Media Studies
University of East Anglia UEA
UCAS Code: P300 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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A level
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Obtain an overall Pass including a B in the core of the T Level and a Distinction in the Occupational Specialism. Any subject is acceptable.
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About this course
**Overview**
Our everyday lives are mediated. Everything from connecting with friends and following trends to accessing information and consuming entertainment are increasingly done through media. By studying the professional practices, industry processes and creative opportunities implicated in contemporary media, you can both better understand your place and intervene in this increasingly digitised and global space.
On this Media Studies BA, you’ll be equipped with a wide range of skills, knowledge and theory relevant to media and encouraged to examine their relationship to power. This course has flexibility, so that you also get the chance to use media creatively and for your own empowerment.
**About This Course**
In this degree, you’ll work with leading scholars and creative practitioners to explore a range of media sectors, products and texts alongside relevant concepts, theories and approaches. You’ll gain a firm grasp of current debates within the discipline, whilst developing and enhancing the skills involved in producing your own media content.
You’ll explore histories and theories of media, covering a diverse range of audio-visual, print and digital communications, as well as examining their wider social and cultural significance. Meanwhile, in creative practice work you’ll have the opportunity to gain skills in filmmaking, publishing, radio, podcast and digital media production as well as creating promotional materials. You’ll have access to BLOC, UEA’s Television Studio and Media Suite, which hosts state-of-the-art media technologies (editing suites, cameras and sound equipment, a sound studio and digitisation suite) and you’ll also have the chance to gain real-world experience and build industry contacts with an internship. Past students have undertaken placements at local radio stations, television production companies, and the East Anglian Film Archive.
At the beginning of the degree, you’ll become familiar with the key debates in the discipline, gaining a grounding in core media studies approaches and debates. In subsequent years you’ll choose from a wide array of modules, enabling you to specialise in the areas that interest you the most. These range from industry-oriented topics such as creative media work or the business of film and TV to videogames, digital media, popular music, journalism, film genres, publishing, scriptwriting and much more besides. You could even apply to spend a semester studying abroad.
You’ll develop many transferable skills on this degree course, including high-level research and communication skills, team working, leadership, and self-management, all of which are desirable transferable skills that open up a wide variety of careers.
**Disclaimer**
Course details are subject to change. You should always confirm the details on the provider's website: **www.uea.ac.uk**
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