Applied Strength & Conditioning
The Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Strength and Conditioning offers an in-depth education on this growing area of interest, both in Ireland and internationally. The Strength and Conditioning Coach is becoming a central and key figure in preparing and advancing the fitness and performance status of the individual athlete and team both in professional sport and in amateur and recreational sport.
Strength and conditioning coaches people towards optimal performance and injury prevention through the application of knowledge gained through many discipline areas such as sports science and exercise physiology.
Students are prepared for the UK Strength and Conditioning Association, ITEC Gym Instruction and the United States National Strength and Conditioning Association exams. This ensures successful graduates have the highest international standing. The programme also has strong links for work placement and research with Ireland’s leading sporting organisations.
A modern Strength and Conditioning Coach will also have additional skills that utilise advances in technology to impact on the development of the athlete, player and team; as well as requiring the core elements of business to be flexible in applying his/her strength and conditioning skills. The Thurles campus houses an elite, state-of-the-art sports strength and conditioning facility that greatly enhances students’ practical learning on the programme.
Business Studies with Beauty & Spa Management
The BA (Honours) in Business Studies with Beauty and Spa Management will appeal to students who wish to pursue a management career in the beauty and spa industry.
This Honours Degree programme aims to equip graduates with professional practical skills and theoretical knowledge relevant to the beauty and spa services sector. It also emphasises the importance of business acumen to manage within the sector, as well as excellence in technical skills across a range of spa and beauty treatments and therapies. To achieve this, this programme fosters in the student specific beauty and spa technical skills, in addition to applied business competencies to prepare them to contribute effectively in the wider world of beauty and spa.
Business Studies with Event Management
The BBs (Honours) in Business Studies with Event Management will appeal to students who wish to pursue a management career in Event Management.
Graduates of this programme will have practical business know-how grounded in the event sector as this programme provides a broad introduction to event management principles and practice. The programme provides students with lots of opportunities to experience a variety of roles and disciplines a live event in year 2, can avail of student international trips and can spend time abroad studying as part of the Erasmus programme.
This programme contains a significant work placement in Year 3, giving students the chance to take classroom knowledge to the workplace.
Business Studies with Travel & Tourism Management
Over 200 million people work in the travel and tourism industry worldwide. Our travel and tourism training is designed to give you the skills and knowledge to maximise your careers opportunities in this rapidly expanding and ever evolving industry. Graduates of the course will have practical business know-how grounded in the travel and tourism sector as the course provides a broad introduction to travel and tourism management principles and practice.
The course contains a significant work placement in Year 3, giving students the chance to apply classroom knowledge to the workplace. The course also has professional links with the Irish Hotels Federation, Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
Ceramics Design
Contemporary ceramic practice encompasses a broad range of applications, enabling a wide range of conceptual and practical approaches within art and design. The Ceramics programme at LSAD reflects this diversity and embraces the mediums rich cultural heritage.
Community & Addiction Studies
This programme has been designed in consultation with sectoral experts and employers, to ensure that content is relevant to community and addiction services in Ireland.
Students on this programme will develop competencies and skills that will enable them to enter careers in community development and work with communities affected by addiction. This will include the social, economic and political issues affecting addiction, society and social groups; the role of development in addressing poverty, inequality and social exclusion; the impact of global processes on society and an understanding of the dynamic factors affecting addiction.
There is a very substantial practical and applied component to this programme, so students will develop the real skills and competencies required for the workplace. A practical placement in years two and three are a key element of the programme, which will allow students apply their learning in a real-life environment.
Potential Applicants please note: All applicants accepting a place on this programme will be required to obtain Garda Clearance prior to full registration on the programme.
Desing Fashion & Textiles for Product & Costume
Early Childhood Education & Care
The programme is designed to enable graduates to be professionally competent early years educators to children in their formative years. This includes the holistic development of a child’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs in order to build a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning and wellbeing, as defined by UNESCO.
The programme is practical and applied, supporting graduates to become professional, reflective practitioners with an integrated approach in early childhood education and care. Students will acquire skills in relevant areas, such as learning through play and creativity, children’s development through art, literature and music, as well as psychology, sociology and social policy. A supervised work placement in years 2 and 3 in a variety of early years settings is a key element of the programme enabling students to learn from practice as well as theory.
The design and content of the programme has been guided by the policy and regulatory frameworks for this sector, such as Aistear, First Fives and the Professional Award Criteria and Guidelines. It is an innovative practice-led programme where students learn how to combine theory and practice and to develop as reflective practitioners. An active learning environment is achieved through lectures, seminars, workshops and enquiry-based learning with children’s learning materials.
Placement Modules
The programme includes two work placements that will bring students into direct contact with children. To ensure the protection of the public and justify public trust and confidence, TUS uses the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) service to assess the suitability of applicants.
Fashion Design
Fine Art Painting
The BA (Honours) in Fine Art Painting has distinct qualities which enables active learning through the continual use of materials and processes in a studio environment. The Painting course is housed in purpose-designed spacious studios, with workshop studio and an audio-visual demonstration seminar space. The studio environment is active as a place of individual visual research for making and presenting works allowing for continual peer learning.
The lecturers and technical officers who deliver this course are all professional working artists and this perspective ensures that the Painting programme is focused on the provision of knowledge which is up-to-date and relevant to the contemporary world.
