BA (Hons) Media and Communications

Course detail
The contemporary media are powerful instruments of communication. It is therefore a fascinating and important area of study, deeply connected to some of the most pressing issues of our time.

This course gives you the opportunity to gain a practical understanding of a range of media, including new and emerging platforms (such as digital and social media), as well as more established media forms (such as radio, television, and film). This emphasis on making media texts is complemented by a focus on critically understanding methods of communication, allowing you to put your creative practice in context. By combining theory and practice across all three years of your degree, this course will enable you to merge a critical understanding of contemporary trends in media and communications with direct and varied practical experience.

Year one (Level 4) modules
Introduction to Media and Communications: Theories, Histories, Texts
Digital Video Production
Digital Toolbox
The Moving Image
Radio and Television Industries
Podcasting.
Year two (Level 5) modules
Critical Approaches to Digital and Social Media
Industry Experience (Work Placement)
Film Genres
Producing and Consuming Visual Media
Media and Communications Policy and Ethics
Creative Practice Option (students can choose to focus on film/video, radio, or web technologies).
Year three (Level 6) modules
Multi-Platform Media
Media and Communications Project
Screening Identity and Difference
Dissertation (double module)
Creative Practice Option (students can choose to focus on film/video, radio, or web technologies).
Option module
Dissertation (double module).
Option module
Media Ethics and Policy.
Options currently include:
Crime and Fiction
New Media
Print and Visual Communication
Orientalism
a creative module in
film
video
radio
web.
BA (Hons) Media and Communications is currently being revised as part of a periodic course review. Some module titles may change.