Media and Communications, BA Hons
Bachelor's degree
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Duration
3 Years
By the end of our Media and Communications degree, you'll know how to produce creative content across different kinds of media, including writing, camera use, sound recording and post-production/editing. The course will give you the opportunity to apply your class-based learning to the real world through work placements in media and creative businesses and organisations. We frequently invite guest lecturers to share their specialist knowledge allowing you to keep abreast of the latest developments in this field.
This employment-focused course will prepare you to be among the content creators and creative entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Popular career options for our media and communications graduates include roles with in-house communications teams, PR, marketing, content management and social media.
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About this course
112 UCAS points from A-Levels (we also accept UCAS points from alternative Level 3 qualifications including: BTEC Nationals, the International Baccalaureate and Scottish and Irish Highers)
AND YOU WILL ALSO REQUIRE:
GCSE English (Language or Literature) AND GCSE Maths at grade 4/C or above. We also consider equivalent qualifications in English and Maths at Level 2, in place of GCSEs.
What you should know about this course
It combines academic, creative and critical approaches to media from text and images to video, web and VR
#2 in London for Learning Resources and Assessment & Feedback (NSS Results 2019)
The course is designed to stimulate you intellectually, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to evaluate and take part in today’s media industry
It provides opportunities for students to publicly present their own work in installations, blogs and screenings
This course introduces you to media in all its interdisciplinarity, and will equip you with necessary skills to enter as many media professions as you wish after you graduate.
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Subjects
- Sound
- Writing
- Media technologies
- Technologies
- Visual culture
- Creative Communications
- Digital Realities
- Data and the Web
- Datascapes
- Media Context
- Rethinking Documentary
Course programme
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Media Technologies (30 credits)
- Visual Culture (30 credits)
- Creative Communications (30 credits)
- Digital Realities (30 credits)
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Datascapes: Data and the Web (30 credits)
- Communications Research (30 credits)
- Media Context (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- Rethinking Documentary (30 credits)
- Sound and Image (30 credits)
- Writing for the Screen (30 credits)
- Writing Journalism (30 credits)
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Media, Creativity and Impact (30 credits)
- Mediated Environments (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.
- Advanced Projects (60 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
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Media and Communications, BA Hons