Media and Communications, BA Hons Please login to Apply

By the end of our Media and Communications degree, you'll know how to produce creative content across different kinds of media, including writing, camera use, sound recording and post-production/editing. The course will give you the opportunity to apply your class-based learning to the real world through work placements in media and creative businesses and organisations. We frequently invite guest lecturers to share their specialist knowledge allowing you to keep abreast of the latest developments in this field.

This employment-focused course will prepare you to be among the content creators and creative entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Popular career options for our media and communications graduates include roles with in-house communications teams, PR, marketing, content management and social media.

What you should know about this course

• It combines academic, creative and critical approaches to media from text and images to video, web and VR
• #2 in London for Learning Resources and Assessment & Feedback (NSS Results 2019)
• The course is designed to stimulate you intellectually, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to evaluate and take part in today’s media industry
• It provides opportunities for students to publicly present their own work in installations, blogs and screenings
• This course introduces you to media in all its interdisciplinarity, and will equip you with necessary skills to enter as many media professions as you wish after you graduate.

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Media Technologies (30 credits)
• Creative Communications (30 credits)
• Digital Realities (30 credits)
• Media and Identity (30 credits)

Year 2

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Media Context (30 credits)
• Critical Audio-Visual Practice (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.

• Writing for the Screen (30 credits)
• Datascapes: Data and the Web (30 credits)
• Writing Journalism (30 credits)
• Brand Storytelling (30 credits)

Year 3

Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.

• Advanced Projects (60 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits)

Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.

• Cinema and Space (30 credits)
• Filmmaking for Change: Contemporary Approaches to Digital Activism (30 credits)
• Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
• Mediated Environments (30 credits)

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Media Technologies (30 credits)
• Media and Identity (30 credits)

Year 2

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Creative Communications (30 credits)
• Digital Realities (30 credits)

Year 3

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Critical Audio-Visual Practice (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.

• Writing for the Screen (30 credits)
• Datascapes: Data and the Web (30 credits)
• Writing Journalism (30 credits)
• Brand Storytelling (30 credits)

Year 4

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Media Context (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.

• Writing for the Screen (30 credits)
• Datascapes: Data and the Web (30 credits)
• Writing Journalism (30 credits)
• Brand Storytelling (30 credits)

Year 5

Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.

• Cinema and Space (30 credits)
• Filmmaking for Change: Contemporary Approaches to Digital Activism (30 credits)
• Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
• Mediated Environments (30 credits)

Year 6

Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.

• Advanced Projects (60 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits)

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Media Technologies (30 credits)
• Creative Communications (30 credits)
• Digital Realities (30 credits)
• Media and Identity (30 credits)

Year 2

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• Media Context (30 credits)
• Critical Audio-Visual Practice (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.

• Writing for the Screen (30 credits)
• Datascapes: Data and the Web (30 credits)
• Writing Journalism (30 credits)
• Brand Storytelling (30 credits)

Year 3

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.

• CPDA Professional Practice Placement

Year 4

Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.

• Advanced Projects (60 credits)
• Dissertation (60 credits)

Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.

• Cinema and Space (30 credits)
• Filmmaking for Change: Contemporary Approaches to Digital Activism (30 credits)
• Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
• Mediated Environments (30 credits)