BA (Hons) Communication and Media with a Year in Industry
Course Overview
This four-year Communication and Media degree combines rigorous academic study with invaluable real-world experience through a salaried third-year placement. You will analyze how media shapes everything from global politics to personal identity, exploring a diverse range of forms from digital content to screen media. The programme's flexible structure allows you to tailor your degree to your specific interests, preparing you for a dynamic career in the creative and media industries.
Key Program Highlights
- Integrated 40-week salaried placement with a media employer, providing professional experience
- Flexible curriculum with diverse optional modules in digital cultures, PR, political communication, and more
- Analysis of media's powerful role in shaping culture, politics, and individual identity
- Final year project option to conduct an in-depth dissertation or independent study
- Excellent graduate employment prospects at leading organizations like the BBC, major newspapers, and advertising firms
Course Overview
This four-year Communication and Media degree combines rigorous academic study with invaluable real-world experience through a salaried third-year placement. You will analyze how media shapes everything from global politics to personal identity, exploring a diverse range of forms from digital content to screen media. The programme's flexible structure allows you to tailor your degree to your specific interests, preparing you for a dynamic career in the creative and media industries.
Key Program Highlights
- Integrated 40-week salaried placement with a media employer, providing professional experience
- Flexible curriculum with diverse optional modules in digital cultures, PR, political communication, and more
- Analysis of media's powerful role in shaping culture, politics, and individual identity
- Final year project option to conduct an in-depth dissertation or independent study
- Excellent graduate employment prospects at leading organizations like the BBC, major newspapers, and advertising firms
Requirements
Modules
- Communication, Culture, and Media Analysis A
- Digital Communication and Social Media
- Introduction to Communication and Media Studies A
- Media Industries and Institutions A
- Communication and Media Research I
- Communication and Media Research II
- Professional and Career Development
- Public Relations, Media and Digital Society
- Digital Media and Data B
- Approaches to Cultural and Media Studies B
- Global News, Media and War
- Converged Media and Screen Entertainment B
- Global Hollywood and Beyond: From the Mainstream to the Margins
- AI and Digital Media
- Mediating the Past
- Understanding Documentary
- Introduction to Programming
- Immersive Media and Virtual Worlds
- Introduction to Music Psychology
- Music in Gaming
- Sound, Technology, and Society
- Working in Music Industry
- Propaganda and Censorship
- Communication and Media Year in Industry
- Young People and the Media
- Dissertation
- Final Year Project
- Games and Algorithmic Culture
- Stardom and Media Celebrity
- Media and Campaigning
- Issues in Photography
- Media and Human Rights
- News Media and Society
- Data Science and Visualisation
- Entertainment Media and History on Screen
- Introduction to Strategic Communication
- Propaganda, Power, and Persuasion
- Popular Culture, Language and Politics
- Queer Film, Video and Documentary
- Viral Video
- Environmental Communication: Politics, Science, Activism, and the Media
- Cult Television and Digital Fandoms
- The Theory and Practice of Rhetoric in British Politics
- Researching Digital Cultures in the Americas
- The Film Music of John Williams
- School of the Arts Work Placements Module
- Curation and Heritage
