Music Technology
Comprising taught and research components, the programme is modular and structured over three semesters. The taught component of the programme (Semesters 1 and 2) consists of five mandatory modules in each semester.
Important features of the Masters programme are the balancing of theory and practice, and technological competence and musical creativity. At the core of the programme is hands-on training at computer music workstations where students are exposed to computer-based musical composition, sound synthesis and manipulation, programming and development, and music production.
The Department’s Music Technology Centre is a state-of-the-art teaching, learning and research environment dedicated to the musical applications of technology. It comprises fully-equipped and networked music labs, a recording studio, and a multichannel room.
Building Surveying
This new MSc graduate conversion programme provides an opportunity for construction graduates to become educated for a career in Building Surveying/Building Engineering in Ireland and abroad.
It has been developed as an alternative route into the Building Surveying profession other than by way of the traditional honour’s undergraduate degree. The programme is designed for graduates who wish to upskill and convert to a career in the construction Industry.
This new MSc in Building Surveying course addresses the qualification requirement set down by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (the Association of Building Engineers and the Chartered Institute of Building & RICS) in respect to conversion courses, which will qualify participants (subject to validation) to take the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and become chartered.
Renewable Energy Systems
The primary aim of the M.Sc. in Renewable Energy Systems is to produce effective engineers and technical workers for a professional career in energy and, in particular, renewable energy.
The programme spans a minimum of three semesters, i.e. beginning in September of the first year and ending in following September (one calendar year).
Solar Energy
The aim of the MSc in Solar Energy is to produce graduates with an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge, with a highly developed research capability and innovation skills to enable their professional development as leaders in the solar energy industry.
Students undertaking the MSc in Solar Energy programme will undertake a substantial research project. In the Research Project module, the student will implement appropriate research techniques to address/solve a chosen solar energy-related problem.
Four modules, aimed at providing the student with specialist knowledge, are undertaken along with the Research Project module.
Music for Screen
This is a career focused Masters degree, offering an exceptional opportunity for students to create a professional portfolio of original compositions for media and screen content and help expose their talent to audio-visual communities world-wide.
The objective of this course is to prepare individuals for self-employment within the visual media industries. Participants will gain an understanding of how music composition and scoring integrates with the wider visual media sector and will be provided with insights into potential new technical opportunities therein. Graduates will be conversant in various compositional methods, gaining knowledge in traditional scoring techniques alongside exploration in sound design, which will be merged with knowledge gained in multimedia production and in writing narrative works through sound. These experiences allow students to score using a variety of techniques and practices, with the opportunity to employ experimental practices through both instrumentation and technology.
The Master of Arts in Music for Screen offers students the opportunity to write for and record with a full Orchestra. Students will be taught by a distinguished staff comprised of professional composers, music producers, sound engineers, and eminent international guest lecturers from the broader Hollywood film, TV and games scoring communities. Students will also have the opportunity to travel as part of a foreign research trip centred around two international film scoring symposia. Over the duration of the research trip, students will learn, participate, and network in important ways that prepare them for numerous career options in this multimedia marketplace, while researching and liaising with the wider international scoring community with a view to finalising their Major Project research proposal.
Specific scoring skills covered by the programme include: fundamental and advanced scoring techniques, experimental music composition principles and technologies, score analysis, orchestration and arranging, music and audio-visual technology, studio conducting and score supervision, as well as preparation for industry and business planning.
Upon completion of this course, participants will either be ready to establish themselves as self-employed professional composers or join an established visual media industries company. The programme is targeted at skilled and qualified individuals across the creative music industries looking to further their creative careers.
Wind Energy
The aim of the MSc in Wind Energy is to produce graduates with an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge, with a highly developed research capability and innovation skills to enable their professional development as leaders in the wind energy industry.
Students undertaking the MSc in Wind Energy programme will undertake a substantial research project. In the Research Project module, the student will implement appropriate research techniques to address/solve a chosen wind energy-related problem.
Four modules, aimed at providing the student with specialist knowledge, are undertaken along with the Research Project module.
Entrepreneurship & Marketing
The aim of the MBS in Entrepreneurship and Marketing is to produce independent minded, self-reliant graduates with the theory, practice and research capability for employment as managers in both specialist and non-specialist roles across a broad range of industry sectors, with a specific specialism in the areas of Entrepreneurship and Marketing.
This programme is available on a one year full-time basis (attending 2 days per week), or a two-year part-time basis (attending 1 day per week). The period of structured tuition is September to May (2 semesters), with the dissertation submitted in August. Examinations will take place in January and May.
Graduates should also be capable of pursuing further studies to Ph.D. level.
Food Production (add-on)
Graduates of this course will have skills in food analysis, packaging, processing, agrifood biotechnology, waste management, food chain integrity, lean manufacturing and agri-food product development, enabling them to contribute to the cost-effective development, production and marketing of products in the Agri-Food Industry
Global Marketing
The BA (Hons) in Global Marketing is a level 8 add-on programme designed with a pragmatic hands-on approach throughout. In an ever-dynamic global marketplace the demand is for graduates with the capacity to be analytical and creative in equal measure.
The Global WIL ( Work Integrated Learning ) module in semester 2 offers you the unique opportunity to work on a “live” commercial client brief alongside other students from partner schools based around the world ( North America, Europe & Australia). Along with modules in International Selling, Global Marketing Strategy, Contemporary Market Insights, Branding Strategy, Marketing Management, Ethics, French/Spanish /English and Finance, our graduates from the BA in Global Marketing will be much sought after by leading global business enterprises, and you may well decide grow your own business ideas into global winners.
Health & Physical Activity
The overall aim of the BSc (Honours) in Health and Physical Activity programme is to educate a category of professional in the areas of health, physical activity and wellbeing. Graduates will have the skills necessary to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual, community-based and population-level lifestyle interventions and physical activity programmes and policies. Graduates will gain, through theory, research and practice, the knowledge, skills and competencies required to shape and respond to public policy using a multidisciplinary approach to addressing sedentary behaviour, physical activity and health.
There are four subject streams within the course:
Health science
Exercise science
Health research
Communicating the health message
In addition, students have the opportunity to acquire internationally recognised, professional qualifications in gym instruction, circuit training, personal training, exercise referral and Obesity and Diabetes management.
