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The Law SchoolLLM in International Law (NTU)Further information: www.gcd.ie/applyApply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ieFramework Level: HETAC Level 9Programme Requirements: Primary Honours Degree (2.2), inlaw or a related discipline and/or experiential learning*Contact: Admissions Office, admission@gcd.ieCourse Duration: Full-Time 1 year (evening classes)About the ProgrammeThe LL.M. (Master of Laws) is an internationally recognised postgraduate law degree. It is obtained by completing a one-year full-timeprogramme. The three LLMs on offer in Griffith College allow students to focus on an aspect of law that is of particular interest to them;International Law, Human Rights and Commercial Law. However, opportunities for specialisation go beyond just selecting one of theseoptions, as all three are sub-divided, to afford students an even greater range of choices.This is particularly true of the LLM General: a student could take a human rights specialisation, or a commercial specialisation (to taketwo random examples) within this programme.LLM in InternationalCommercial Law7 subjects and dissertationMandatory choice of 4 Commercial Lawsubjects and 3 electivesMANDATORYPublic International LawInternational Trade LawIntroduction to International LegalSystemsResearch MethodsLLM in International LawLLM in InternationalHuman Rights LAw7 subjects and dissertationMandatory choice of 4 Human RightsLaw subjects and 3 electivesMANDATORYPublic International LawIntroduction to International LegalSystemsResearch MethodsInternational Human Rights LawLLM in InternationalLAw (general)7 subjects and dissertation3 Mandatory modules and 4 othermodulesMANDATORYPublic International LawIntroduction to International LegalSystemsResearch MethodsElectivesInternational Commercial ArbitrationInternational Tax LawInternational Financial Services LawEU Competition and Internal MarketsInternational Intellectual Property LawCorporate GovernanceElectivesComparitive Freedom of ExpressionSocial and Economic RightsInternational Asylum andRefugee LawInternational Criminal LawGender, Sexuality and Human RightsElectivesInternational Commercial ArbitrationInternational Tax LawInternational Financial Services LawEU Competition and Internal MarketsInternational Intellectual Property LawCorporate GovernanceComparative Freedom of ExpressionSocial and Economic RightsInternational Asylum and Refugee LawInternational Criminal LawGender, Sexuality and Human Rights• Candidates with relevant prior experiential learning may also apply and be considered for admission, subject to interview and submission ofsatisfactory evidential backup.9

Preparatory Course for the Law Society ofIreland’s Final ExaminationPart One (Entrance Examination – FE1)Further information: www.gcd.ie/FE1Apply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ie/FE1Course Duration: 14 weeks, June – Sept. & Nov. – MarchLocations: Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford anddistance learning optionsContact: Professional Law School, proflaw@gcd.ieCourse Delivery: Choice of evening or weekend optionsAbout the ProgrammeGeared to the specific examination papers set by the Law Society of Ireland, the Griffith College Professional Law School’s 14-weekFE1 Preparation Course is both intensive and practical. Against a background of unequalled quality in materials, notes and facilities,underpinned by outstanding, supportive lecturers, you’re assured an environment whose pathfinding spirit will direct your focus notsimply to succeed, but to excel.Lectures incorporate past question and sample answer sessions,while assignments and class tests remain critical components tobuilding your capability to analyse complex problems and to arrive at rational and informed conclusions. You will receive personalisedassessment of your coursework throughout the duration of the course, while classwork and homework is set and corrected weekly. Anend-of-course mock examination provides a disciplined mechanism against which to apply and measure your accumulated learning.The FE1 examination reflects eight papers in the following subject areas:• European Union Law • Equity • Constitutional Law • Company Law• Criminal Law • Law of Contract • Law of Tort • Real PropertyPreparatory Course for the HonorableSociety of King’s Inns’ Entrance ExaminationsFurther information: www.gcd.ie/kingsinnsApply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ie/kingsinnsLocations: Dublin, Cork and distance learning optionsContact: Professional Law School, proflaw@gcd.ieCourse Duration: 10 weeks, June – August each yearCourse Delivery: Choice of evening or weekend optionsAbout the ProgrammeThis course was the first entrance exam and client-oriented programme in Ireland. Intensive and practical, its delivery is closely alignedto the specific examination papers set by the examiners of the Honorable Society of King’s Inns. With unequalled quality in its materials,notes and facilities, underpinned by outstanding, supportive lecturers, you’ll find a compelling environment that will direct your focus toexcel.Highly-intensive tuition is provided for all five entrance examination subjects:• Contract Law • Criminal Law • Law of Evidence • Constitutional Law • Law of Torts10

New York Bar ExaminationGriffith College & MicroMash Bar ReviewLocation: DublinThe New York State Bar examination is administered twice a year in February and July. The Bar examination contains two sections, theNew York section and the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE).The Griffith College Professional Law School provides the MicroMash, New York State Bar Association Home-Study Programme. Thisprogramme provides you with a degree of flexibility unmatched by any other Bar Review provider. As a self-study course, it allows you tostudy at your own pace and to your own study timetable.california Bar ExaminationGriffith College Dublin & MicroMash Bar ReviewLocation: DublinThe Griffith College Professional Law School provides the MicroMash, California Bar Association Home-Study Programme. This programmeprovides you with a degree of flexibility unmatched by any other Bar Review provider. As a self-study course, it allows you to study at yourown pace and to your own study timetable.Certificate and Diploma Courses inProfessional Legal Studies(The Irish Institute of Legal Executives and Griffith College Dublin)Further information: www.gcd.ie/lawContact: Professional Law School, proflaw@gcd.ieApply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ie/applyCourse Duration: Part-time - 2 years (Jan – June),Full-time 1 year and distance learning options.About the ProgrammeGriffith College Professional Law School offers this course on a part-time basis over two years. A Certificate in Professional LegalStudies will awarded on successful completion of the first year, with a Diploma in Professional Legal Studies being awarded onsuccessful completion of the second year. This course is also offered by the College’s Undergraduate Law School as a one-year, full-timeprogramme. In both cases you’ll be assured of a highly supportive environment throughout your studies. Detailed manuals coveringeach area of academic study are provided at the commencement of the term. These manuals minimise the need for note-taking andenable a tutorial style approach to be taken in lectures.Diploma graduates are eligible for enrolment as Associate Members of the Irish Institute of Legal Executives, and all participants areeligible to become Student Members of the Institute. In terms of career progression, you should be aware that successful completion ofthe Diploma also enables entry to year two of the College’s LLB degree programme in Irish law.11

MSc in Applied Digital Media (HETAC)Further information: www.gcd.ie/computingApply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ie/applyFramework Level: HETAC Level 9Course Duration: Full-Time 1 - 1.5 years,Part-Time 1.5 - 2 years (Classes from 6.30 – 9.30 pm)Programme Requirements: Primary Honours Degree in arelated discipline: Design, Journalism or Computing orexperiential learning*Contact: Admissions Office, admission@gcd.ieAbout the ProgrammeOur Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Applied Digital Media is designed to provide a direct progression route from an undergraduateBachelors degree to Master Level in digital media technologies for recent graduates, as well as enabling those currently working inindustry to continue their professional development. If you are thinking of a career in a multi media or professional media environment,or want to enhance your skills within such an environment then this is the programme for you.STRUCTURE OF FULL TIME PROGRAMMEstage 1Research Methods (M)Digital Media and Society (M)Visual Communication (M)Internet Authoring (M)Students must choose one of the followingelectives(Three most popular will run)Audio Production (E)E-Learning (E)Theories and Principles of Animation (E)Technical Writing (E)stage 2Business of Digital Media (M)Interaction Design (M)Multimedia Programming (M)Students must choose two of the followingelectives(Four most popular will run)Internet Programming & Databases (E)Digital Storytelling (E)Video Production (E)3-D Modelling & Animation (E)Desktop Publishing (E)stage 3M.Sc. Dissertation / Dissertation by Practice (M)(M) Mandatory (E) Elective(Course layout and electives vary for part time study)* Candidates with relevant prior experiential learning may also apply and be considered for admission, subject to interview and submission of satisfactoryevidential backup.13

faculty of journalism andmedia communicationsMA/Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism andMedia Communications (HETAC)Further information: www.gcd.ie/mediaApply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ie/applyFramework Level: HETAC Level 9Programme Requirements: Primary Honours Degree (2.2),or post graduate Higher Diploma in Journalism*Contact: Admissions Office, admission@gcd.ieCourse Duration: Full-Time 1 year (three Semesters)Part-Time 1.5-2 years (Classes from 6.30 – 9.30 pm)About the ProgrammeThis postgraduate programme delivers a comprehensive syllabus of media skills. It is designed to equip students with the key practicalcompetencies needed to work in a professional media environment today along with the critical academic depth of a post graduatequalification.Students on the MA will produce an independent piece of written research by dissertation or by professional practice through film, radioor photography.MA Course ContentAwarded upon successful completion of 8 taught modules (6 ETCS credits each)Mandatory Taught Modules• Broadcast Journalism 1 (Radio)• Cultural Perspectives• Features, News Reports & Sub-Editing• Investigative Reporting• Media Law & Ethics• Newspaper and Magazine Production• Research Methods• Sociology of the MediaElective Taught Modules (choose two)• Broadcast Journalism 2 (TV)• Conflict Reporting• Online Media• Photojournalism• Public Relations• Sports Journalism• (plus Shorthand, non credit)Mandatory MA Research Module (30 ETCS credits)Dissertation by writing or by professional practice*Candidates with relevant prior experiential learning may also apply and be considered for admission, subject to interview and submission of satisfactoryevidential backup.14

school of professionalaccountancywww.gcd.ie/accountancyFurther information: www.gcd.ie/accountancyApply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ie/accountancyContact: School of Professional AccountancyEmail: profaccountancy@gcd.iePhone: +353 1 415 0461About the ProgrammesGriffith College provides high quality professional training that prepares students to appreciate fully the roles of managerial and financialaccounting in business. Graduates of these programmes will have a clear grasp of the role and context of the accounting function withinbusiness. Subjects studied reflect the wider accounting environment in Ireland and internationally.ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified AccountantsCPA - Institute of Certified Public AccountantsACA - Institute of Chartered AccountantsIATI - Institute of Accounting TechniciansCPD/CPE - Continuing Professional Development and Continuing Professional EducationCourse TitleAssociation of Chartered CertifiedAccountants (ACCA)Full-time3 yearspart-time3 yearsThe Institute of Certified PublicAccountants (CPA)The Institute of AccountingTechnicians in Ireland (IATI)N/AN/A4 years2 years15

GRIFFITH COLLEGE EDUCATIONTRAININGPostgraduate Training and Education Award(HETAC)Further information: www.gcd.ie/pgteApply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ie/applyFramework Level: HETAC Level 9Course Duration: 4 modules, 75 hours per moduleProgramme Requirements: Level 8 Honours degreeor equivalent and/or postgraduate award in area ofspecialityContact: Admissions Office, admission@gcd.ieAbout the ProgrammeThe course target audience will be qualified discipline experts interested in training and teaching within their own area of expertise. Theparticipants at entry level to this course will already have a very high degree of expertise in their own specialist field; in general this willbe a Level 9 or higher qualification. They will have a depth of understanding of the paradigms in their own disciplines and consequentlythey will bring authoritative levels of academic and professional engagement to the process; they will expect to be challenged and toengage at a similar level in the educational field. Bearing this in mind, the participants will be expected to apply an advanced academicand intellectual approach to this course from the outset. They will be expected to understand the value of underpinning good practicewith sound theoretical foundations. They will be referred to the apposite research and literature and required to read extensively; and todemonstrate an ability to evaluate, relate and apply this theoretical basis in practiceThe course aims to develop the ability of the participants to identify, select and apply dynamic and engaging pedagogy appropriate tothe needs of their audience, and to justify their choice in the light of current theoretical and research literature. The course presents anenvironment where participants gain a systematic understanding of teaching and training knowledge at the forefront of the teachingand learning field, and insight into the context of learning as it relates to programme design and delivery. Participants will be expectedto develop excellent training practices, which should be part of a continuous reflective development plan to be continued long afterthe course has been completed. It is envisaged that this course will introduce participants to a ‘change of life’ experience within theirprofessional life that will sustain ongoing reflective practice and development.The course is designed to be delivered on a part-time basis by means of four linked modules. These broadly reflect the different stagesinvolved from course design, through delivery and assessment to reflection. The component modules are sequenced and scheduled tosupport participants as they address the related stages of their own training delivery to learners. Each module has a distinct theme, andalso links and supports the other three modules:16• Module 1 Programme Design• Module 2 Pedagogical Practice• Module 3 Assessment Strategy• Module 4 Reflection and Evaluation

the leinster schoolof music & dramaHigher Diploma in Arts in Music Education(HETAC)Further information: www.gcd.ie/lsmdApply: Directly to GCD online www.gcd.ie/lsmdFramework Level: HETAC Level 9Course Duration: Full-Time 1 year, Part-Time 1.5 yearsProgramme Requirements: Primary Honours Degree inMusic. Primary degree in a non-cognate discipline + Grade8 practical music + Grade 6 in music theory. Applicantswith relevant experiential learning will also be considered.Contact: Leinster School of Music and Drama,Email: leinster.school@gcd.ie, Phone: +353 1 415 0466About the ProgrammeThis programme is designed for the contemporary practitioner in instrumental music education, whether teaching in a school or runninga practice or studio. In today’s society, a career in music education requires a broad range of disparate skills: a high level of mastery inperformance; a thorough knowledge of music theory; an understanding of the theory of music teaching and learning and a practicalworking knowledge of music technology. Furthermore, music teachers require skills in management, business and arts organisation, astheir work often takes them outside of the classroom through organising concerts, competitions and stage shows.The programme recognises that music education has to be relevant to young and mature learners, and to their ethnic culture, lifeexperience and the popular culture to which they are exposed. To this end the programme will facilitate and encourage performance inseveral genres – classical, traditional, non- Western, jazz and popular music.Core Subjects:• Instrumental Pedagogy• Theory of Teaching and Learning• Psychology of Music Education• Professional Practice• Practical Musicianship• Music Technology• Conducting and Composition• Teaching Practice17

18the best bits of griffithPOSTGRADUATEExtended Application Closing Dates: Applicants to allpostgraduate programmes may apply directly to Griffith College untilAugust 31st each year. For some programmes, applications may even beaccepted after this date.Flexible Modes of Delivery: Griffith College offers a range ofpostgraduate programmes in full and part time(evening) modes. For mostprogrammes, there are embedded or exit stage awards which give studentsthe flexibility to break and return to the programme at certain junctures.There is also the possibility of gaining certification after each semester and/or individual module certification in some programmes.Programme Development: Griffith College is committed toproviding postgraduate opportunities to graduates and has recently addedan MA in Journalism, LL.M in International Law and Tripartite MSc. inInternational Business to its suite of programmes.Lecturer Profiles: All postgraduate lecturing staff have outstandingindustry experience.Programmatic Reviews: Griffith College courses undergo rigorousprogrammatic reviews to ensure pragmatic and relevant tuition.Pricing: Griffith’s postgraduate pricing structure is very competitive.Tax Relief: Griffith College students are entitled to 20% tax relief on allHETAC and HETAC/NTU jointly validated programmesSmall Class Sizes: Excellent Student/Lecturer ratio – intimate classsizes ensure individual attention.Location & Facilities: Postgraduate students of Griffith College canbenefit from the facilities that the College has to offer including free onsiteparking, restaurant facilities, fitness room, library and information service,student Intranet and a full time Students’ Union. Griffith College is hometo GC Recruitment, established to match Griffith College graduates withpotential employers in all industries.Intranet: Postgraduate students can log on to the intranet’s system -either from home or from one of the many campus network points - andaccess lecture notes, examination material, library resources along with ahost of additional information to make student life easier.

www.gcd.ieGriffith College DublinSouth Circular Road, Dublin 8IrelandPhone: +353 1 415 0400Fax: +353 1 454 9265Email: admissions@gcd.ieWeb: www.gcd.ie20