Course Summary
Master radio and podcast production to industry standards in the professional environment that is the National Film School at IADT.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Entry Requirements
You will need to have your own headphones, and a 16 or 32 GB SD card for recording purposes.
What are the entry requirements?
This course is suitable for students who have an undergraduate qualification of 2nd Class Honours or higher at Honours Degree level. Experience of the media industries is an additional advantage.
Applicants without a Level 8 qualification may be considered provided they can demonstrate Honours Degree equivalence which can be verified through the RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) process.
As part of your application you will be required to submit:
A CV and a reference.
An online portfolio of your work (links to audio work done are acceptable)
OR
A personal statement (tell us about your experience/background in any media, what you hope to learn and achieve on the course).
Application Details
IADT operates on a rolling admissions basis. This means that applications are reviewed as and when they are received.
Should you apply for a course that is already at capacity, our admissions team will have established a waiting list to accommodate such situations. In the event that a spot becomes available due to enrolment changes, we will work diligently to offer that spot to waitlisted applicants.
Application: IADT
Dates + Times
Classes take place on campus in the National Film School radio studio and newsroom.
It may be possible to deliver some Thursday evening classes online. This will be agreed with all students at the start of the course.
Wednesdays (10am to 5pm): 15th February; 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th March; 19th and 26th April 2023.
Thursdays (6pm to 9pm): 16th and 23rd February; 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th March; 20th and 27th April 2023.
Saturdays (10am to 4pm): 25th February, 25th March and 22nd April 2023.
For dates later in the year contact
Elena Somoza
Creative Futures Academy Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Fees
Non-EU Fees: €1,100
The Student
Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
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.
Career Progression
The course will enable you to incorporate your skills into your production practices and in your future professional roles.
Professional pathways exist in the audio-visual, web and screen industries. Graduates go on to radio, online content providers, the broadcast media, advertisement agencies, production facilities, company in house production facilities, state and civil society bodies and indeed any group involved in the creation and distribution of audio content.
Duration
Part Time Course: 9 weeks: 22nd February - 2nd May 2024
In 2024, there are two intakes:
Full-time: an intensive 7-week course where you will join the students on our MA in Broadcast Production
Part-time: a 9-week course with classes 1 evening per week online, and a few Saturdays on campus. The focus is more on creating an independent production (podcasting).
On both courses, you will learn from industry professionals in our state-of-the-art facilities.