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Bachelor of Arts (Global Media)
Course Overview
The BA Global Media is an exciting new programme being launched by University of Galway in 2021. The programme aims to give you a robust and challenging university experience, introducing you to a range of areas such as interactive web media, data, media production, journalism and film studies. It will also give you a critical understanding of the changing global media environment and an insight into the role of the media in a globalised world.
Various modules will also examine how society exchanges information through communication in democratic societies, as placed within historical and theoretically-grounded contexts.
With platform convergence, and a dissolving of the walls between information and entertainment media, the study of media and communication – in particular with a focus on international issues such as social media; globalisation; populism; digital literacy; data; verification and mis-information – has resonance with university applicants interested in undergraduate degree programmes with a focus on the media and communication studies.
Galway has a vibrant media sector both on-campus and off-campus with strong media production, film and television companies based in the West of Ireland as well as a student run radio station, Flirt FM, on campus.
Study abroad and work placement opportunities will be provided in the third year of the programme. The programme will create graduates with a broad range of knowledge, understanding and professional capacity. You will study Global Media alongside another Arts subject and you will be able to tailor your exit options depending on subject choice.
Applications and Selections
Who Teaches this Course
Requirements and Assessment
Key Facts
Entry Requirements
Minimum Grade H5 in two subjects and passes in four other subjects at O6/H7 level in the Leaving Certificate, including Irish, English, another language, and three other subjects recognised for entry purposes.
Additional Requirements
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Duration
4 years
Next start date
September 2024
A Level Grades (2023)
universityofgalway.ie/alevels
Average intake
30
QQI/FET FETAC Entry Routes
Closing Date
NFQ level
Mode of study
ECTS weighting
Award
CAO
GY135
Course code
Course Outline
You will undertake a set of core modules each year and you will be able to choose elective options in journalism and media production; interactive web media; or film studies. Quotas apply for elective choices.
Year one
- AJ1104 Introduction to Digital Literacy
- AJ1100 History of Media
- AJ1102 Introduction to Media and Communication
- Choose between: AJ1105 Creative Coding and Web Media 101 OR AJ1106 Pop Culture, Media and Society
Year two
- AJ2102 Power without Responsibility
- AJ2100 Online and Social Media: Theory and Practice
- AJ2109 Understanding Media Audiences
- AJ2110 How Television Lobotomised the World
Choice of:
- Media production [10cr]
- Journalism and writing [10cr]
- Media studies [10cr]
- Interactive Web Media [10cr]
- Film Studies [10cr]
Year Three
- Study abroad/Erasmus and/or work internship
Year Four
- AJ4103 The Contemporary Irish Media: Policy, Politics and Practice since 1922
- AJ4106 Media Research Methods
- AJ4105 Media Law and Ethics
- AJ4100 We Need To Talk about Gender, Identity, Race and Sex
Choice of:
- Journalism and writing [10cr]
- Media production [10cr]
- Advanced Interactive Web Media [10cr]
- Film Studies [10cr]
- Dissertation [10cr]
Assessment will be via a combination of continuous assessment and project work. You may be required to undertake written exams in other Arts modules. Students spend an average of 40 hours a week attending lectures, tutorials and practical classes, and undertaking independent study.
Curriculum Information
Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Glossary of Terms
- Credits
- You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.
- Module
- An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.
- Subject
- Some courses allow you to choose subjects, where related modules are grouped together. Subjects have their own required number of credits, so you must take all that subject's required modules and may also need to obtain the remainder of the subject's total credits by choosing from its available optional modules.
- Optional
- A module you may choose to study.
- Required
- A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).
- Required Core Subject
- A subject you must study because it's integral to that course.
- Semester
- Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year, so a three-year course will have six semesters in total. For clarity, this page will refer to the first semester of year 2 as 'Semester 3'.
Year 1 (60 Credits)
RequiredEC1108: Skills for Economics I - 5 Credits - Semester 1RequiredEC135: Principles of Microeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredEC136: Principles of Macroeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredEC1109: Skills for Economics II - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredEN1101: Literature and the Social World - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredEN1106: Exploring English - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredEN124: Introduction to English 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredEN125: Introduction to English 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredFR1100: Introduction to French Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredFR1101: Introduction to French Literature in Context - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredNG1105: An Teanga Bheo - 10 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredNG1106: Litríocht agus Cultúr na Linne - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredNG1107: Scéal agus Pobal na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredHISK1101: Skills for Historians (1) - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredHI1103: Europe and Ireland 1789 - 1918 - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredHISK1102: Skills for Historians (2) - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredHI1104: Europe: From Medieval to Modern - 5 Credits - Semester 2
OptionalCT1101: Programming I - 5 Credits - Semester 1
OptionalCT1120: Algorithms - 5 Credits - Semester 1
OptionalCT1100: Computer Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 1
OptionalCT1102: Programming II - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredHR101: Introduction to Human Rights I - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredDEV1103: Introduction to International Development - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredHR102: Introduction to Human Rights II - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredDEV1100: Introduction to Sustainable Development I - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredIT1100: Italian Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredIT1101: Italy at the movies - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredAJ1104: Digital Literacy Essentials - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredAJ1100: History of Media - 5 Credits - Semester 1
OptionalAJ1106: Pop Culture, Media and Society - 5 Credits - Semester 2
OptionalAJ1105: Creative Coding and Web Media 101 - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredAJ1102: Introduction to Media and Communication Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredLW103.I: Irish Legal Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredLW3109: Tort Law - 10 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredLW126: Legal Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredLN103: Gnéithe den Aistriúchán - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredLN105: Bunscileanna Aistriúcháin - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredLN1103: Bunscileanna Gramadaí - 10 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredPI120: Philosophical Questions & Issues - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredPI107: Introduction To The History Of Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredPISK1102: Critical Thinking and Logic - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredPI108: Introduction To Practical Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredSP1120: Practicing Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredSP1125: Introduction to Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredSP1121: Practicing Sociology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredSP1126: Introduction to Sociology - 5 Credits - Semester 2
RequiredSH1100: Intensive Beginners Spanish Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredSH1102: Mundo hispano: An Introduction to the Hispanic World - 5 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredSH1101: Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture - 15 Credits - Semester 1
RequiredSH1102: Mundo hispano: An Introduction to the Hispanic World - 5 Credits - Semester 1
Year 2 (60 Credits)
RequiredEC207: Irish Economic History - 5 Credits - Semester 3RequiredEC273: Mathematics for Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredEC269: Intermediate Microeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEC247: Introduction to Financial Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEC259: Economics of Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredEC268: Intermediate Macroeconomics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredEC275: Statistics for Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN298.I: Spenser: The Faerie Queene - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2154: Exploring Shakespeare (S1) - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2107: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN3154: Literature, Empathy and Estrangement (S1) - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2121: Media Industries A - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2106: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN448.I: Stories Told and Re-Told - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2166: Seduction, Sexuality, and Race: Early Modern Identities - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalENG227.I: Eighteenth-Century Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2102: Renaissance Drama - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2112: Creative Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2173: Travel Writing in the Arctic - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN402.I: History Of the English Language - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN3133: The Brontës (S1) - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2133: Media, Culture, Society - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalEN2155: Exploring Shakespeare (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalENG230.II: 19th Century Detective Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN2114: Renaissance Drama - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN410.II: Jane Austen - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN434.I: Studies in 20th Century Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN434.II: Studies in 20th Century Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN2172: SERVICE LEARNING: READING AND WRITING WITH PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN(S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalENG203: Genre Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalENG304: Contemporary Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN264: Studies In Medieval Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalAJ2114: Communicating Through Storytelling - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN2116: Shakespearean Comedies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN2100: Creative Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalEN2174: Exploring Shakespeare (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredFR266: French Language 5 - 10 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredFR269: Lecture du français: Textes, Contextes, Idées - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredFR270: Langue poétique/ langue vivante - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredFR2100: Expressing French and Francophone Identities - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredFR267: La France mise en scène - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredNG2101: An Gearrscéal sa Ghaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredNG227: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredNG2100: An tSochtheangeolaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalNG2108: Canúint agus Caighdeán - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalNG2103: Teanga na Sean-Ghaeilge I - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalNG2107: Ainmneacha, Sloinnte agus Logainmneacha na hÉireann - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalNG2106: An Fhiannaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalNG2105: Amhránaíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalNG2104: Na Meáin Chumarsáide agus an Ghaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalNG2102: Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredNG2109: Téamaí i Nuafhilíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredNG228: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI2103: Monarchy & Society in Early 17th Century France - 10 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalHI166: Ireland in the 1950s - 10 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalBSS2103: Introduction to Sustainability 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalMG3113: Megatrends - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalHI2155: Cultural Heritage & Public History - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalHI2147: Life in urban Galway during the long nineteenth century - 10 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalHI2110: Making Ireland English: 1580-1665 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalHI2150: Europe, 1918-49 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalHI292: Central Europe, 1867-1918 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalHI431: French Mobilisation and the Great War, 1914-24 - 10 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI2135: Fluxes, Fevers and Fighting Men: Disease and Armies (1489-1856) - 10 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI249: Ireland:Economy And Society,1700-1850 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalBSS2104: Introduction to Sustainability 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalMG3115: Megatrends - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalAJ2114: Communicating Through Storytelling - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI2156: Revolutionary Technologies, from Steam to Green - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI494: British Social Movements Since 1945: Sex, Colour, Peace and Power - 10 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI2123: Life and Death in Victorian Britain - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI2151: Europe since 1950 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI2146: The Making & Breaking of Britain - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalHI2149: Global History 1870-1945 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredCT2101: Object Oriented Programming I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredCT2105: Web-based Information Systems - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredCT230: Database Systems I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredCT2102: Object Oriented Programming II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredCT2103: Systems Analysis & Design - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredCT2104: Web Application Development - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredDEV2104: Food Systems and Geographies - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredDEV2102: Development Policy and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredDEV2101: Sustainable Agriculture - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredDEV2103: International Development Seminar - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredDEV2100: Comparative Rural Business Development - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredHR2103: Contemporary Issues in Human Rights Protection - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredIT2101: Oral (Communication and Presentation Skills) - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredIT235: Intermediate Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredIT238: Italian Culture & Society I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredIT236: Intermediate language II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredIT237: Applied Language Skills: Intercultural Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredIT239: Italian Culture & Society II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalAJ2113: Writing for the Media - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalFM2101: Introduction to Film Theory - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalAJ2111: Media Production - 10 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalCG2100: Anailís na Meán - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalAJ2112: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalFS201: Screening Ireland: Ireland & the Irish in Film & Television - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalAJ2119: Designing User Experiences (UX) - 10 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalAJ2120: Celebrity, Social Class and Media Culture - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalCG2106: Cleachtas Léirithe na Meán 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredAJ2108: Employability and Career Skills - 0 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredAJ2109: Understanding Media Audiences - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredAJ2102: Power without Responsibility - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalAJ2114: Communicating Through Storytelling - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalFM1100: Introduction to Visual Culture - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalAJ2116: Global Migration and Media: Refugees, Climate, Misinformation and Crisis - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalAJ2107: Sports Journalism - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalAJ2104: Magazine Journalism - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalAJ2115: Analysing Data and Storytelling - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalAJ2118: Communication Design - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredAJ2110: How Television Lobotomised the World - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredAJ2100: Online and Social Media: Theory and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredLW107.I: Legal Methods And Research - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredLW202: Contract I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredLW228: Constitutional Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalLW232: Housing Law & Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalLW370: Comparative Disability Law - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalLW358: Environmental Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredLW205: Contract II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredLW227: Constitutional Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredLN201: Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredLN203: Gramadach agus Litriú na Gaeilge I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredLN205: Stair an Aistriúcháin in Éirinn - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredLN204: Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredLN207: Cruinneas agus Saibhriú Teanga - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredLN308: Téarmeolaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalBSS2103: Introduction to Sustainability 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalPI234: Topics in Practical Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalPI248: Phenomenology - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalPI210: Moral And Political Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalPI240: Bioethics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalED2103: Design Your Life - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalPS3123: Exploring Routes to Wellbeing - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredPI216: History Of Modern Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalPI2102: Formal Logic - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalPI2105: Philosophical Inquiry through P4C - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalBSS2104: Introduction to Sustainability 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalPI207: Philosophy Of Art - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalPI2101: Information Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalPI241: History Of Irish Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalED2104: Design Your Life Semester 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalSP216.I: European Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalSP235: Social Issues and Policy Responses - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalSP2116: Sociology of Health - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalSP2117: International and Global Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredSPSK3101: Politics and Society: Themes and Topics - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalSP212: Classical Social Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalSP215.II: Modern Political Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredSP220: Methods For Social And Political Science - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredSPSK3102: Society and Politics: Ideas and Research - 5 Credits - Semester 4
OptionalSH2100: Spanish Language II B: Ex-Beginner - 5 Credits - Semester 3
OptionalSH2101: Spanish Language II A: Ex-Intermediate - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredSH2102: Spoken Spanish and Oral Presentation Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredSH232: Hispanic Literature & Culture I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredSH236: Cultural Debates in Latin America - 5 Credits - Semester 3
RequiredSH2103: Spanish Language II C - 5 Credits - Semester 4
RequiredSH233: Hispanic Literature & Culture II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Year 3 (60 Credits)
OptionalAJ3101: Media internship (full year) - 60 Credits - Semester 5OptionalAJ3102: Media Internship (S1) - 30 Credits - Semester 5
OptionalAJ3104: Study Abroad / Erasmus Exchange (Full Year) - 60 Credits - Semester 5
OptionalAJ3105: Study Abroad / Erasmus Exchange (S1) - 30 Credits - Semester 5
OptionalAJ3103: Media Internship (S2) - 30 Credits - Semester 6
OptionalAJ3106: Study Abroad / Erasmus Exchange (S2) - 30 Credits - Semester 6
OptionalBSS3105: Global Engagement Module - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Year 4 (60 Credits)
OptionalEC3105: Econometrics - 5 Credits - Semester 7OptionalEC345: Health Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEC388: Environmental And Natural Resource Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEC369: Money And Banking - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredEC3101: Microeconomics and Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEC362: Economics Of Financial Markets - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEC386: Public Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEC429: Marine Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEC3100: Economics and Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEC3106: Behavioural Finance - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEC3104: Agricultural and Food Economics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredEC3102: Macroeconomics and Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN3105: 20th Century Children's Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN3109: Poetry of the First World War - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN3110: Poetry of the First World War - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN3144: Empire Writing (S1) - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN2146: Medieval Piety: Poetry, Play, Prose (S1) - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN387: Specialist Studies : Twentieth Century Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN464.I: Negotiating Identities: Aspects of 20th Century Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN459.I: Contemporary Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalENG238: Nineteenth Century British Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN3141: North American Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN280.I: Transformations of the Novel - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN598.I: Literature and Visual Art - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN3159: 20th Century Writing By Women (British & North America) - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN3146: Monsters, Mischief, and Marvels: Reading Old English (S1) - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalEN3111: Poetry of the First World War - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN3112: Poetry of the First World War - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN3120: Technology and Culture B - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN3140: Twentieth-Century Irish Drama (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN3156: 20th Century Writing By Women (British & North America) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalENG232.II: African Fiction - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN3137: James Joyce, Ulysses (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN459.II: Contemporary Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN3138: Literature in the Digital Age - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN280.II: Transformations of the Novel - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN464.II: Negotiating Identities: Aspects of 20th Century Irish Writing - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN385: Drama And Theatre Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalENG228: Old English Poetry - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalEN3145: Empire Writing (S2) - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredFR371: French Literature & Culture 7 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredFR379: French Language 6 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredFR3100: French Literature and Culture 11 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredFR366: French and Francophone Studies 10 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredFR380: French and Francophone Studies 11 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalNG4102: Miontráchtas Taighde i Léann na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalNG4103: Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalNG4104: Cineál agus Ceart na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalNG4106: Ainmeolaíocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalNG4107: Teanga na Sean-Ghaeilge II - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalNG4112: Scríbhneoirí Thír Chonaill - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalNG4115: Gaeilge na hAlban 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalWE111: Introduction to Welsh Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredNG4113: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge 111 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredNG4101: Filí agus Filíocht na Gaeilge, 700-1900 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI3123: Power and Pleasure at Versailles: The Reign of Louis XIV of France, 1661-1715 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredNG4114: Teanga Na Nua-Ghaeilge IV - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredNG4109: Próslitríocht na Gaeilge - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredNG4105: An Béaloideas - An Scéalaíocht - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalHI167: Power and Conflict in Northern Ireland, 1963-1972 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI3110: European Warfare 1618-1714: Theory and Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI443: State & People in Ireland 1820-1845 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI3100: Brave New World: Globalisation since 1945 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI376: Popular Culture In Pre-Industrial Europe - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI3102: The Irish and Colonial Australasia 1788-1901 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI3112: The First World War: Transnational perspectives - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI3123: Power and Pleasure at Versailles: The Reign of Louis XIV of France, 1661-1715 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI3126: Labour radicalism in the Anglophone world, c.1900-1939 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI3194: The Environment Since 1945 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalMG3113: Megatrends - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalHI2155: Cultural Heritage & Public History - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalBSS2103: Introduction to Sustainability 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalBSS2104: Introduction to Sustainability 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalHI488: Labour in Irish Society & Politics, c. 1760-1960 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalHI3195: Suffrage to Repeal: women's activism in Ireland and Britain, 1880-2016 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalHI3196: The Great Irish Famine - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalHI362: Party & Power In 19th & 20th Century British History. - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalHI3304: Technology and Society 1750-1930 - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalMG3115: Megatrends - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalHI2156: Revolutionary Technologies, from Steam to Green - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalAJ2114: Communicating Through Storytelling - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalCT318: Human Computer Interaction - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalCT319: Artificial Intelligence - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredCT3535: Object Oriented Programming III - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalCT411: Multi-Media Development - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredCT327: Humanities Applications - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredCT328: Final Year Project - 10 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalIT342: Italian Culture & Society III - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalIT345: Community Based Learning:Language Teaching - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredIT346: Oral, Presentation and Transferable Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredIT324: Language 111 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalIT343: Italian Culture & Society IV - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalIT344: Italian Childrens Literature - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalAJ4107: Advanced Media Production - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalFM4109: Research Approaches in Sport & Exercise Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalAJ4109: Independent Practice Project - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalAJ4110: Independent Research Project - 10 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalAJ4113: Bursting the Western Bubble: Alternative Media Systems and the Global South - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalAJ4106: Media Research Methods - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalAJ4100: We need to talk about gender, identity, race and sex - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalAJ4112: The End of the World is Nigh: Media and the Climate Crisis - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalAJ4108: Gangsters, Narcos and Wise Guys: Crime, Representation and Media - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalAJ4105: Media Law and Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalAJ4102: Global Political Economy of the Mass Media - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalAJ4114: Contemporary Issues in Media - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredLW4103: Administrative Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredLW409: Criminal Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredLW503: European Union Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredLW4104: Administrative Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredLW504: European Union Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredLW413: Criminal Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredLN302: Gramadach and Litriú na Gaeilge 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredLN303: Aistriúchán Feidhmeach Téacsanna 3 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredLN305: Eagarthóireacht agus Léamh Profaí - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredLN3101: Gnó an Aistriúcháin / Fotheidealú - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredLN3102: Tionscadal Aistriúcháin - 10 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalPI3100: Kant's Theoretical Philosophy - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalPI3103: Environmental Ethics - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalPI3104: Philosophy of Culture in Context - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalPI315: Philosophy of Mind - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalPI335: Moral Theory - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalPI3106: Formal Logic 2 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalBI3103: Career Development and Employability Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalPI241: History Of Irish Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalPI310: Topics In Applied Philosophy: Disability, Poverty And Human Freedom - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalPI327: Philosophy Of Religion - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalPI399: Extended Essay - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalPI3105: Philosophy of Nature - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalPI129: Advanced Philosophical Text - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3211: Empathy in Action - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3197: Thinking Politically: The Power of Ideas - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalSP404: Development And Change - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalSP219: Political Sociology - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalSP3195: Equality, Diversity and Collective Action - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalSP3208: Contemporary American Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalSP3199: Care, Power, Information - 5 Credits - Semester 7
OptionalSP305: Comparative Public Policy - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP405: Contemporary Social Thought - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3139: Comparative Government and Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3137: Youth and Society - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP701: Children & Young People in Families Today - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP705.II: Revisiting Violence - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP721: Ocean and Marine Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP618: Welfare Words: Key Words in Social Work & Social Welfare - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP419: Marxist Theory - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP420: Sociology Of The Environment - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalWS821.II: Thinking Differently: European Women's Studies - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSPL315.II: Smart & Liveable Cities and Suburbs - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3101: 'Community' - Significance and Change - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3103: European Union: Political Theory and Pol. Economy - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3129: Sexualities, Genders and Diversities - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3133: The Northern Ireland Conflict - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3141: Socially-Engaged Art and Relations of Power - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3150: Teaching Methods for the Politics and Society Classroom - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3192: Sociology of Religion - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3193: Introduction to Social Work - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3194: Theories of Nationalism - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3198: Songs of Rebellion: Power, Resistance, and Affect - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3205: Digital Society: Policy and Governance of the Digital Age - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3134: Human Rights Advocacy: Concepts, Law and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3144: Political Liberty - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3213: Contemporary African Politics - 5 Credits - Semester 8
OptionalSP3214: Biosociality and Bioeconomy: The Value(s) of Living Things - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredSH336: Hispanic Literature & Culture III - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredSH337: Hispanic Literature & Culture IV - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredSH339: Spanish Language III - 5 Credits - Semester 7
RequiredSH3104: Hispanic Research: From Theory to Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 8
RequiredSH340: Spanish Language IV - 10 Credits - Semester 8
Further Education
You’ll be qualified to undertake further study in a range of MA programmes at University of Galway, including:
• MA (Journalism)
• MA (Global Media and Communication)
• MA (Film Studies)
Why Choose This Course?
Career Opportunities
On graduating you’ll be ready to work in a range of media-related roles including in journalism; television and film production; tech companies; the civil and public service; NGOs; marketing and communications; and a wide range of other areas.
Who’s Suited to This Course
Learning Outcomes
Transferable Skills Employers Value
Work Placement
You will have the opportunity to undertake a work placement in a company such as a media organisation; in a production company; volunteering; in the technology sector; or in the public sector. You can choose to either do a one semester or fullyear internship. The programme will also facilitate students to undertake their own placements internationally.
Study Abroad
You can undertake a semester of Erasmus study in a European University or Study Abroad exchange in a non-EU country. NUI Galway has specific partnerships with universities, including in Sweden, Spain, Austria, the USA and Canada. If you are undertaking a modern language as part of your degree you are expected to spend at least a semester studying in that language.
Related Student Organisations
Course Fees
Fees: EU
Fees: Tuition
Fees: Student Contribution
Fees: Student levy
Fees: Non EU
EU Fees are comprised of Tuition + Student Contribution Charge + Student Levy** €140. **Payable by all students and is not covered by SUSI. Further detail here.
Find out More
Fiona McGarry, Lecturer
Email: Fiona.mcgarry@universityofgalway.ie