BA (Hons) Media Communications
-
I loved my course, SU was not so much. It is a great university.
← | →
-
I adore Bath Spa. One should go there.
← | →
-
Fun time, with lots of challenges every now and then.
← | →
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
-
Type
Bachelor's degree
-
Location
London
-
Duration
3 Years
-
Start date
Different dates available
-
Internship
Yes
Develop your knowledge of the media and creative industries, through this Media Communications course. You’ll develop in-depth knowledge of the theories, debates and professional practices that underpin the study of media.
The course offers you the opportunity to develop your research skills, alongside your ability to critically analyse local, national and global media production. You’ll graduate with the critical, cultural and creative skills necessary to participate as a global citizen in the creative media industries.
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
About this course
The course covers the theories, debates and professional practices underpinning the creative industries. You’ll map how cultures of production shape media audiences and explore questions of global citizenship. From popular music and celebrity culture to gaming culture, multiplatform media and digital cultures, you’ll study the global flows and impacts of the media across a range of topics.
You’ll critically examine a diverse range of media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, advertising, social media, mobile phones, tablets, apps and video games. We expose you to a range of creative and professional practices, including skills in media research, social enterprise and media making.
Media Communications graduates have a range of professions including Marketing and Project Management, Public Relations, Education, Publications Production, Social Media Promotion and Advertising. Graduates have been employed by companies including Aspire Europe, Komedia, Conversation Creation, Apollo Strategic Communications, and John Lewis.
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed below:
A Level - Grades BCC - CCC preferred.
BTEC - Extended Diploma grades Merit, Merit, Merit (MMM) accepted
International Baccalaureate - A minimum score of 26 points required
Reviews
-
I loved my course, SU was not so much. It is a great university.
← | →
-
I adore Bath Spa. One should go there.
← | →
-
Fun time, with lots of challenges every now and then.
← | →
Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
E
Student's Review
Connah
Abbie
This centre's achievements
All courses are up to date
The average rating is higher than 3.7
More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months
This centre has featured on Emagister for 14 years
Subjects
- Social Networking
- Global
- Communications
- Media
- Music
- Production
- Journalism
- Media Technology
- Digital Cultures
- Music Journalism
- Media Communications
- Media Preservation
- Television Audiences
- Global Media Cultures
- Community Media
Course programme
· Year 1
Modules equip you with the essential critical toolkit for understanding and analysing the contemporary media and conducting media research. You’ll examine media technologies, popular cultures, media ownership, media representations and media branding, alongside gaining some practical media-making work involving social networking tools. You’ll be introduced to some of the key methods in media research through a series of case studies including gender in the media, television audiences, journalism, media preservation and music cultures.
· Year 2
You’ll explore questions of global media cultures, examining – for example – how the media transcends the borders of platforms, audiences, cultures, industries and countries. Alongside this, you’ll study the impacts of a global media culture on everything from production to consumption. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills in media-making, while further examining these themes in relation to more specific areas, such as stardom and celebrity, journalism and citizenship, music and digital cultures.
· Year 3
We encourage you to specialise in an area that interests you, and to develop independent research and/or practice. This manifests in the form of a dissertation, with specialist modules available in gender and film, media technology, fandom, music journalism, computer and video games and the central role that they play in our leisure time, community media, and the reporting of panics, disasters and terrorism.
Course assessment
Media Communications is a theoretical course with a practical component. Assessments therefore range from essays, professional writing, presentations, reviews and feature writing to cross-media presentations, object history work and industry reports and investigations. You’ll also learn through the creation of journals, research logs and portfolios, blogs and collaborative projects.
BA (Hons) Media Communications