This exciting degree is aimed at students who want to study Media Studies, including: television and radio; film and video; digital media and computer games; professional writing; journalism; public relations; media practice. Skills and techniques learnt during the study and production of audio-visual material lie at the core of many of the key areas in the creative industries. This course will equip you with a solid grounding in the technical and practical skills required to make you a sought-after professional in these fields.

Staff in the School have a range of research interests including comics, gaming and virtual worlds, visual culture, live television, hypertexts and have recently written on topics such as film and video, multimedia, global media systems, virtual landscapes, social networks, interactive television, media and representation, cult TV and computer games.

You will be attending lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and viewing sessions, and undertaking both practical and theoretical tasks. Media Practice modules focus on three main areas: film and TV production, radio production and digital media more generally. Practical modules will be assessed both on the practical output and on the individual’s ability to reflect critically on their practice. Modules on the history and influence of the media, and media culture, are assessed by examinations and assignments, but assessment methods will vary according to the modules that have been chosen.

What will you study on this course?

Modules you might take include:

Year 1

• Creative Practice
• Media Culture
• Introduction to Practical Journalism
• Digital Communication
• Introduction to Screenwriting
• Introduction to Media Practice

Years 2 & 3

• Cultural Economy of the Media
• Media Practice: Factual
• Writing for Film and Television
• Games Design
• Practical Digital Journalism
• Research and Methods
• Developing Scripted Media
• Japanese Cinema
• Final Year Group Project
• Dissertation
• Animation and Motion Graphics
• Short Film Pre-production
• Short Film Production
• Adapting for Film and Media
• E-publishing

As well as developing an understanding of media production and the context behind this, students will be practising a number of highly desirable transferable skills. Our students have therefore progressed to careers in areas such as the creative industries, and the creative media in particular, education and the public sector, and marketing and public relations. Several graduates go on to develop their work further with us through a period of postgraduate study, where once again the School offers a combination of critical and creative approaches to the study of media and media practice.

All of our media programmes combine academic study with practical experience, meaning that you acquire the skills you need while developing your creativity.