Degree Courses

spiderdan

Hi There,

Just wondering if anyone knows of colleges that have photography degree courses on in Dublin. I'm preferably looking to do one by night as I would be a mature student, did a quick search to no avail. cheers

peter1892

Here's one:

http://www.gcd.ie/index.jsp?1nID=108&2nID=124&nID=221&aID=943

rameire

spiderdan wrote: »

Hi There,

Just wondering if anyone knows of colleges that have photography degree courses on in Dublin. I'm preferably looking to do one by night as I would be a mature student, did a quick search to no avail. cheers

Hi ya,

There are a couple of choices...I'm doing the photography degree at night in griffith college. It is a very good course which takes you back to basics of processing film and then moves on to digital (in first year). But to give a balanced side, I believe you can do a course at the NCAD and other places too...anyone else like to jump in?

If you have any questions, just ask away!!:)

spiderdan

Hi,

Thanks for that, sounds exactly what Im looking for, looking to get into the film side of things, off traveling for 6 months in Jan so looking at my options when I return. Just a few quick questions on Griffith,

- how many nights p/w?
- class size?
- Hard to get into?

Thanks again

monosnaps

Griffith College is your only option for an decent evening course in or around Dublin, if your situation changes do check out the UK courses they are very highly rated.

tullie

monosnaps wrote: »

Griffith College is your only option for an decent evening course in or around Dublin, if your situation changes do check out the UK courses they are very highly rated.

any recomendations on any UK ones in particular?

smelltheglove

Since this thread is here, I wonder, are degree courses including digital yet or are they all focussed on film? I just dont have the patience for film.

32finn

smelltheglove wrote: »

Since this thread is here, I wonder, are degree courses including digital yet or are they all focussed on film? I just dont have the patience for film.

havin looked at various ones lately, they all seem to start with film and then progress into digital.
the gcd course looks good i must say, way ahead of some of the distance learning ones ive looked at, as you would expect!!!!

Captain Flaps

smelltheglove wrote: »

Since this thread is here, I wonder, are degree courses including digital yet or are they all focussed on film? I just dont have the patience for film.

I'm final year in the BA Photography course in DIT, but I don't think they offer a night course. I know people in the fulltime day course in Griffith and they're very positive about it.

These courses generally start with film just to get people to slow down and think about what they're doing, rather than charging in with a brand new SLR and shooting everything they possibly can. It's funny, I started college hating film, and couldn't wait to get through first year and start using digital in second. I worked digitally for 2 years, but now for my Major Project I'm shooting medium format film. You never know what way your interests will take you. If you hate film, you won't have to deal with it any more or less than you choose after first year I'd imagine.

Rojo

I'll be working at the DIT Open Day at the photography stall in Aungier St on the 5th December. Come down and have a chat with me and a couple of other students!