Public Relations and Media

SETU Carlow Campus

Course code
SE409
QQI level
Level 8
NFQ type
Duration
3 Years
Attendance
CAO points
276
NFQ Level 8

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Course summary

This course provides graduates with the knowledge and skills to step into an exciting communications career. Public Relations (PR) helps maintain lines of communications between an organisation and its publics. The BA (Hons) Public Relations and Media shows students how to work as thoughtful professionals, using personal skills and media technologies to influence and persuade audiences and publics. ‘Media’ is a collective term for the platforms used to send messages to mass audiences. Media is recognised as a powerful messenger in all our lives that tells us what and how to think about local and global events. We need and use media to help us communicate who we are to the world.