BA Communication and Media
Entry requirements
A level: AAB including one arts, humanities or social science subject. Excluding general studies and critical thinking. (specific subject requirements) BTEC: DDD in a BTEC Extended Diploma in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences or Media IB: 35 overall (16 at higher level, with 5 at higher level in English or 6 at standard level).
About this course
BA in Communication and Media, a film studies degree centred on media analysis, theory and production. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can undertake a four-week work placement during the course. The first year establishes foundational knowledge through compulsory modules such as The History of Communication, Introduction to Media and Communication Research, Power, Politics and the Media, Studying Media, and Introduction to Media and Communication Theory, alongside optional choices like Camera and Editing. The second year focuses on core subjects through compulsory modules such as Visual Communication, Media Policy, and Communication Research Methods, while offering optional modules including Podcasting and Journalism Ethics. The final year centres on independent research through the compulsory Communication Dissertation, alongside optional modules such as International Communications and Internet Policy.
Modules
- How can we understand the roles of media in society?
- What roles do media play in political processes?
- How do changes in the media relate to our understandings of gender, race, religion and sexuality?
- What factors influence the work of communications professionals?
- The History of Communication
- Introduction to Media and Communication Research
- Power, Politics and the Media
- Studying Media
- Introduction to Media and Communication Theory
- Camera and Editing
- Introduction to Cinema
- Prose: Reading and Interpretation
- Race, Writing and Decolonization
- Visual Communication
- Media Policy
- Communication Research Methods
- Technology in Communication and Media
- Podcasting
- Journalism Ethics
- Communication Skills
- Digital Storytelling
- Cinematic Themes
- Media, Power and Social Justice
- Developing Your Professional Identity: Preparing for a Career in Within The Arts, Heritage and Creative Industries
- Questioning Genre in World Cinemas
- Sociology and the Climate Crisis
- Communication Dissertation
- The Documentary and Reality
- International Communications
- Placement
- Feminism, Identity and Media
- Understanding the Audience
- The Reporting of Politics
- The Ethnography of Speaking
- Internet Policy
- Citizen Media
- Global migration, ‘race’ and media
- Promotional Culture
- Cinema in the Digital Era