Communication and Media

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

From political campaigns to celebrity scandals and the ways we communicate with each other, media is at the centre of our daily experiences. This challenging programme will equip you to analyse the media and think critically about its social and political impacts, while giving you the chance to explore media production.
You’ll study theory and research in communication and media alongside the broader economic, political and social context of the communications and media industries. You’ll develop your critical and creative skills, and optional modules could see you building skills such as screenwriting, camera and editing techniques and new media practices.
Taught by expert researchers, you could choose to focus on PR, cinema history, film production, film studies, news journalism, digital media and a range of other topics. You could even undertake a four-week work placement to gains hands-on experience in the communications and media industries.
Specialist facilities
You’ll study in a stimulating environment with specialist resources to support your media production work. As well as our extensive loans service for equipment such as digital recorders, video cameras, stills cameras and more, you’ll benefit from access to our 40 editing suites equipped with the latest Avid video editing software and Photoshop.
We also have a dedicated digital media lab with specialist software, a Burli-equipped radio studio and a TV studio and gallery complete with large green screen area. The 58-seat Phil Taylor Cinema screens films twice a week during term time, and is equipped with HD video projection facilities, 16mm and 35mm film projectors and Dolby Digital surround sound.

Facilities

Location

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAB
Other course specific tests:
If you’re taking the EPQ you may receive an alternative offer alongside a standard offer. In this case the typical offer would be ABB plus grade A in the EPQ.
Select alternative qualification
Access to HE Diploma
BTEC
Cambridge Pre-U
International Baccalaureate
Irish Highers (Leaving Certificate)
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers
Welsh Baccalaureate


Read more about UK and Republic of Ireland accepted qualifications or contact the School’s Undergraduate Admissions Team.
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Subjects

  • Camera
  • Cinema
  • Communications
  • Communication Training
  • Media
  • Production

Course programme

You’ll be introduced to key areas of communications and media studies in Year 1, exploring theories and research that address vital questions such as:

  • How can we understand the roles of media in society?
  • What roles do media play in political processes?
  • How do changes in the media relate to our understandings of gender, race, religion and sexuality?
  • What factors influence the work of communications professionals?

Year 2 builds on this foundation when you study communications theories in more depth and develop your research skills. You’ll place your knowledge of the media industries into the context of media policy-making and select optional modules on diverse topics such as the concept of genre in cinema, journalism ethics and digital media.

By your final year, you’ll have the specialist knowledge and research skills to complete a dissertation on a specific communication or media topic of your choice, supervised by an academic specialist in the School. You’ll complement this with your choice of optional modules in a wide range of areas, from citizen media to audience research, political journalism to documentaries. You could also undertake a four-week work placement to gain hands-on experience in the industry.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • The History of Communication 20 credits
  • Introduction to Media and Communication Research 20 credits
  • Power, Politics and the Media 20 credits
  • Studying Media 20 credits
  • Introduction to Media and Communication Theory 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Camera and Editing 20 credits
  • Animation and Interactivity 20 credits
  • Introduction to Cinema 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Visual Communication 20 credits
  • Media Policy 20 credits
  • Communication Research Methods 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Critical Theories of Media 20 credits
  • Technology in Communication and Media 20 credits
  • Journalism Ethics 20 credits
  • Issues in Journalism 20 credits
  • Communication Skills 20 credits
  • Screen Fiction 20 credits
  • Digital Storytelling 20 credits
  • Digital Cultures 20 credits
  • Working in Digital Media Teams 20 credits
  • Cinematic Themes 20 credits
  • Videogames: Identities in Play 20 credits
  • From Film Noir to Asia Extreme: Questioning Genre in World Cinemas 20 credits
  • Digital Communications Across Cultures 20 credits

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