BA (Hons) Media and English with Foundation Year
Bachelor's degree
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Description
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Bachelor's degree
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Wolverhampton
This course features a co-ordinated approach to the study of English and Media. The aim of this integrated joint degree is to break down the artificial barriers that have separated the written word from contemporary forms of communication such as radio, television and multimedia platforms.
The English component of the award complements its Media partner by maintaining a balance between the study of canonical literature and the incorporation of media texts such as popular music and drama, film and television adaptation and other media. On this course you will learn about the ways in which media and literature both reflect and shape our understanding of the world, and our perceptions of our place in that world.
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You will typically take three modules each semester. Modules usually entail between two and three hours classroom-based teaching, with supplementary online tasks when appropriate. Teaching takes a variety of forms including lectures, interactive seminars and workshops. All staff members are available for one-to one tutorials to ensure that your studies are on track. Most modules will also involve some specified independent tasks and/or set readings. You will also be expected to engage in independent self-directed study.
There is a wide range of module choices on the BA (Hons) English and Media Degree. For example:
• In the first year module Media, Culture and Society you will explores the ways in which the media influences other aspects of culture and society,.
• In the second year module Media Communication and Ethics you will engage with many of the current controversial media issues such as privacy and cyber-bullying.
• In the third year module Persuasion and Influence you will explore the power of the media, and in particular the nature of propaganda and advertising. In your final year you will also be expected to undertake an independent research project, on a topic that is of particular interest to you.
Opportunities
• Visits to various places, such as the set of Coronation Street may be organised.
• Visiting speakers from the media industries are also arranged, providing you with the opportunity to hear about the latest developments and issues from the media professional’s perspective.
• There are various opportunities for work placements, which will enhance your CV and employability on graduation.
• There is a great deal of study skills support if you require guidance on essay writing skills, referencing, oral presentations etc.
Why not check out what our students got up to for their final projects at our annual Degree Show 2019
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- Media
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- English
Course programme
Module: 3HU005
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module introduces you to the concept of multiculturalism and national identity. It uses texts from a range of humanities based sources but focuses on the philosophical concepts of self and other and traces media reactions to the notion of multiculturalism and identity in the UK, especially in the contemporary era.
Module: 3GK012
Credits: 40
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module is designed to introduce you to university life. It will support you in exploring the university environment. It will also introduce you to the wide variety of academic skills needed to succeed at university and will support you in the development of these skills.
Module: 3GK013
Credits: 40
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
In this module, you will work collaboratively with other students on a project that reflects an area of shared interest relating to the broad themes of Business, Law or the Social Sciences. You will have the opportunity to work as a small team to devise, design and plan a project relating to a topic of shared interest. In many aspects of life and work, teamwork and collaboration are the norm to solve real world-problems. This group-based project will allow you to develop a range of skills, including leadership skills, time-management, negotiation, communication, creativity, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. By investigating and responding to a complex question, challenge or problem, you and your group will acquire a deeper knowledge of your topic. The module will conclude with a conference, where your group’s project will be presented to the other groups in your class.
Module: 3GK014
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module introduces you to Wolverhampton and the people who live there using concepts and insights from a variety of academic subjects, for example Social Policy, Sociology, History, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Law, and Politics, amongst others. You will explore a range of cultural and social issues.
Module: 4EN007
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module will examine the shorter fiction and literature of well-known and canonical authors as a means of introducing a range of authors in a digestible fashion whilst also considering the short story as a distinct literary form. We will discuss a range of short literary material to show the contribution that such literature can make to the canon. We will investigate the formal characteristics of the short story – plot (or its frequent absence), narrative technique, arrangement of scenes, tone, and how the structure determines the treatment of a range of contemporary ideas: time and consciousness, subjectivity, alienation, sexuality, body and gender, fantasy, imperialism and immigration.
Module: 4EN010
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This course introduces a number of key texts in medieval and Old English literature through the lens of the medieval animal. You will encounter a range of fantastic beasts in English and European textual and visual cultures from the tenth to sixteenth centuries, and learn the critical skills to analyse them. In doing so, you will examine the importance of animals in forming human and civic identities – including in our own city’s Anglo-Saxon name.
Module: 4MZ009
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the major concepts in the study of media, communication and culture. The module explores how concepts can be applied to enable and enhance understanding of media, communications and culture in a global, digital age.
Module: 4EN008
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module introduces you to the principles of drama in performance. Aided by theatre professionals the module takes you through the practicalities and theory of putting on a play: interpretation, staging, directing, producing and acting. Using the Arena Theatre's stage and resources, you'll take key scenes from the page to the stage.
Module: 4MZ001
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the ways in which media, culture and society interact. The module will investigate the context of media production and consumption, as well as identifying the ways in which media texts construct meaning.
Module: 4HU002
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The module aims to introduce students to key theoretical and methodological issues through an exploration of popular culture. The module explores the relationship between popular cultural forms and identity, and how culture can be perceived as both an expression of and resistance to dominant norms
Module: 5MZ014
Credits: 20
Period: 3
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The aim of this module is to enable students to understand and to apply a variety of analytical methodologies in a theoretically and empirically informed manner.
Module: 5EN001
Credits: 20
Period: 3
Type: Core
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Additional information
BA (Hons) Media and English with Foundation Year
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Neath Port Talbot College
Foundation degree Classroom-basedPrice on request -
Weymouth College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
University of the Highlands and Islands
Master Onlinehigher than £ 9000 -
City College Norwich
Course OnlinePrice on request -
Limperts Academy of Design
Course Distance LearningPrice on request -
London College of Communication - Univ. of the Arts London
Master OnlinePrice on request -
Canterbury College
Course OnlinePrice on request
See all