Award:Honours Bachelor Degree
 
NFQ Level:8
 
No. of Semesters:8
Official Code:TA_HAVAB_B
 
Mode of Delivery:Full Time
 
Embedded Award:No
Department:Humanities
 

Programme Outcomes

On successful completion of this programme the learner will be able to :

PO1Knowledge - Breadth
 (a)Demonstrate a professional proficiency in the areas of production and post-production with particular emphasis on non –linear technologies in Video, Audio, Photography and Interactive Media Understand and evaluate the implications of the information environment for contemporary cultural and political life Analyse and interpret a range of historical and contemporary cultural texts and processes
PO2Knowledge - Kind
 (a)Develop creative work from conception to final presentation in various media forms Understand and articulate the commercial, legal, aesthetic, and theoretical contexts within which their work is located Think critically and reflexively in relation to their wider media environment through engagement with emerging critical debate and understanding of the historiography of communications technologies
PO3Skill - Range
 (a)Engage in detailed analysis of the dynamics of discourse both institutionally and culturally. Examine effectively the legal, ethical and commercial conditions pertaining to the Audio-visual marketplace. Plan, coordinate and direct video, sound, image and 2D and 3D animation coherently and consistently in a presentation Bring a level of mastery to the technologies allowing them to engage, through their media based work, with issues of meaning, narrative and imaginative perception Demonstrate an understanding of the creative process and a capacity to reflect on and evaluate their own work Exercise critical judgement in relation to a range of media and cultural forms with reference to professional and academic issues and debates
PO4Skill - Selectivity
 (a)Adopt a project management approach to their work utilising time and resources to best effect Engage with and advance creative processes in one or more media production arenas Evaluate and in turn articulate their decision-making processes in the realisation of creative work.
PO5Competence - Context
 (a)Present evidence of independent research using primary and secondary sources Engage in the requisition and management of research data Demonstrate an ability to carry out appropriate research and planning for creative projects in their choice of media (Audio/Video/Photography/Interactive Media) Apply critical analysis, creative skills, research, production and communication appropriate to the learning tasks at this level Demonstrate an underpinning range of transferable skills across media platforms and between theory and practice Evaluate and select new enterprise ideas by carrying out a feasibility study, devising an appropriate business plan, organising the legal framework and researching sources of public and private finance and support
PO6Competence - Role
 (a)Initiate and manage self-directed, supervised projects Demonstrate the professionalism required to work flexibly in a multi-skilled project-based environment Demonstrate an understanding of the various roles within a project team and the responsibilities associated with these roles Articulate ideas and information deploying specific and appropriate communication forms and registers. Take responsibility for independent work, discussing and defending their ideas in dialogue with others
PO7Competence - Learning to Learn
 (a)To realise specific goals which draw on but also transcend the specifics of classroom experiences Demonstrate an ability and willingness to integrate personal cultural experience within the framework of critical understanding and creative practice offered through the programme. Utilise an independent and self-motivated approach to produce individualistic and innovative work to a high standard Demonstrate a high level of professional proficiency in television, photography, audio and interactive media through the progressive development of a comprehensive portfolio of creative work.
PO8Competence - Insight
 (a)Design, develop and commercialise media products with a view to respecting the intellectual property rights of third parties, moranarratives in creative and critical ways. l rights, contracts, codes of practice and ethical working standards. Have an understanding of the significance of public discourse in shaping our experience of identity, community, class, ethnicity, gender, and disability. Demonstrate, through their work, a sensitivity to our common narratives and epistemologies and a capacity to intervene in these
 

Semester Schedules

Semester 1

Mandatory
Module CodeModule Title
TVPR H1008TV Production 1
Elective
Module CodeModule Title
AVTH H1006AV Technology 1
FREN H1019French 1
GERM H1033German 1

Semester 2

Mandatory
Module CodeModule Title
COMM H1019Mass Communications
RDPR H1008Radio Production
Elective
Module CodeModule Title
AVTH H2007AV Technology 2
FREN H1032French 2
GERM H1034German 2
 

Semester 3

Elective
Module CodeModule Title
AVTH H2005AV Technology 3
FREN H2009French

Semester 4

Mandatory
Module CodeModule Title
COMM H2012Marketing Communications
Elective
Module CodeModule Title
AVTH H2006AV Technology 4
FREN H2027French
GERM H2028German
 

Semester 5

Mandatory
Module CodeModule Title
MNGT H3026Project Management
VDEO H3005Advanced Video Production

Semester 7

Mandatory
Module CodeModule Title
LAWS H3000Applied Media Law
Elective
Module CodeModule Title
MEDA H4002Digital Media Project: 3D Animation
 

Semester 8

Mandatory
Module CodeModule Title
DISS H4011Dissertation
Elective
Module CodeModule Title
MEDA H4003Advanced Digital Media Prod
MEDA H4004Digital Media Project - Multimedia
AUDO H4002Digital Audio Post Production