Course Summary
If you are passionate about media production and hungry for industry experience, BA Media Production at UEL combines advanced technical knowledge with the opportunity to collaborate with local partners to give you the knowledge to embark on your media career. Building your skills across photography, videography, social media and digital production, this course brings together a number of skills to future-proof your career for the ever-changing nature of the media business. With learning by doing at the heart of the programme, you can improve your skills, collaborate with local businesses and graduate as a media production ace ready for the world of work with a portfolio full of real-life case studies.
HOW YOU'LL LEARN
You'll be taught by a range of staff, many of whom are practitioners in the area they teach. Some of the assessments focus on practical skills and are presented as ‘live or simulated briefs’. This ensures that the practice-led teaching is relevant to industry and the world of work. Our staff are well placed to take advantage of a range of professional networks and industry contacts. Each module is designed with practical components and a reflective component, with the intention that students develop an ability to comment on and justify their creative process
- Guided independent study
When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, specialist facilities, such as edit suites, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.
- Academic support
Our academic support team provides help in a range of areas – including learning and disability support
- Dedicated personal tutor
When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor. This is the member of the academic course team who will provide academic guidance, be a support throughout your time at UEL and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer.
- Workload
Each year you will spend around 280 hours of timetabled learning and teaching activities. These may be lectures, workshops, seminars and individual and group tutorials. Contact hours may vary depending on each module.
The approximate workload hours for this course per year are:
Scheduled teaching – 284 hours;
Guided independent study – 916 hours.
- Your timetable
Your individualised timetable is normally available within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm. For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible. Timetables for part-time students will depend on the modules selected.
- Class sizes
To give you an indication of class sizes, this course normally attracts 25 new students per year. Lecture sizes are normally maximum 40 students.
In the classroom you will be taught in groups of 18–20 students. However, this can vary by academic year.
Normally teaching is mainly face to face on campus. Some teaching is online, supported by interactive learning resources.
Main location - Docklands Campus
Who will teach on this course
Alexander Thomas
Sylvie Prasad
Andrew Branch
Valentina Signorelli
Julia Dane
Mark Tintner
Tony Sampson
YOUR FUTURE CAREER
We pride ourselves on teaching such a range of key skills that you’ll find many doors to stimulating future employment open to you after graduation. You will learn self-starting skills in how to develop, pitch and look for funding for freelance projects. UEL graduates have gone on to succeed in areas like media industries, film production or even in their own business ventures.
We encourage our students to be entrepreneurial in their outlook and you can foster an array of contacts during the course. Many students have managed to land jobs after making an impact with employers during their work placements.
The course will arm you with a wealth of industry knowledge together with a deep understanding of creative cultures. So it is little wonder our graduates are in demand to work in a range of industries.
Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal
Course Summary
If you are passionate about media production and hungry for industry experience, BA Media Production at UEL combines advanced technical knowledge with the opportunity to collaborate with local partners to give you the knowledge to embark on your media career. Building your skills across photography, videography, social media and digital production, this course brings together a number of skills to future-proof your career for the ever-changing nature of the media business. With learning by doing at the heart of the programme, you can improve your skills, collaborate with local businesses and graduate as a media production ace ready for the world of work with a portfolio full of real-life case studies.
HOW YOU'LL LEARN
You'll be taught by a range of staff, many of whom are practitioners in the area they teach. Some of the assessments focus on practical skills and are presented as ‘live or simulated briefs’. This ensures that the practice-led teaching is relevant to industry and the world of work. Our staff are well placed to take advantage of a range of professional networks and industry contacts. Each module is designed with practical components and a reflective component, with the intention that students develop an ability to comment on and justify their creative process
- Guided independent study
When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, specialist facilities, such as edit suites, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.
- Academic support
Our academic support team provides help in a range of areas – including learning and disability support
- Dedicated personal tutor
When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor. This is the member of the academic course team who will provide academic guidance, be a support throughout your time at UEL and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer.
- Workload
Each year you will spend around 280 hours of timetabled learning and teaching activities. These may be lectures, workshops, seminars and individual and group tutorials. Contact hours may vary depending on each module.
The approximate workload hours for this course per year are:
Scheduled teaching – 284 hours;
Guided independent study – 916 hours.
- Your timetable
Your individualised timetable is normally available within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm. For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible. Timetables for part-time students will depend on the modules selected.
- Class sizes
To give you an indication of class sizes, this course normally attracts 25 new students per year. Lecture sizes are normally maximum 40 students.
In the classroom you will be taught in groups of 18–20 students. However, this can vary by academic year.
Normally teaching is mainly face to face on campus. Some teaching is online, supported by interactive learning resources.
Main location - Docklands Campus
Who will teach on this course
Alexander Thomas
Sylvie Prasad
Andrew Branch
Valentina Signorelli
Julia Dane
Mark Tintner
Tony Sampson
YOUR FUTURE CAREER
We pride ourselves on teaching such a range of key skills that you’ll find many doors to stimulating future employment open to you after graduation. You will learn self-starting skills in how to develop, pitch and look for funding for freelance projects. UEL graduates have gone on to succeed in areas like media industries, film production or even in their own business ventures.
We encourage our students to be entrepreneurial in their outlook and you can foster an array of contacts during the course. Many students have managed to land jobs after making an impact with employers during their work placements.
The course will arm you with a wealth of industry knowledge together with a deep understanding of creative cultures. So it is little wonder our graduates are in demand to work in a range of industries.
Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal
How you'll be assessed
As a predominantly industry-focused course, you’ll be assessed by practical outputs aimed at building your portfolio and your employability. These include workbooks, production projects and business plans.
Students will be guided to define their own area of focus and encouraged to think both entrepreneurially and independently in setting the aims and objectives for their future career. Simultaneously, UEL will facilitate links with industry that will put your production skills into practice.
- Breakdown assessment
The approximate percentages for this course are: 100% coursework
Coursework will include practical outcomes, e.g. individual or group-based films, artefacts, presentations, written assignments, podcasts or research-based assignments.
- Feedback summary
You’ll always receive written or audio feedback, outlining your strengths and how you can improve. We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 15 working days
WITH THE FOUNDATION YEAR
- Academic Development (Core)
- Social Media Project (Core)
- Ways of Looking (Core)
- Narrative and Creativity (Core)
- Group Film Project (Core)
- Professional Development: Mental Wealth (Core)
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