BA (Hons) Media and Communications (Foundation with Accelerated Degree)

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS OVERVIEW

Fast-paced and ever evolving, the media and communications industry shapes our everyday lives. With the ability to create and release messages in seconds, this is a subject area that truly impacts society. This degree will help you explore all elements of human communication, from advertisements and marketing campaigns, to political campaigning and international relations.

A distinctive combination of theory and practice will empower you to:

• Understand what’s happening as you consume mass and social media – how these powerful industries influence, manipulate and inspire.
• Build key critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Develop a wide-ranging knowledge of the production, meaning and consumption of contemporary media.
• Gain practical skills across a range of digital media technologies, techniques and platforms.
• Become a critically informed and highly reflexive media practitioner.

All UA92 degrees are awarded by Lancaster University.