Honours Degree
The B.A.(Hons) in Communications and Creative Multimedia is a one-year add-on honours degree that aims to build on the practical and theoretical knowledge of Communications and Creative Media. Theoretical modules will integrate the skills, knowledge and understanding that students have developed in the ordinary degree. The practical modules will elevate student’s skill base to a higher, more specialised level.
The programme prepares people to be industry professionals with a focus on the core competencies and skills necessary for careers in this expanding field. Focus on public exhibition is a key characteristic of this final year degree, with a large proportion of student effort converging for the end of year show. This focus helps simulate the work environment, while also ensuring that students graduate with a substantial portfolio of high quality work. Students will be required to study two core modules and three electives in semester 1 and three core modules and two electives in semester 2.
Entry Requirements
B.A. (Ordinary) In Communications and Creative Media or equivalent.
It is essential for students studying for their ordinary degree to pass each individual module throughout the year along with an overall pass at merit 2 (50%) in order to progress to Level 8.
Semester 1 Modules
Multimedia Research and Project Development 1: Core Module
The aim of this module is to broaden the students’ investigation and research skills whilst facilitating them to formulate and present their own ideas and project teams. This module will give students a deeper knowledge of research methodologies and allow them to investigate and explore their own ideas in a structured fashion.
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mp3toursireland.com is an innovative website that provides audio tour guides of historical and cultural attractions in Co. Louth. The first of it’s kind in Ireland, it was created and set up by Honours degree students Alexis Zamboglou, Aaron Hughes and Eamonn Murphy.
If you’d like to view the website go to www.mp3toursireland.com |
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User Theories: Core Module
This module looks at theories and issues surrounding effective user centred design for interactive multimedia.
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Narrative and Creative Media: Elective Module
The module looks at existing narrative forms and the impact of new media
technologies on them. Students also get an opportunity to hone their
writing skills in practical writing workshops.
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Media and Society: Elective Module
This module aims to situate debates about the mass media and their undisputed influence on contemporary society within the context of a number of historical and sociological frameworks. Complementing what the students already know about the production of meaning through media texts and images, this programme will highlight some key aspects of the media’s social and political roles, emphasizing the relationship between knowledge and power, and encouraging the students to critically analyse media constructions and representations.
Taking Ireland as a case-study, the students will debate the role played by the media in the modernization of our culture and society, their representation and rewriting of traditional historical and nationalist narratives, and the necessity of redefining Irish identity in a post modern world increasingly dominated by new interactive media.
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E-Learning: Elective Module
This module aims to develop competency in the design and deployment of e-learning materials that facilitate learning. Students will develop an understanding of different learning principles and their implications in the design process. They will also develop an understanding of the courseware design process, and look at the tools available for the delivery an e-learning course.
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An example of an interactive E-Learning project by an Honours Degree student. |
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Digital Visualisation and Design: Elective Module
This Module explores the development of graphic design in great detail from the 1860’s to the present day. The practical side of the course is very much directed towards the development of the students own design style through self directed projects.
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View Modules from Semester 2
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