COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
Media and Communication BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: P90A BSc (Hons): 3 years full-time UCAS code: P910 Typical offers A level: ABB IB: 34 (6,5,5 HL) BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM
Our acclaimed degree, the Media and Communication BSc, is devoted to making sense of how power and influence work in today’s complex, turbulent world. This long-standing and prestigious course will provide you with a thorough understanding of key themes including digital and social media, television, film, advertising, news and journalism, the media industries, culture, political communication, social inequality, gender, race, and sexuality.
Year 1
Areas studied include introductory communication and media, constructing meanings, research methods, and foundations in social sciences.
Year 2
Areas studied include media, identity, and inequality, media and social change, advanced research methods, political communication, advertising, public relations, and society.
Optional placement/study year
Optional professional placement and/or overseas study.
Final year
Areas studied include digital media and society, producing the news, television, contemporary debates about media power, and an individually supervised dissertation on a topic of your choice.
Graduate destinations
Our graduates secure jobs in marketing, advertising, public relations, press relations, media production, journalism, publishing, digital media, and customer relations. Recent graduate roles include: Press Officer, Broadcast Assistant, Publicist, Media Production Assistant, Events Coordinator, Freelance Journalist for BBC Radio, Information Officer, Online Editor, Visual Merchandiser, Writer, Opinion Panel Researcher, Campaign Coordinator, Publishing Trainee and Customer Experience Manager. Our graduates also proceed to Master’s and PhD degrees. *Diploma in Professional/International Studies
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Placement opportunity
Study abroad
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