Creative Writing and Media Studies BA (Joint Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Bangor
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
September
This exciting Creative Writing and Media degree course is run by the School of Creative Studies and Media. It is aimed at students who want to study Creative Writing (for example fiction, poetry, scriptwriting) and combine this with the study of other forms of media (for example television and radio, film and video, software and computer games, design, professional writing and journalism). This Creative Writing and Media degree will equip you with a solid grounding in the practical and critical skills required to make you a sought after professional in these fields. During the three years of this degree, you will have the opportunity to work with staff at Bangor who have a wide range of interests and expertise including poetry, the novel, the short story, documentary and filmmaking, digital communications, electronic publishing, computer games, scriptand screen writing, and print and broadcast media.
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About this course
The course aims to enable understudies to: understanding and use of key terms in information theory
understanding of the role of technology in terms of media production, content manipulation, distribution, access and use
an understanding of the audio, visual and verbal conventions through which sounds, images and words make meaning
an understanding of the history of communication and media technologies, and a recognition of the different ways in which the history of, and current developments in, media and communication can be understood in relation to technological change
an ability to make technical and aesthetic choices in the production and transmission of information and an awareness of the possibilities and constraints involved in digital production processes
Creative Studies and Media courses have seen graduates involved in both academe and in industry, including work in:
Creative Writing, Professional Writing and Publishing;
Performance and the Theatre, both on and behind the stage;
Print and/or Broadcast Journalism;
Actors, presenters and in television programme production;
Advertising and the Marketing industries;
Radio, as presenters, as well as in programme production;
Digital, Web and New Media production;
Multi media industries.
We aim to interview all candidates.
300 260 points
We consider mature students with non standard qualifications.
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Subjects
- IT
- Creative Writing
- Design
- Media Studies
- Writing
- Joint
- Media
- Poetry
- Game Design
- Storytelling
- Visual culture
- Introduction to Media Studies
- VC2: Reading the Visual
- Practical Digital Journalism
- Japanese Cinema
- Race and Gender
- Creative Writing Dissertation
- Writing for Performance
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Creative Writing and Media Studies BA (Joint Hons)