BA (Hons) Film & Media and Sports Studies

We have been teaching and conducting research in film and media since 1978, and our combination of academic and practical work continues to make us one of Scotland’s top institutions in this field. We are top in Scotland for student satisfaction in the 2016 National Student Survey. Whether studying Film & Media alone or in combination with other subjects, you can expect excellent teaching from staff with a range of skills, from active academic researchers to former and current professionals from media industries. You will also benefit from the Macrobert Arts Centre, an on-campus multi- screen cinema and theatre, and our students often choose to contribute to the campus television station and filmmaking group AirTV, to student newspaper The Brig, and to Air3 Radio. Film and Media teaching combines analysis and practice. You will learn the critical and theoretical skills required to study a range of topics within film, broadcasting, digital media, advertising and political communications. You may select modules devoted to audio and video productions and developing related skills in production, post-production, content development, pitching and research. Film and Media has excellent relationships with media organisations and individual media practitioners, who advise and contribute to our degrees. Students studying with us have full access to a modern suite of media facilities for radio and television production and a state-of-the-art newsroom. You will also be given the opportunity to participate in exchange programmes through which you could study for a semester or a year in a location chosen from a list including the United States, Canada, Australia and countries in Europe. Here at Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence, we are able to offer an outstanding environment in which to study sport, take part in sport, research sport, and perform in sport at the highest levels. Our scenic sporting campus is home to world-class sports facilities including a 50m swimming pool, a golf course, a fitness centre, an eight-court sports hall, nine grass and artificial pitches and 10 tennis courts, plus more. Our Sports Studies course is flexible, with a wide variety of module options. It can form part of a Combined Honours course alongside a range of subjects including Journalism, Marketing and Psychology.