This two-year program is created for those who have always loved acting and can’t see themselves doing anything else. This program provides students with professional training and education in five key areas: voice and speech, movement, acting, theatre history and production.
The four-year Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation program gives students the tools to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a wide range of leisure services for people with barriers to participating in leisure activities. Such services might include arts and crafts, dance, music, sports, games, aquatics and group outings. Students will apply what they learn in the classroom through practicum placements and community projects, where they’ll work with real clients in a variety of health-care and social-service settings.
The two-year Therapeutic Recreation Diploma will prepare students to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a wide range of leisure services for people with barriers to participating in leisure activities. Such services might include arts and crafts, dance, music, sports, games, aquatics and group outings. Students will have the opportunity to apply classroom theory in real-life situations through two semesters of practicum work in health-care or social-service settings.
This two-year Diploma program blends studies in child and youth counselling, criminology and youth justice. Courses in behaviour theory, public policy, skill development and professional practice, plus real-world experience through two practicum placements, ensure students are prepared to effectively assist at-risk youth or those who are already involved in the justice system once they graduate.
For many students, the rewards and prestige offered by a career in money management make it an attractive path to pursue. A degree in Accounting & Finance is a major step towards achieving that goal. It is a popular choice with students who want to move directly into a career in accountancy as well as those who recognise the value of an accounting degree in a wider business management context. The Accounting & Finance programme provides comprehensive education in the quantitative, computational and analytical skills required in the business world. Students learn about the role and operation of accounting in a range of contexts, informed by current thinking and research in the discipline.
The Degree in Audio Production and Music Project Management is delivered in collaboration with its partners Sound Training College. Located at Rory Gallagher Corner and the Temple Bar Music Centre (The Button Factory), the Sound Training College has been setting standards in audio education for over 30 years.
Audio Production and Music Project Management course offers students the unique
opportunity to develop their skills in the field through industry-based, professional projects. While working on these real-world projects, students engage in both advanced audio production and music project management, greatly broadening employability. These projects are an integral part of Sound Training Productions: a recording and production company (led by graduates and students) which offers unrivalled, unique opportunities and links with key contacts in the music industry.
The BA (Hons) in Business Information Systems (Cloud Computing) degree is intended to educate and prepare students for employment in information systems or cloud computing. It will also provide students with a strong IT/IS knowledge, competence and skills in the technologies that underpin cloud computing. In relation to the specific skills requirement in the area of cloud computing, a report by Goodbody’s Economic Consultants identifies that ‘the greatest benefit of cloud computing is as a source of exports, growth and jobs for the Irish economy’. This report also identifies ‘the need for additional marketing, sales and technical staff with the relevant skills for cloud Computing, and a need for training for their current employees’
The BA (Hons) in Film programme has been designed to enable you to understand the study of film as an ongoing exploration of an extraordinarily diverse set of related audiovisual practices. The programme is made up of three interlocking elements, the critical, the practical, and the developmental.
The Critical
You have the opportunity to develop an ongoing and deepening relationship with the critical, theoretical, historical, technological and other relevant debates that take film as their starting point.
The Practical
You will undertake a wide range of practical activities including digital filmmaking, editing and post-production, sound, lighting, digital photography, scriptwriting, and organising film festivals, exhibitions and installations.
The Developmental
The BA (Hons) in Film also helps you develop a very wide range of transferable skills that prepare you for life after graduation.
The BA (Hons) in Financial Services is a course designed for the potential financial managers of tomorrow. It focuses upon the most dynamic aspects of financial services. Students learn about the core mechanisms and operations of financial markets and develop proficiency in the analytical techniques required for a wide variety of careers in financial services.
The hallmark of the BA (Hons) in Applied Social Care is to provide the necessary theoretical foundations and interpersonal skills allied to the practical skills training essential to working in a Social Care environment. Such skills include manual handling, hygiene control and first aid and this training is provided in our purpose-built Social Care practice facility at DBS.