form your career path with further specialisation in four elective choices out of the seven award-winning modules.
Option to further your studies in media with progression to Griffith's three specialist media Masters programmes.

Campus Information

Dublin Main Campus

Intakes

  • Feb
  • Sep

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Griffith College Careers Office is committed to providing Careers Supports to all students. For Students there are career resources (CV/Cover Letter Templates, Interview Tips, Guides to using Social Media for your Job Search), Careers Appointments, Job Vacancies and News & Events. For Employers we provide a Free Vacancy Advertisement Service to our Students.

Griffith College Careers Office is located in room D202 and is committed to providing Careers Supports to all students. For Students there are career resources (CV/Cover Letter Templates, Interview Tips, Guides to using Social Media for your Job Search), Careers Appointments, Job Vacancies and News & Events.  

For Employers we provide a Free Vacancy Advertisement Service to our Students.Griffith College Careers Office is located in room D202 and is committed to providing Careers Supports to all students. For Students there are career resources (CV/Cover Letter Templates, Interview Tips, Guides to using Social Media for your Job Search), Careers Appointments, Job Vacancies and News & Events.   For Employers we provide a Free Vacancy Advertisement Service to our Students.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Leaving Certificate
 
2 H5 and 4 O6/H7 grades, to include a language (English, Irish or another language) and Maths.
 
QQI Level 5 Award
 
A minimum Full QQI Level 5 Award with 3 Distinctions and a Pass or higher in all other remaining subjects.
 
CEFRL Level IELTS Duolingo Griffith Placement Test
CEF B2 6.0 (overall - no component below 5.5) 105-115 (overall - no component below 95) 67-73 (no component lower than 60)
TOEFL (IBT) Cambridge Pearson  
60 (overall - no component below 12) 169 (overall - no component below 162) 46 (overall - no component below 36)