Media & Design - Athlone

Underpinned by research and positioning of students’ creativity within a professional and academic context, individual skillsets are further enhanced by choosing one of three elective streams in the broad subject areas of Still Images, Moving Images, Music, Audio, and Design. From a collaborative perspective, students will have the opportunity to work together on a culturally significant project, where the integration of these creative streams is undertaken in a real-World environment that will prepare graduates of either programme for work in the professional, and academic Creative Industry. Students undertaking the Master of Arts in Media & Design programme will have a further opportunity to create a major body of work, or a research thesis.

Semester One

Research Methods

Elective Stream Module 1

Elective Stream Module 2



Semester 2

Collaborative Project

Critical Reflection



Semester 3

Masters Thesis / Masters Project

A 2.1 qualification from a Creative Industry academic programme, such as: BA (Hons) in Animation & Illustration, BA (Hons) in Graphic & Digital Design, B.Sc (Hons) in Music & Sound Engineering, etc.

1 year

Commencing in September

Career Prospects

Noting the increased spend on digital marketing discussed earlier, we are seeing a huge demand for our graduates. Skills shortages and salary hikes can be seen in specialist areas like e-commerce, PPC, SEO and data analysis. Considering Covid and Brexit, Enterprise Ireland has been encouraging businesses who export abroad to go online and enter new markets and reduce dependency on the UK. We expect this will impact marketing recruitment this year as exporting businesses begin to increase their presence online.



Career opportunities for graduates include:



• Digital Marketing Executive

• E-commerce Operations

• Digital Support Executive

• Digital Marketing Specialist

• Marketing and Communication Officer

• Inbound Marketing Specialist

• Senior Digital Client Manager

• Affiliate Marketing Manager



Upon successful completion of this programme, graduates have the opportunity to complete Level 9/10 programmes here at TUS or elsewhere.