BSc Media and Communications
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Film Studies, examining film and media in their cultural and political contexts. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Design & Creative Practice. Students may take optional classes across the Social and Political Sciences department, and the programme includes a final-year dissertation or practice-based Major Final Project. A four-year route is available with a twelve-month industry placement.
Modules
- Contemporary Challenges
- Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
- Special Subjects A
- Special Subjects B
- Media Genres
- Researching Your World
- Cross Platform Journalism
- Colonialism, Migration and Global Racism
- Digital Culture
- Gender, Sexuality and Feminism
- Global Communication
- Media Law, Ethics and Regulation
- Professional Filmmaking
- Popular Culture and Creative Industries
- Dissertation
- Major Final Project
- Working in the Creative and Cultural Industries
- AI for Journalists, Campaigners and Activists
- Cities, Culture and Social Change
- Digital Media, Social Movements and Change
- Fake News, Images & Websites
- Media, Politics & Power in America
- Media Production as Activism
- Politics and Digital Cultures
- Political and Strategic Communication
- Political Satires & Comedy
- 21st Century Media Bodies