Media Practices (Mass Communications)

Bachelor's degree

In Luton

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Luton

  • Duration

    3 Years

To provide you with the academic skills to analyse the media and the practical skills to work within it. To enable you to become an effective and responsible media communicator.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Luton (Bedfordshire)
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Bedfordshire Institute Of Media And The Creative & Performing Arts, University Of Bedfordshire, Luton Campus, LU1 3JU

Start date

On request

About this course

* UCAS Tariff Score greater than 160, which should include either two A level passes or an AVCE Double Award
* An Access qualification
* Equivalent qualifications such as Irish Leaving Certificate, Scottish Highers, International Baccalaureate or BTEC National Diploma

If you left school or the further education sector without the normal academic qualifications for entry to higher education, the 4-year extended degree route may be suitable for you.

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Course programme

BA (Hons) Media Practices (Mass Communications)
Mode: full-time


You will choose a practical area (journalism, photography, video, animation or others) and move from a basic to a broader production experience.

You will look critically at aspects of the media (film, television, press, media institutions, new technologies), to understand how they work and their role in our lives. You will also produce a special project, choosing either to create a portfolio of work for job interviews, or to write a dissertation on an aspect of the media that you would like to explore in more depth.

The BA (Hons) in Media Practices combines the theoretical and the practical aspects of media studies.

The first strand gives you hands on experience with the state of the art facilities in the department, allows you to explore your creative side and develops practical skills.

The second strand gives you fundamental skills to find employment in the job market: communication skills (both oral and written), information gathering and interpretation, problem solving and critical thinking.

In stage three you will focus on your special project where you can either create a portfolio of work for job interviews or write a dissertation on an aspect of the media you would like to explore in depth.

Areas of study include:

  • Understanding the Media
  • Critical History of the Media
  • Skills necessary for Media Research
  • Film and Television Studies: Reading Hollywood
  • Uses of Film Theory
  • Critical Interpretations
  • Practical Skills: Photography, Radio, Multimedia
  • Core Production Skills
  • Advanced Production Skills

Why choose this course?

  • Well-established department with a wide range of expertise and state-of-the-art facilities
  • Up-to-date and dynamic curriculum
  • Cross-discipline collaboration
  • Media-related courses ranked 3rd in the UK, according to the Guardian 2007
  • International student body and experienced staff
  • Offers the opportunity to test out media theories through practical work
  • Discussion and research provides an in-depth understanding of the media
  • Opportunities for specialisation in the area of your choice

Career Opportunities

Magazine publishing, teaching, newspaper journalism, media research, local radio, photography, media production.

Assessment

Group presentations, practical work, reports, essays, exams, final year dissertation.

Media Practices (Mass Communications)

Price on request