MH101 - Media & Cultural Studies

Subject Overview

• By studying Media, Film & Cultural Studies, you'll get to explore the ways that 'new' media like social media, AI, and digital platforms as well as 'old' media like film, television, print and radio shape your lived experience and learn how to engage effectively and critically with an increasingly mediated world.
• You will have the opportunity to research and analyse media genres like advertising and documentary, media audiences and users, media technologies and platforms like video streaming and TikTok, and you will develop understanding of how media shapes our ways of being in the world.
• You’ll develop your employability and professionalism through your exploration of media, film and cultural industries and working lives.
• This subject is focused on critical dimensions of media, film and culture, and you'll have opportunities to use practical and project-based skills on modules like Radio Production and Digital Content Creation. To develop more extensive skills in digital and audio-visual practice, you should apply to MH109 BA Media Studies.

Leaving Certificate applicants are required to present (as a minimum): 2H5 & 4O6/H7 and O6/H7 in Irish, English, 3rd language.

Leaving Certificate Applicants

Required to present (as a minimum): 2H5 & 4O6/H7 and O6/H7 in Irish, English, 3rd language. Round 1 points 2025: see above

HEAR and DARE

DARE: The Disability Access Route to Education is a third level alternative admissions scheme for school-leavers whose disabilities have had a negative impact on their second level education.

HEAR: The Higher Education Access Route is a third level admissions scheme for school leavers from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Contact the Access Office for more information about these access routes.

The Maynooth Education

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After Graduation

• Graduates emerge from Media, Film & Cultural Studies with in-demand skills to work in sectors including broadcasting and film, arts, culture & heritage; content creation; social media; marketing, PR and communications; NGOs and charity.
• Students build knowledge of the key practices and processes of the ever growing and ever changing media and cultural industries. Graduates gain transferable communication, problem-solving, research, project management and teamwork skills that are well-matched with wider sectors including public service, education and business.
• Postgraduate study is also an option and we offer a range of interesting options to our students

Visit the Department website for more information about postgraduate options.

After Graduation

• Graduates emerge from Media, Film & Cultural Studies with in-demand skills to work in sectors including broadcasting and film, arts, culture & heritage; content creation; social media; marketing, PR and communications; NGOs and charity.
• Students build knowledge of the key practices and processes of the ever growing and ever changing media and cultural industries. Graduates gain transferable communication, problem-solving, research, project management and teamwork skills that are well-matched with wider sectors including public service, education and business.
• Postgraduate study is also an option and we offer a range of interesting options to our students

Visit the Department website for more information about postgraduate options.