Expand+Minimum Entry Requirements
Six Grades at O6 or H7 in Leaving Certificate
Including At least one H5 Grade, or minimum Points Score of 200 And Mathematics Grade F2, O6 or H7
And English Grade O6 or H7
Or Irish Grade O6 or H7

Bonus Points for...

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Six Grades at O6 or H7 in Leaving Certificate
Including At least one H5 Grade, or minimum Points Score of 200 And Mathematics Grade F2, O6 or H7
And English Grade O6 or H7
Or Irish Grade O6 or H7

Bonus Points for Honours Mathematics
A bonus of 25 points will be allocated to students who achieve a grade H6 or above in higher level mathematics in the Irish Leaving Certificate examination. This means that the maximum cumulative Leaving Certificate points total is 625. Bonus points will be awarded irrespective of the year in which the examinations were taken.

The bonus points will only be relevant in cases where the higher level mathematics subject (including bonus points) is scored as one of the candidate’s six best subjects for point’s purposes. Consequently, if higher level mathematics (cumulative points score) is not among these six subjects, the bonus points will not be included in the total points score.

Foundation Level Mathematics
Foundation level mathematics will be accepted as a passing subject for Level 6 and Level 7 programmes where Leaving Certificate Mathematics is not a specific subject requirement.

Foundation Level Mathematics does not meet the entry requirements for Level 8 programmes.

The minimum Level 6 and Level 7 entry requirement in Mathematics is as follows:

a F2 at Foundation Level
Or
a O6 at Ordinary Level
Or
a H7 at Higher Level

Where a grade of F2 or higher is achieved and Foundation Level Mathematics is acceptable for entry to a specific programme, the following points scoring system will be used:

Grade Points
F1 20
F2 12

Expand+Applications from Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme Students

Holders of the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) apply in the normal way through the CAO system. Points are awarded on the same basis as per the leaving certificate...

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Holders of the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) apply in the normal way through the CAO system. Points are awarded on the same basis as per the leaving certificate. The LCVP subject will be considered as a passing subject provided the student achieves at least a pass grade. This will apply to entry for honours degree (NFQ Level 8), Ordinary Degree (NFQ Level 7) and higher certificate (NFQ Level 6) academic courses.

The following points scoring system will be used:

Grade Points
Pass 28
Merit 46
Distinction 66

Expand+QQI-FET Qualifications

QQI-FET level 5 and 6 awards are now made by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) – For further details please visit: www.qqi.ie.

Applicants must have obtained a full QQI-FET Level 5/6 major award with a minimum cred...

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QQI-FET level 5 and 6 awards are now made by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) – For further details please visit: www.qqi.ie.

Applicants must have obtained a full QQI-FET Level 5/6 major award with a minimum credit value of 120. A Component Award will not suffice.

A full QQI-FET major award normally contains 8 components.

A full award may be accumulated over a number of years. In such cases, it is the responsibility of the applicant to apply to QQI-FET for a major award prior to release of QQI-FET results.

The minimum entry requirement for graduates of QQI-FET (Level 5 and 6) awards to:

• Higher Certificate (NQAI Level 6) programmes is a full QQI-FET (Level 5 or 6) award;

• Ab-initio Ordinary Degree (NQAI Level 7) programmes (with the exception of Veterinary Nursing) is a full QQI-FET (Level 5 or 6) award, plus one Distinction or two Merits;

• Ab-initio Honours Degree (NQAI Level 8) programmes (with the exception of nursing & midwifery programmes) is a full QQI-FET (Level 5 or 6) award including a Distinction grade in at least three modules.

In these three cases, a general specific requirement
for Mathematics or a language will not apply.
Notwithstanding the minimum entry requirements listed above, relevant cognate courses and / or specific pre-requisite QQI-FET modules may be required for some programmes. Details are available from the Admissions Office or the ‘QQIFET Information’ section of the CAO website www.cao.ie.

In some programmes, a specific module such as a Mathematics or language module is a mandatory component of the QQI-FET award being presented. This requirement may be waived if the applicant has evidence of equivalent achievement from other examinations (such as previous Leaving Certificate award). It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence directly to the Admissions Office.

QQI-FET has introduced a new awards system known as the Common Awards System, or CAS. All QQI-FET awards are part of CAS since 2014.

Common Awards System (CAS) Scoring

This scoring scheme only applies where all the requirements for the major award are met, i.e. when the named component awards specified have been achieved to a minimum of 120 credits.

Each component is given a score based on the credit value of the component and the weighting of the grade achieved.

Most component awards have a credit value of 15 (the possible component credit values are 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30).

The following weightings will apply to the grades achieved:

Pass = 1
Merit = 2
Distinction = 3

To calculate a component score, multiply the credit value of the component by the weighting for the grade achieved. Add all of the component scores up to a cumulative credit value of 120. When adding up these scores begin with distinctions, then merits, then passes.

Finally, multiply the total by 13 and divide by 12 to give the overall score (maximum 390).*

Further information and examples of the scoring scheme are available on the ‘QQI-FET Information’ section of the CAO website (www.cao.ie).

Expand+Who is a Mature Applicant?
Any applicant 23 years of age or over on 1st January in the year of entry to first year of a fulltime programme is considered to be a mature applicant. Dundalk Institute of Technology actively encourages applications on ma...

Hide-Who is a Mature Applicant?
Any applicant 23 years of age or over on 1st January in the year of entry to first year of a fulltime programme is considered to be a mature applicant. Dundalk Institute of Technology actively encourages applications on mature grounds and we reserve a minimum of 20% of places on all programmes for applicants who access the programme via the mature entry route. Mature students register on all programmes and contribute positively to academic and campus life.

In recent years, mature students have represented approximately 15% of all first year entrants. We offer a specialised induction process for mature students on entry and provide a range of learning supports designed to assist mature students reach their full potential.

How do I decide on a Programme?
It is important that you make an informed choice. Our Undergraduate Handbook provides contact details of academic staff in each department. You should make contact with the relevant person – ideally, arrange a mutually convenient time to meet.

It is important to make sure that the programme is in line with your career plans and that you are academically prepared for and suited to that particular area of study. Talking with academic staff on the programme is also an opportunity for you to find out the level of demand for certain programmes (among mature applicants) and to find out what the minimum criteria may be.

When do I have to apply?
To be considered as a mature applicant, you must apply to the CAO by 1st February. If the mature student quota is not filled with 1st February applicants, the decision may be taken to assess late applications to the CAO (i.e. those who apply to the CAO after 1st February). However, there is no guarantee that late applications will be assessed.

Demand is high for mature student places on many programmes and the quota on each programme is usually filled with 1st February applicants.

How does the mature entry route operate?
All programmes for which the mature applicants apply are assessed on mature grounds.

Assessment is based on the evaluation of all aspects of the applicant’s preparedness and motivation; this includes examining the applicant’s:

• education record to date

• employment history (e.g. signed references from former employers, etc.)

• relevant skills gained to date

• personal statement(s)

The application is assessed on the basis of documentation provided to CAO at the time of application. In the interests of fairness and transparency, only claims supported by evidence are taken into account. Therefore, it is essential that all claims are backed up by the appropriate documentation.

Documentation includes, inter alia, copies of examination transcripts, copies of training certificates, signed and dated employer references on headed paper, etc.) CAO scans the documentation provided by the applicant and it is then available to the relevant members of academic staff at DkIT to view.

For most programmes, interviews do not form part of the assessment process. Currently, interviews are held for BA (Hons) in Social Care (DK862) and BSc in Veterinary Nursing (DK784) and BA in Community Youth Work (DK767)

You should regularly keep an eye on www.dkit.ie/mature to keep informed of any changes from year to year.

How can I keep my options open?
We can only offer applicants programmes for which they have applied. If your mature application for a Level 8 programme is unsuccessful, but academic staff would be willing to offer you a Level 7 programme in the same area, they can only do so if you have also applied for the Level 7 programme. An application for a Level 8 programme is not disregarded because the applicant has also applied for the Level 7 programme. However, by only applying for the Level 8 programme the applicant is limiting his/ her possible options. It is worth bearing in mind that often a Level 7 programme leads to Level 8 qualification. (This applies to DK710 and DK810, DK721 and DK821, etc.)

Can I be considered for entry on other grounds?
The mature entry route is a non-standard entry route and it is the applicant’s choice as to whether or not to avail of it. The advantage of this entry route is that it takes a number of factors into consideration and not just ‘points’ from an examination.

Whether an applicant avails of the mature entry route or not, as he/she has applied to the CAO he/ she will still be automatically rated by the CAO for each programme on the basis of ‘points’ from the Leaving Certificate, QQI-FET examinations, A-Levels or other. This is known as the standard entry route.

The mature entry route, then, is an additional entry route for those who meet the age criteria.

Mature applicants are advised to consult our website for further details: www.dkit.ie/mature

Please note:
• Entry to programmes DK870/DK871 BSc (Hons) in General Nursing, DK872/DK873 BSc (Hons) in Intellectual Disability Nursing, DK874/ DK875 BSc (Hons) in Psychiatric Nursing, and DK877/DK878 BSc (Hons) in Midwifery is coordinated by the Nursing Board (nationally). Mature interviews for these programmes are not arranged by the Access Office at DkIT. The Nursing Board will contact you separately;

• Programme DK860 BA (Hons) in Applied Music: interviews are not arranged by the Access Office. Instead, the academic department will contact you directly.

• For further details please refer to www.dkit.ie/mature

Contact Ms Eileen Lynch
Access Officer
t 042 9370236
e access@dkit.ie
w www.dkit.ie/mature

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2018 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2018 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2018 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2018 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2018 CAO Handbook: Fee €60 Closing Date: 22nd July 2018 at 5:15pm

You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1st February 2018 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2018, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2018 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5th March 2018 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the Timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22nd of July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are currently undergraduate students in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these five HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 15 of the 2018 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes – to be considered for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm and must have completed the HEAR/DARE application form by 1st March 2018 at 5:15pm – supporting documents must be sent to CAO offices before 1st April 2018 at 5:15pm.

Expand+About This programme
The aim of this programme is to equip graduates with the necessary knowledge, core skills and competencies to work in a variety of roles within the media arts & technology sectors, particularly in the areas of these sectors wher...

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The aim of this programme is to equip graduates with the necessary knowledge, core skills and competencies to work in a variety of roles within the media arts & technology sectors, particularly in the areas of these sectors where the merging of creative practices and skills utilising media and information technologies are developed.

In the multi-platform world of today, new evolving digital skills are being sought to produce high end content for simultaneous delivery on not only traditional print and broadcast media, but on the web, on mobile devices, and using the many existing and developing social media tools. The overall aim is to provide students with these core hard and soft skills. These skills are highly transferable between the various creative industries.

Note:
The programme merges practical experience in existing and emergent creative media and digital platforms with a user-centered and industry aware approach to design and this balance will offer students the opportunity to develop a combination of professional and creative skills and equips them for the rapidly changing industrial environment.

By balancing media production knowledge alongside teamwork and entrepreneurial skills, the BA in Media Arts and Technologies ideally equips students to pursue graduate level positions across divergent sectors in the creative media industry. The programme’s unique selling point is that it is an undergraduate degree with industry-driven modules, which will produce graduates with core skills & competencies in the growing media arts & technology sectors.

Based in the newly renovated Carroll’s building on the DKIT campus and equipped with a full HD TV Studio, a screening room, multiple edit suites, a video editing lab, multimedia labs, a radio studio, a dark room, an art studio & equipment borrowing office, students are trained on key software packages used in the Creative Media Arts & Technologies sectors, including Pro-Tools, Avid Media Composer, and the Adobe Master Collection suite of programs. In addition, DKIT is an Avid Educational partner & students can choose to also sit the Avid & Pro-Tools user certification exams while undertaking their programme.

Throughout their studies, students also have the option of completing an additional 5ECTS Service Learning - Creative Media module, aimed to encourage students to participate in activities that will enhance their personal and professional development. This could include volunteering activities with a voluntary/charitable body or work experience with a Creative Media company and/or lecturer working on an Industry project that are taken on above and beyond the student’s timetabled class hours.

Expand+Year 1:
Semester 1:
Mandatory:
* Communication, Research & IT
* Creative Design
* Creative Collaborative Development
* Introduction to Film Studies
* 35mm Photography
* Introduction to Digital Audio/Visual Techniques (year-long)

Semest...

Hide-Year 1:
Semester 1:
Mandatory:
* Communication, Research & IT
* Creative Design
* Creative Collaborative Development
* Introduction to Film Studies
* 35mm Photography
* Introduction to Digital Audio/Visual Techniques (year-long)

Semester 2:
Mandatory:
* Introduction to Web Authoring
* Visual Literacy
* Media Studies
* Storytelling, Creativity and Innovation
* Introduction to Digital Audio/Visual Techniques (year-long)

Year 2:
Semester 1:
Mandatory:
* Visual Communications
* Media, Culture and Society 1
* Authoring for the Web (year-long)
* Legal & Ethical Issues in Creative Media
* Sound Design 1
* Intermediate Audio/Visual Production (year-long)

Electives:
* Study Abroad for Creative Media †

Semester 2:
Mandatory:
* Media, Culture and Society 2
* Sound Design 2
* Branding & Packaging
* Creative Media Project Management
* Authoring for the Web (year-long)
* Intermediate Audio/Visual Production (year-long)

Electives:
* Study Abroad for Creative Media*

Year 3:
Semester 1:
Mandatory:
* Media Arts and Technologies Group Project (year-long)
* External Industry Project
* Scriptwriting for Creative Media

Electives:
* 3D Modelling Techniques
* Advanced Audio/Visual Production (year-long)
* Editorial Design
* Web Design and Development
* Physical & Pervasive Interfaces
* Computer-Assisted Learning

Semester 2:
Mandatory:
* Culture, Society and Creative Media
* Professional Issues in Creative Media Arts and Technologies
* Group Project (year-long)

Electives:
* Advanced Digital Photography
* 3D Animation
* Documentary Production: Theory and Practice
* Advanced Web Authoring
* Authoring for Interactive Narrative
* Design in Motion
* Radio Production
* Advanced Audio/Visual Production (year-long)

Note You do not need to have any prior knowledge in any subject other than the entry requirements that are listed. In particular, you do not need previous experience in programming or art/design.

† Students may undertake a one-semester placement with one of our currently approved partners via the Erasmus Programme. Students can partake in the scheme during stage two of their studies.

Expand+Note
The programme merges practical experience in existing and emergent creative media and digital platforms with a user-centered and industry aware approach to design. This balance will offer students the opportunity to develop a combination of pr...

Hide-Note
The programme merges practical experience in existing and emergent creative media and digital platforms with a user-centered and industry aware approach to design. This balance will offer students the opportunity to develop a combination of professional and creative skills, equipping them for the rapidly changing industrial environment.

By balancing media production knowledge alongside teamwork and entrepreneurial skills, the BA in Media Arts and Technologies ideally equips students to pursue graduate level positions across divergent sectors in the creative media industry. The programme’s unique selling point is that it is an undergraduate degree with industry-driven modules, which will produce graduates with core skills and competencies in the growing media arts and technology sectors.

Based in the iconic Carroll’s Building on the DkIT campus and equipped with a full HD TV Studio, a screening room, multiple edit suites, a video editing lab, multimedia labs, a radio studio, a dark room, an art studio & equipment borrowing office, students are trained on key software packages used in the Creative Media Arts and Technologies sectors, including Pro- Tools, Avid Media Composer, and the Adobe Master Collection suite of programs. In addition, DkIT is an Avid Educational partner and students can choose to also sit the Avid and Pro-Tools user certification exams while undertaking their programme.

Throughout their studies, students also have the option of completing an additional 5ECTS Service Learning - Creative Media module, aimed to encourage students to participate in activities that will enhance their personal and professional development. This could include volunteering activities with a voluntary/charitable body or work experience with a Creative Media company and/or lecturer working on an Industry project that are taken on above and beyond the student’s timetabled class hours.

Expand+Career Options
Graduates of the programme will have a detailed knowledge and understanding of both the creative and developmental strands within the Media Arts & Technologies disciplines and will be skilled in the use of a range of digital media. Gr...

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Graduates of the programme will have a detailed knowledge and understanding of both the creative and developmental strands within the Media Arts & Technologies disciplines and will be skilled in the use of a range of digital media. Graduates choosing a career path on one of the strands will have an understanding of the all aspects of a multidisciplinary team.

They will be equipped to follow career paths in the following broad categories:
* Web Developer / Web Designer / Web Master
* Multimedia Developer / Multimedia Designer
* Graphic designer
* Animator
* Audio designer and editor.
* Video content creator and editor.