Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This one year course provides an extensive introduction to a wide range creative writing, media, literature, and culture.
Participants will produce writing for fiction, scripts for theatre, television, radio, and film, as well as for journalism. Students will be introduced to a wide range of literature appropriate to all modules on offer, and there are numerous opportunities to attend theatre productions, films, media events, and other cultural events throughout the year.
On completion, each student will have an exciting portfolio, a selection of which will be professionally published in the end of year publication.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Writing for Novel & Short Story
Writing for Theatre
Writing for Television, Radio and Film
Writing for Journalism
English Literature
Media Analysis
Intercultural Studies
Desktop Publishing
Work Placement
Communications
Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons.
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a possible progression route, click below:
| QQI Code |
| 5M18518 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Linguistic
The Linguistic's interests are usually focused on ideas and information exchange. They tend to like reading a lot, and enjoy discussion about what has been said. Some will want to write about their own ideas and may follow a path towards journalism, story writing or editing. Others will develop skills in other languages, perhaps finding work as a translator or interpreter. Most Linguistic types will enjoy the opportunity to teach or instruct people in a topic they are interested in.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
There are excellent progression routes, with graduates from this course going on to study a fantastic range of subjects at level 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Graduates have gone on to subject areas that include; English Literature, Film Studies, Arts, Theatre Studies, Journalism, Media production, Creative Writing, Humanities, Music production, Multimedia, Drama Therapy.
Employers want articulate and creative graduates. Our graduates have gained employment in many of the areas explored on the course with others producing their own self-directed creative work in film, play-writing, media, journalism and education.