Cumarsáid / Communications :)

frankymail

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone doing this course would be able to throw me some info on it? How in depth is course in terms of television production and technical and practical stuff.

Would the level of Irish you have to get a Higher Level C at LC level be enough to get you through the course?

Any kind of info would be appreciated, even stuff about student life in NUIG.

lasair

I personally know people who did the course and who have successfully gotten jobs in rte, tg4, rnag and even bbc ni due to this course.... You are sent on work exp, given projects and if ur lucky you can get a job from where you did your experience.....

Leaving cert C will gurantee you a place but you will need to brush up on the Irish as the course is in Irish (and like every other course first 3 months is a brief intro but after xmas they run miles)..... The Acadamh offers a diploma (which is the highest acheivment for an EU language) for students at approx €100 which I would seriously recommend (I did it and I'm a native Irish speaker)...... It is a 2 yr course of approx 3-4 hours a week.....

If you have any problems throughout the year or questions PM me, I'll help in anyway I can either with questions or with the Gaeilge.....

Ron DMC

I'm actually going to do this course myself this year.

From the looks of it, it's more practical than any other media course in the country that I've come across, even through English.

That diploma sounds like a great idea, I'll definitely do that.

As for student life in NUIG, you are aware that the course is based in the Acadamh in Carraroe, over an hour from the main campus in Galway?

frankymail

Ah sounds good but I didnt know it was in Carroe? So do people doing the course's there, stay there or whats the story. Is Carroe a student town or a typical gaelteacht middle of nowhere kinda deal? No offence...

lasair

Oh god no its not....Carroe is a Ghaeltacht are that mainly speaks Gaeilge!!!!! and it is in the middle of no where....approx 1.5hrs form NUIG....traffic does be crazy that side too....

frankymail

I don't know what to do now. I want an in-depth course with a broad range of media content to focus on that will get me a job in television afterwards but I also want the craic, and good student life with Socs and clubs as well.


I was set on DCU for communications but I'm after reading on this that you just learn the basics and to be pretty honest I know the basics already. I've had a good bit of experience already working with an idependant production company so I dont know?

Ron DMC

Cláraithe ó aréir.

Ag tnúth go mór leis anois.

Ní bheidh mé in ann freastal ar an gcúrsa ar an naoú mar atáimid in ainm is a bheith toisc go mbeidh mé fós ag obair, ach beidh mé siar roimh an ceathrú lá déag le haghaidh tús na léacthanna.