Education/Media Communications

Bachelor's degree

In Bath

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bath

  • Duration

    3 Years

The strength Bath Spa's provision in Education is the breadth of the study which is offered. We believe that education is a powerful force for change in the world and our approach is a global one. We look at learning and development in individuals, schools and classrooms, but we also examine the big issues: What is education for? How can it make a better world? How can it enhance human rights? Does education relate to the economy? Suitable for: Education at Bath Spa is for you if you are interested in becoming a teacher, or if you are interested in education and how it works. It might be that you are thinking of teaching but haven't made up your mind yet and you can take Education to help you decide.

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Location

Start date

Bath (Somerset)
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Newton St Loe,

Start date

On request

About this course

220-260 UCAS Tariff points (eg BCD; BB+AS c).

Alternative qualifications welcome.

Please be aware that you will be required to complete a new Criminal Records Bureau Enhanced Disclosure application through Bath Spa University as part of the admissions process for this course.

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Course programme

Education in BA/BSc - Combined Award

Education Studies is one of the fastest growing subjects in universities today. The subject at Bath Spa was one of the first to be developed and is now nationally recognised for its exciting and innovative approach to Education. We are one of the largest providers in Education in the country with other 600 students and so we can offer a very wide choice of study. The study of Education at Bath Spa has a high quality rating from the Quality Assurance Agency.

You can take Education in the Combined Awards Degree alongside a second subject of your choice and you can take it as a major, joint or minor award depending on your interests.

Career Opportunities

Education Studies itself is not a teacher training course, but it will prepare you very well for entry to a PGCE teacher training programme, either primary or secondary. It helps you with knowledge of the curriculum, schools and teaching and education policy. It will also give you a broad and critical analysis of the education system and how it works. All this is good for future teachers and you will be better informed with a background in education.

Alternatively, if you don't want to be a teacher, studying education will prepare you for one of the many alternative careers in education. Many companies and organisations now want people who know about education, schools and universities and offer posts such as, education officer, education adviser, educational researcher. There are also many opportunities for posts in various kinds of training which do not require qualified teacher status.

In addition, studying education will give you a range of skills which will equip you for a wide range of careers. You will be able to organise and manage groups, work in professional situations and negotiate and liaise with people, present information in written and oral form, analyse situations and handle data.

The University College offers a Masters Degree in Education Studies and you may be interested in applying for that course at the end of your undergraduate studies.

Media Communications - Combined Award

Focus of the course:

The study of Media Communications is dynamic and fascinating as well as interesting and fun. The central focus of the course at Bath Spa encompasses media forms, regulations and ownership, and the ways in which audiences and distribution technologies are changing and evolving. We also concentrate on media representations and reception, studying the ways in which audiences accept, negotiate and at times oppose media messages. We achieve all this through the theoretical and textual analysis of newspapers, television, film, celebrity, popular media, popular music and, of course, new media.

Career prospects:

In addition to offering the you the knowledge base and skills to enter the media industries, Media Communications equips you with the knowledge and skills to engage critically and creatively with a full range of possible careers. Past students are presently working in a wide range of arts and cultural organisations. A number of our students also go on to further study at MA and Ph.D levels. The degree programme in Media Communications also offers excellent key and transferable skills, which will strengthen your ability to enter and then succeed in the career you choose after University.

How is the course structured?

You can take Media Communications as a major, joint or minor subject in conjunction with another subject as part of your BA degree. You will normally take between three and four media modules in each academic year and the grades which you accumulate in your second and third years contribute towards your final degree award.

The first year of your degree allows you the opportunity to investigate a wide range of media issues and also allows you to investigate other related areas as electives thus expanding your academic knowledge and skills and preparing you for years two and three.

How is the course assessed ?

Media Communications operates a system of continuous course assessment. Over the three years of the programme, modules are assessed via a combination of essays/media reports, short classroom tests and special assignments specific to the module. Special assignments include:

  • Seminar presentations
  • Textual analyses
  • Film and broadcasting reviews
  • Computer and IT exercises

Objectives

Subject aims

The strength Bath Spa's provision in Education is the breadth of the study which is offered. We believe that education is a powerful force for change in the world and our approach is a global one. We look at learning and development in individuals, schools and classrooms, but we also examine the big issues: What is education for? How can it make a better world? How can it enhance human rights? Does education relate to the economy?

When you have studied Education you will understand how the education system works and the politics of education; who takes decisions about the curriculum and what we learn. You will have a grasp of the social context of education and how poverty affects children's opportunities to learn and the effects of gender, race and ethnicity.

If you are interested in the development of young children, there is a strong Early Years team and you can choose Early Years modules.

Education is about learning and knowledge and you can study the nature of knowledge in the curriculum and how it is learned at different ages and in different situations.

Education is for the future and you can study alternative futures for education and for the world: how can education help us to have a sustainable future on the planet.

Teachers are the key to all this and you get the chance to study the work of teachers and children's learning in placements in educational settings.

Education/Media Communications

Price on request