B.A. Media Studies with German (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Guildford

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Guildford

With a Professional Training placement year abroad built in to your course, you will graduate with language fluency and a wider set of personal qualities, including independence, initiative and cultural awareness. Because the media industry is now global and globalised, this will put you in a strong position for a successful career in a range of media-related or academic fields.

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Location

Start date

Guildford (Surrey)
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GU2 7XH

Start date

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About this course

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Subjects

  • German Language
  • Translation
  • Management
  • English
  • Media Studies
  • Media
  • IT Management
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Course Content Module structureYear 1Major modules Media StudiesIntegrative modules Media StudiesMinor modules German
  • Introduction to Research Methods
  • Qualitative Field Methods
  • Media Communication and Society
  • Media in the 21st Century
  • Interdisciplinary research

Compulsory modules:

  • German Language I
  • German Language II
  • Contemporary Germany I
Year 2Major modules Media StudiesIntegrative modules Media StudiesMinor modules German

Compulsory modules:

  • Analysing Media
  • Media, Power and Control

plus 30 credits from:

  • Migration and the Politics of Identity
  • Visual Culture
  • TV Entertainment
  • Internet and Society
  • Sociology of the Arts
  • Sociology of Gender
  • Crime and Media
  • Enhancing interdisciplinary skills

Compulsory module:

  • German Language III
  • Contemporary Germany II

Plus 15 credits from:

  • Translation German to English II
  • Translation English to German II
Professional Training Placement (optional)

Professional Training placement year, taken as a professional work placement and / or period of study abroad. Your activities during this period will be relevant to your Major subject (unless otherwise stated).

  • Personal and Professional Development
  • Evaluation of Placement Learning
  • Transfer of Placement Learning
Year 3Major modules Media StudiesMinor modules German

Compulsory modules:

  • Dissertation

Plus 30 credits from:

  • Cultures of Race and Racism
  • Media, Gender and Sexuality
  • Cultural Organisations and Industries
  • Hate Crime
  • Popular Music and Society
  • Understanding Youth Culture

A selection from:

  • Language Diversity
  • German in a Business Environment
  • Translation German to English III
  • Interpreting (German - English)
  • Translation English to German III
  • German Sociolinguistics
  • The Arts in Germany

How you'll split your time

You'll find your lectures and tutorials extremely stimulating, but a Surrey degree is so much more than just your classroom learning.

The information below details some of the extra opportunities and advantages of becoming a Surrey student. Naturally, many of these will be defined by your choice of Major (such as where you spend your Professional Training placement), but don't forget that your Minor will also add a valuable dimension to your Surrey experience.

Professional Training

Our pioneering Professional Training placements are an opportunity to experience a work environment and apply all the knowledge and skills you have acquired during your first two years of study. Placement students tend to return for their final year significantly more confident and focused, likely to perform better, and with enhanced career aspirations and prospects. After graduation, many take up permanent posts with their professional placement employer.

Placements are selected according to your interests, career plans and location preferences. Some of our placements are paid, usually in the region of £12,000–£15,000 per annum, while others are unpaid. If you choose to take an unpaid placement, you can claim additional financial support and may also work a reduced amount of time.

Examples of past Professional Training placements undertaken by students in Media Studies include radio stations, record companies, marketing companies, public relations agencies, computer companies, social research organisations, business organisations and educational establishments.

Career opportunities

Our degree programme prepares you for the wide range of careers in business, government or third-sector organisations that demand the ability to analyse complex issues and reach sound conclusions. You will gain an understanding of media and related industries, which provides you with valuable grounding if you wish to move towards media, research, PR or marketing-related careers.

The Major/Minor degrees provide the knowledge base, analytical capacity and skills to develop professional media careers, from film and television production, journalism, broadcasting management and arts administration to advertising, event management and public relations. At the same time, our programme will equip you with essential transferable skills that are applicable in many careers beyond media and communication.

Having a Media Studies Major/Minor degree from Surrey therefore also opens up possibilities for careers outside the media sector, such as management, teaching, research and a range of governmental, non-governmental and commercial roles.

B.A. Media Studies with German (Hons)

Price on request