Course overview

Media Studies explores the media within national and international contexts, and prepares you to enter the global employment market and to have a significant influence on it. This degree course offers you the opportunity to explore many different aspects of the media.

The course includes both theoretical and practical modules. Theoretical study addresses a range of media institutions, practices, users and audiences, and examines issues such as the construction of visual and textual language and the relationship between media and power. It includes a key address to the politics of representation, including issues of gender, sexuality, race and nation, and the way these are conveyed through various media forms. You will look at both the historical contexts of media practice and the emergence of new and alternative media.

On a practical level, you will develop skills in media research methods, writing, digital media, multimedia, publishing, radio and video production. Access to our excellent facilities ensures that the skills you take away from this course will be well aligned with the requirements of professional practice.

Additional course information

Who is the course suitable for?
Anyone who wishes to pursue a career in the creative industries, such as marketing, media consultancy, public relations, web design, publishing, advertising, broadcasting, journalism, human resources, television, radio and newspapers.

Why Study?
You will develop skills in media research methods, writing, digital media, multimedia, publishing, radio and video production. Access to our excellent facilities ensures that the skills you take away from this course will be well aligned with the requirements of professional practice.

Assessment

Methods of assessment include case studies, critical essays, screenwriting, journals and log books, presentations, portfolios, evaluation reports, film reviews and analyses, plus a range of 'hands-on' methods including Internet, print and video production, commissions and evaluation of creative work.

Associated careers

A degree in Media Studies is clearly an advantage when applying for any profession demanding media competency and understanding. Typical graduate destinations would be in marketing, media consultancy, public relations, web design, publishing, advertising, broadcasting, journalism, human resources, television, radio and newspapers.

There are opportunities to progress from the undergraduate programme on to the University's MA in Film Studies.

Entry requirements listed are for September 2013 entry. Entry requirements for other intakes may differ.

Entry requirements

220-260 UCAS tariff points; GCSE grade C in English