Creative & Cultural Industries  (CCS2)

In stage 2, you will take 5 core modules (25 credits) and option/elective modules (35 credits), and also commence your study of one specialisation, selected from five choices: (1) English & Creative Writing; (2) Media & Communications; (3) Irish & Folklore; (4) Visual Cultures; (5) Music History, Performance & Production.

To progress your specialisation, you will choose 10 credits in Stage 2 from a list of level 2 option modules associated with that specialisation. At Stages 3 and 4, you will pick up an additional 10 credits, from a list of level 3 specialisation option modules that will be provided at that time.

Your additional option/elective modules this year (35 credits) can be selected from a wider list, spanning all of the specialisation modules, plus additional options. Please note that business modules do not count towards any specialisation, but they can still be taken as options/electives as desired.

Module information and registration guidelines for each specialisation are explained in more detail in a handout provided by the Pathway Coordinator. Please email creativeindustries@ucd.ie for any queries.

We offer a range of Erasmus and study abroad opportunities at UCD’s partner universities in Europe and around the world.

Building skills in teamwork, negotiation and collaboration, graduates emerge from this degree with an academic qualification, portfolio of project work and demonstrable management and production skills – highly desirable attributes for careers in the creative and cultural industries.

This course prepares students for postgraduate study in a wide diversity of fields, including media studies, ICT, business, cultural studies, cultural policy and arts management. It also deepens artform knowledge in visual culture, music, film, design and fashion.

UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy
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Stage 1

In stage 1, you must register to 7 core modules and 4 option modules. You must also pick a spring elective module, or you may pick an extra option module from your programme instead. Students are advised to take two options in Autumn and two options in Spring.

Stage 2

In stage 2, you will take 5 core modules (25 credits) and 7 option/elective module (35 credits), and commence your study of one specialisation. You will choose one specialisation from the following list of five available:



(1) English & Creative Writing
(2) Media & Communications
(3) Irish & Folklore
(4) Visual Cultures
(5) Music History, Performance & Production



Your specialisation is built from the programme's option modules, which are classified across each of these categories. Please note that business modules are not included under any specialisation, although they can still be taken as options/electives, Module information and registration guidelines for each Specialisation are explained in more detail in a handout provided by the Programme Coordinator. Please email creativeindustries@ucd.ie for any queries.



You can begin to accumulate the credits required in your chosen specialisation by taking 10 credits in your specialisation this year at stage 2, and then a further 10 credits of level 3 modules at stages 3 or 4.



In addition to your option modules, you may also pick two elective modules (10 credits total), or you may pick an extra option module or modules from your programme instead.



Students are strongly advised to balance their workload across the autumn and spring trimesters i.e. 30 credits/6 modules in autumn and 30 credits/6 modules in Spring

Stage 3

Students who remain in UCD for both autumn and spring trimesters will make up their stage 3 credit requirement by choosing at least 50 credits from the option modules presented (10 credits remain for electives).


Any students on a one-trimester exchange or a trimester internship in stage 3 should choose 25 credits from the options below for one trimester (5 credits remain for electives).


Students can and should continue to accumulate the credits required in their chosen specialisation by taking at least 10 credits credits in that specialisation at stage 3 or 4. Module information and registration guidelines for each specialisation are explained in more detail in a handout provided by the Pathway Coordinator. Please email creativeindustries@ucd.ie for any queries.

Stage 4

In stage 4, the final year of the programme, you will take 3 core modules, totalling 25 credits. One of these (CCI30020 Minding Your Business, 5 credits) prepares you for future work, employment, and study. The other two (CCI30030 Research as Creative Thinking, 5 credits / CCI30040 Capstone in CCI, 15 credits) are the culminating modules of the CCI programme. You will explore processes of research and develop the working concept for your final project in Trimester 1 in CCI30030; and research and deliver that project in Trimester 2 in CCI30040.

The remaining 35 credits in stage 4 may be drawn from options and electives. Keep in mind that Level 3 modules may be 5 or 10 credits. In addition to your option modules, you may also pick two elective modules (10 credits total), or you may pick an extra option module or modules from your programme instead.

You should also ensure you are continuing to fulfil your specialisation requirements, which include at least 10 credits of level 3 option modules (normally acquired during stages 3 and 4). Remember that to graduate with a specialism, you must attain 20 credits in total (10 credits of level 2 modules; 10 credits of level 3 modules). Check your registration handbook (provided by the Pathway Coordinator) to review which modules are classified according to each specialism, to ensure you are in compliance.

Students are strongly advised to balance their workload across the autumn and spring trimesters i.e. 30 credits/6 modules in autumn and 30 credits/6 modules in Spring

See the UCD Assessment website for further details, including worked examples of how degree award GPAs are calculated

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