BA (Hons) Television Production

Course details On this course you will usually be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry. Year 1 Core units The Language of Television: Through exploration, examination and deconstruction of a variety of existing television programmes in different genres, this unit aims to acquaint you with an understanding of the language of the screen and the principles of television production. Television Craft Skills: This unit equips you with the skills required in the process of programme making. Through an ethos of professionalism and an understanding of the applied technology, this unit will enable you to create effective programming throughout the degree and beyond. Developing Arguments: This unit focuses on developing your information gathering, processing and presentation skills in order to develop your ability to form arguments based upon theoretical evidence. Discipline and Research: Here you'll be encouraged to deepen your knowledge and critical understanding of academic concepts and approaches related to your subject specialism and practice. Production Portfolio: You'll work in groups to create a portfolio of programmes in a variety of different TV genres. Collaborative Project: During the summer term you work alongside other students in Digital Media Design, Radio and Scriptwriting to produce larger, innovative projects that test your collaborative and creative ability. Year 2 Core units Media Theory Perspectives: You'll choose two theory study options from a menu of choices to help you further your skills of applying media theory to current industry debates. Multi Camera and Live Production: This unit aims to develop your television production skills with multi-camera and live production work, in the HD studio and outside. You'll create programmes for, and be instrumental in the running of the BU internet TV channel; BU Station. Location Production: You'll work in groups to produce and direct a portfolio of work shot using single camera on location, and covering a range of genres. Debates and Scholarship: This unit introduces you to the contested nature of debates and theories specific to your subject area. Year 3 You'll have the option to complete either a 4-week or optional 30-week (minimum) work placement during the course, working in a professional environment alongside experienced programme-makers. The placement provides you with the experience of how an organisation operates, as well as an opportunity to enhance your personal development and future employability. Year 3/4 (final year) Core units Dissertation: The dissertation provides you with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your critical, analytical and research skills by conducting a significant piece of academic work. Concept Development for Television: The aim of this unit is to provide a route-map for the development of final year students. You will prepare a pitch and treatment for your intended graduate project as well as making a short film to hone your producing and directing skills. The Graduate Project (TV): This is where you produce and direct a film – factual or fictional – which is uniquely your own and will be the culmination of your production work at BU. You’ll crew it using other students on the course, and you will also crew for other students on their films. Television Industry Perspectives: This unit serves to prepare you for the industry you are about to enter. You will meet people working in it, and reflect on your 3rd year work and your intended trajectory into that industry. Scheduled learning and teaching activities The emphasis of this course is in guided independent learning, which helps you develop into a self-motivated learner. When not attending lectures and seminars, you will be expected to read around the subject. Your typical week’s activities will include reading books and journal articles, working on group projects, preparing presentations, conducting library research and writing your assignments. The hours below give an indication of how you can expect to spend your time during each year of this course. Year 1 – 12% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 145 hours Independent learning: 1055 hours Year 2 – 10% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 124 hours Independent learning: 1076 hours Year 3/4 – 7% of your time will be spent in timetabled learning & teaching activities Learning and teaching: 84 hours Independent learning: 1115 hours 97% of the course is assessed by coursework Year 1: 92% Year 2: 100% Year 3/4: 100% Throughout the course you will be assessed by coursework culminating in your final year research project, but you will also undertake group work and written exams. Programme Specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for BA (Hons) Television Production. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance. All statistics shown are taken from Unistats, Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE), BU institutional data and Ipsos MORI (National Student Survey) unless otherwise stated.