Communication & Society and Media - BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Nottingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    3 Years

Fascinating new forms of politics, economics, and creative enterprises are rapidly challenging many core assumptions about human communication and identity. The possession and transfer of knowledge now lies at the heart of daily life and it’s more important than ever to understand various aspects of communication.

This course will help develop your understanding of the rapidly changing and dynamic media field. The course balances theoretical insights with practical aspects of media and communication.

You’ll develop advanced skills in the critical analysis of media texts, audiences and institutions. You’ll look at the communication between individuals, groups, organisations, humanity and nature, and the evolving media through which communication takes place. You’ll explore media cultures from social networking and lifestyle magazines to anti-globalisation movements and computer gaming.

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Location

Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

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About this course

Because you’ll develop such a wide range of skills and knowledge, your career options are really broad. In addition to the course content, you’ll develop key transferable skills including written and oral communication, critical analysis and a variety of IT skills. Plus you’ll become more self-motivated, be able to work independently and in teams, and develop excellent time management skills.

Graduates have gone on to forge successful careers both within large, well known organisations and the small to medium sized companies that constitute much of the UK economy. Recent graduate roles have included law, publishing, marketing, PR, retail and finance.

Recent Media graduates have also gone on to work in graduate-level positions with:

the BBC;
Sky;
Brit Asia TV;
Channel 5; and
IBM.

104 UCAS tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent)
GCSEs - English and Maths grade C / 4.
If you are unsure whether the qualifications you have, or are currently studying for, meet the minimum entry requirements for this course, please contact us before submitting an application through UCAS.

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Communications
  • Media
  • Digital Cultures
  • Psychology
  • Humanities
  • Advertising
  • Public Relations
  • Journalism
  • Analysing

Course programme

Year One
  • Face-to-Face to Facebook: Understanding Communication in an Age of New Media
  • Introducing Media Communications: Publicity, Persuasion and Propaganda
  • Understanding Media and Culture
  • Screen and Sound Media: Culture and Practice
  • Media Communications and Digital Cultures
  • Psychology of Communication
Year Two
  • Mirror Mirror on the Wall: Explorations of Identity and Selfhood
  • Theorizing Media and Culture
  • Humanities at work
Communication & Society optional modules
  • Advertising, Public Relations and Journalism 1: The New Creativity
  • Communications and Creativity Toolkit
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Media and Culture in Asia
  • Digital Identities: The Politics of Communication in the Globalised World
Media optional modules
  • Client-Led Media Practices
  • The City and Popular Culture
  • Analysing Popular Music
  • Home and Cultural Identity
  • Creative Documentary
Year Three
  • Dissertation
Communication & Society optional modules
  • Advertising, Public Relations and Journalism 2: Convergence and Creativity in the Digital Age
  • Self in Crisis: Power, Prejudice and Otherness
  • DJ Cultures: History, Theory and Technique
  • Trans-National and Alternative Media
  • Humanity in the Natural World
Media optional modules
  • Lifestyle and Consumer Culture
  • Cultural Policy
  • The Body and Popular Culture
  • Advanced Media Practice
  • Alternative Media Practice

Communication & Society and Media - BA (Hons)

Price on request