Media Studies BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Bangor
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
September
This course is also available through the medium of Welsh. Click here to find out more.
Related Welsh medium courses are also offered by the School of Creative Studies and Media: BA (Cyd Anrhydedd) Astudiaethau'r Cyfryngau a Cherddoriaeth (Media Studies and Music).
This exciting degree is aimed at students who want to study Media Studies, including: television and radio; film and video; digital media and computer games; professional writing; journalism; public relations; media practice. Skills and techniques learnt during the study and production of audio visual material lie at the core of many of the key areas in the creative industries. This course will equip you with a solid grounding in the technical and practical skills required to make you a sought after professional in these fields.
Staff in the School have a range of research interests including comics, gaming and virtual worlds, visual culture, live television, hypertexts and have recently written on topics such as film and video, multimedia, global media systems, virtual landscapes, social networks, interactive television, media and representation, cult TV and computer games.
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About this course
The course aims to enable understudies to: understanding and use of key terms in information theory
understanding of the role of technology in terms of media production, content manipulation, distribution, access and use
an understanding of the audio, visual and verbal conventions through which sounds, images and words make meaning
an understanding of the history of communication and media technologies, and a recognition of the different ways in which the history of, and current developments in, media and communication can be understood in relation to technological change
an ability to make technical and aesthetic choices in the production and transmission of information and an awareness of the possibilities and constraints involved in digital production processes
Creative Studies and Media courses have seen graduates involved in both academe and in industry, including work in:
Creative Writing, Professional Writing and Publishing;
Performance and the Theatre, both on and behind the stage;
Print and/or Broadcast Journalism;
Actors, presenters and in television programme production;
Advertising and the Marketing industries;
Radio, as presenters, as well as in programme production;
Digital, Web and New Media production;
Multi media industries.
We aim to interview all candidates.
300 260 points.
We consider mature students with non standard qualifications.
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Subjects
- Welsh
- IT
- Screenwriting
- Media Studies
- School
- Writing
- Media
- Skills and Training
- Production
- Independent Study
- Dissertation
- Digital Communication
- Creative Practice
- Media Culture
- Media Practice
- Media Marts
- Experience staff members
- Masters level independent research project
- Module listings
- Introduction to Practical Journalism
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Media Studies BA (Hons)