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Bachelor of Arts
Entry Requirements
Applicants are required to hold the established Leaving Certificate
(or an approved equivalent) with
a minimum of six subjects which must include at least two H5 (Higher Level) and four O6 (Ordinary Level) or four H7 (Higher Level) grades. Subjects must include Mathematics, Gaeilge or another language, and English. Minimum Grade F6 in Foundation Mathematics satisfies the minimum entry requirements. Foundation Mathematics is not reckonable for scoring purposes.
* Language Waivers. Please contact the Access/Disability Officer on T: +353 61 204927 or E: maura.moore@mic.ul.ie for information on Language Exemptions granted on disability grounds. Deadlines apply.
LEAVING CERTIFICATE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME (LCVP)
Link modules will be accepted for points purposes but they will not qualify as a subject for matriculation purposes.
GCE/GCSE APPLICANTS
For further information about minimum grades and entry requirements please contact
the MIC Admissions Office at E: admissions@mic.ul.ie or Mary Higgins, T: +44 28 20762949 / 77 38679867 E: mary@erandm.co.uk
MATURE STUDENTS
If you are at least 23 years old on the 1 January of the year of entry
to College, you are considered as
a mature applicant. All mature applicants who make an application to the College through the CAO for MI002 will be invited to attend for an interview and a short written
test. Mature students who do not meet the normal minimum entry requirements will be considered
for admission if, having attended
for interview and written test,
they satisfy the College as to their ability to benefit from and sustain participation in the BA Programme(s) applied for. Mature applicants who have completed an interview and written test will be contacted by
the College to indicate whether or not they are being considered for a place and all places will then be offered by the CAO.
SPECIAL ENTRY ROUTE INTO THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BACHELOR OF ARTS
Up to five places will be available to FETAC/NCVA applicants who have obtained any of the following FETAC level 5 Certificates: Radio Production ERPXX or 5M4511,
TV & Film Production ETFPX or 5M5158/5M18519, Print Journalism EPJXX or 5M2464, Media Production EMPXX. In order to
gain entry students must possess distinctions in four modules in the FETAC level 5/6 qualification. The four distinctions must be gained from the following list:
• E20008 or 5N1298
• E20137 or 5N1379
• E20123 or 5N1458
• E20149 or 5N0637
• E20136 or 5N1900 or 5N1590 • E20131 or 5N1292 or
E20003 or 5N0785
• E20151 or 5N0540
• E20013 or 5N2152 or
E20078 or 5N2435
• B20132 or 5N1394 or
N32751 or 5N1837
• E20077 or 5N2463 or
E20076 or 5N2443
As the number of places available is limited, those places will be allocated on a competitive basis based on the student’s score. Where more than one student has the same score, students will be ranked on a random basis.
Applicants who have obtained a FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Media Production EMPRO or 6M5130 / 6M18534 will also be eligible to apply for a place on the BA programme, provided they have gained three distinctions from
the following list of modules:
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• N32750 or 6N5505
• N32751 or 6N5453
• N32754 or 6N5455 or 6N18514 • N32755 or 6N5454 or 6N18515 • N32863 or 6N4981
• N32949 or 6N5433
or
• N32969 or 6N5425 or 6N18516
6N18517 or 6N5427 • N33014
FETAC/NCVA applicants must apply through the CAO indicating on their application form that they have taken or are taking FETAC/ NCVA examinations. Please
refer to the FETAC Website for further details - www.fetac.ie.