BA Media and Communications
Entry requirements
A level: BBC in three A Levels. IB: 554 in three Higher Levels or 29 points.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Film Studies. Core topics include Research Methods and Project Management. The programme offers optional professional experience modules in the second and final years, providing work placements, client projects, or festival and event delivery. Students select from optional modules including Documentary Film and Science Fiction Cinema, and final-year choices include an Extended Media Project shown at a degree show or an independent research dissertation.
Modules
- Filmmaking Fundamentals
- Visual Representation
- Media Industries
- Becoming a Cultural Citizen
- History in Media and Film: The Presentation of the Past in Contemporary Culture
- Storytelling for Change
- Researching audiences and users
- OPTIONAL CORE: Documentary Film
- OPTIONAL CORE: The Mediated Self
- OPTIONAL CORE (professional development): Professional Experience for Media (Year 2)
- OPTIONAL CORE (professional development): Pathways with Media: Developing Your Profile
- Teenage Dreams: Youth Subcultures in Fiction and Film
- Promotional Cultures
- Students MUST pick one of the following optional core modules:
- Students MUST pick one of the following optional core professional development modules:
- OPTIONAL CORE: Extended Media Project
- OPTIONAL CORE: Media Dissertation
- Media and Climate Change
- News, Politics and Power
- OPTIONAL CORE (professional development): Professional Experience for Media (Year 3)
- OPTIONAL CORE (professional development):
- Podcast and Radio Production
- Music and Social Movements
- Science Fiction Cinema
- Creative magazine production
- Memes, trends, and vibes: participatory social media cultures
- Social Media Work
- Students MUST pick one of the following optional core modules:
- Students MUST pick one of the following optional core professional development modules: