Media & Communication Studies
Bachelor's degree
In Aberystwyth
Description
-
Type
Bachelor's degree
-
Location
Aberystwyth (Wales)
-
Duration
3 Years
The degree is designed to ensure that you have a solid theoretical grounding through core-module provision, whilst also giving you the opportunity to specialise in areas and approaches that you find especially interesting
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
About this course
UCAS Tariff
280 points
International Baccalaureate
28
European Baccalaureate
75%
Reviews
Course programme
YouTube, MySpace, Bebo and Facebook are changing the nature of social networking; digital technologies enable us to self-publish to a global on-line community; we carry our 'electronic lives' wherever we go; we create Second Life parallel worlds in cyberspace, and we are under constant digital surveillance. This is the new reality and this degree is designed to explore and question the issues at its core.
This innovative, challenging and diverse Media and Communications degree places students at the cutting edge of developments and debates in digital media and communication, offering a solid academic approach to investigating the key issues in the field together with a practice-based element. Uniquely, the degree enables you to combine the traditional and the new, developing dynamic insights into the nature of interactions between media texts, media audiences and media producers. Taking an exciting inter-disciplinary approach, you will encounter numerous academic traditions including communication and media studies, sociology, psychology, cultural studies (including digital and visual cultures), history, philosophy, linguistics and marketing.
Our Department offers superb facilities, including a brand new PC lab designed specifically for work in digital media, and digital production and editing suites. Our award-winning Media & Communication Studies website even offers students the opportunity to publish their work to a global audience. With the mid-Wales base for BBC Cymru/Wales housed on the ground floor of our home in the striking Parry-Williams Building and established links with innovative production companies, we invite you to be part of this energising experience!
In a rapidly evolving, dynamic media world, students pursuing this degree in Media and Communication Studies - showing initiative, imagination and originality - will be equipping themselves with the skills and knowledge to become the future driving forces of the industry.
Structure and Content
The degree is designed to ensure that you have a solid theoretical grounding through core-module provision, whilst also giving you the opportunity to specialise in areas and approaches that you find especially interesting.
Assessment and Teaching
You will be assessed using a wide range of interesting methods including essays, reports, pitches and digital/on-line 'productions'. This degree places more emphasis on continuous assessment than on traditional written exams, reflecting the progressive nature of our module content. Our modules are primarily taught as lecture-workshops, placing an emphasis on student interaction and active engagement with the materials being discussed.
Additional information
Media & Communication Studies