Communication and Media Studies with Placement
UCAS Code: P910
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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A level
Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in an Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
A minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C or grade 4 and above are required, including English Language (or grade B/5 in English Literature). GCSE Mathematics grade C or grade 4 is also normally required.
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About this course
Despite being a central part to our existence, we tend to take for granted and to underestimate or even ignore the social and cultural impact of media communications in today's world.
As a student on this course you will learn, both theoretically and practically, how the communication and information media actually work and what their importance to our society is.
This course enjoys a very close relationship with Sociology at Brunel, and particular attention is paid to the social and cultural dimensions of the media, and especially to the social and cultural consequences of the new technologies of communication and information.
The focus of study is upon all aspects of society: its personal, social and cultural dimensions.
We have a strong research reputation that enhances all our undergraduate teaching, with particular expertise in areas such as: contemporary social structures and social change; the role of technology and the media; race and ethnicity; and power, inequality and prejudice in modern societies.
All of our academic staff are actively engaged in research and many have international reputations in their field.
- You will gain a mature, critical and sociologically-informed understanding of the place of the media in today’s society, with a particular focus on the new communication and information technologies.
- Throughout the degree you will be encouraged to link together the theoretical and practical parts of the course as you engage in a broad-ranging sociological study of the contemporary media.
- You will have the opportunity to specialise in areas of particular interest to you, for example in the impact of the Internet and of other information and communications technologies, social media, media policy and regulation.
- The course also offers you the ability to gain experience in video editing and production.
Modules
Year 1
Key Ideas in Media
Media Production I: Non-Fiction
Year 2
Core Modules
Research in Practice
Global Communication
Media Production II: Fiction
Social Media and Networked Culture
Optional Modules
Media Genres
Visual Cultures
Creative Industries, Fashion and Culture
Apocalypse! Crisis and Society
Bodies and Society
Year 3 is an optional work placement
Year 4
Core Modules
Communication and Media Studies Dissertation
Optional
Comedy, the Media and Society
Changing Audiences
Racism, Identity and Difference
Digital Cultures
Beyond Human
Global Cities: Spaces and Culture
Gender Sexuality and Feminism
Psychogeography
Sociology & Communication Work Experience
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Brunel University London
Social and Political Sciences
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