Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Digital Communication
Limerick, Ireland
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Journalism is an important, exciting and dynamic field. It tells us about ourselves. The platforms through which we tell our stories are evolving, and in UL we offer students a chance to engage with and deliver stories across all digital and social media platforms. We help develop real-world practical and critical thinking skills in students so that their journalism is informed by a balanced sense of justice, accuracy and life-experience. Over the four years our students will:
- Produce their own radio reports and TV bulletins, in our state of the art studios
- Work on the awarding winning Limerick Voice news website, social media platforms and local newspaper
- Produce and design an online magazine
- Work with the latest digital publishing and editing software programmes including Adobe
- Audition, Final Cut Pro and Indesign
- Use social media to self-publish and promote work
- Learn key fact-checking and online verification skills
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
Semester 1
- Introduction to Journalism and Writing for News
- Introduction to Digital Media
- Gov & Politics of Ireland
Semester 2
- Sub-editing and Design 1
- Radio Journalism
- Writing for New Media
Year 2
Semester 3
- TV and Digital Broadcasting
- Interviewing & Reporting
- Magazine Journalism (core elective)
- Media Law
- Sociology of Media
Semester 4
- Journalism and writing 2: breaking news and features
- Sports Journalism (core elective)
- Social Media and Society
- Analysing Media Discourse
Year 3
Semester 5
External Placement
Semester 6
External Academic Placement
Year 4
Semester 7
- Investigative Journalism
- Limerick Voice Digital News Project 1
- Individual Journalism Project 1
- New Media, Language and Globalization
Semester 8
- Limerick Voice Digital News Project 2
- Individual Journalism Project 2
- Media Challenges in the Digital Age
- Broadcast Week
Program Outcome
NFQ Level 8 major Award Honours Bachelor Degree
- MA in Journalism, Sport
- MA Technical Communication and eLearning
- MA English
- Grad Dip/MA in Public Administration
- MA Creative Writing
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
- Copywriter
- Data Entry Server
- Development Researcher
- Digital Media Editor
- Digital Operations Specialist
- Editorial Assistant
- Fashion Intern
- Journalist
- Media Assistant
- Newsreader
- Online Journalist
- PR Intern
- Reporter
- Reporter/Subeditor
- Researcher
- Staff Writer