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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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BSc Computer Science
Courses
Computer Science 102 Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence 102 Computer Science and Mathematics 103 Computing and Management 103 Information Technology Management for Business 104 Foundation Studies 120 You may also be interested in… Chemistry with Computing Physics with Computing
Several of our courses are accredited by:
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Computer Science
Why choose Computer Science at Loughborough?
Computer technology pervades almost every aspect of our modern lives and each technological advance transforms the world in which we live and work. Computer Science graduates are therefore in high demand across a diverse range of industries, as is reflected by the success and exceptionally high starting salaries of our graduates. At Loughborough University you will join a well-known and well-established Computer Science department, with a long track record of developing skilled and highly employable graduates, as well as a reputation for cutting-edge research and industry engagement. Professional recognition
Several of our courses are accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS), which qualifies graduates for Chartered IT Professional (CITP) registration, while our Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) degree is accredited by Tech Partnership Degrees. In addition, several of our MSci courses have been granted accreditation towards the educational requirement for Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration. We continually monitor the content of our Computer Science courses for quality and make improvements based on feedback from students, senior industrialists and the accrediting bodies listed above. Major companies are directly involved in sponsoring some of our modules, supporting project work, providing insightful guest lectures and funding a series of prizes across the range of courses. Facilities
Our facilities provide an excellent environment for studying, including computer laboratories with 24-hour access, specialist robotics and networking laboratories, study rooms and seminar rooms.
Placement year
The professional placement option, which is available on all our undergraduate courses, is recognised as one of the strongest in the country, and all our students are recommended to complete a placement. In recent years our students have gained invaluable experience at major companies including IBM, Microsoft, Disney, Sony and the BBC. Career prospects
Our graduates go on to enjoy fulfilling careers with major national and international companies as well as SMEs, local government, education and research. The quality of employment of our graduates is consistently high, with 95% of our leavers in graduate-level employment and a median salary of £30,000 (according to the Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018 graduates – UK domiciled, first degree students).
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ALL ELIGIBLE COURSES ACCREDITED BY BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY (BCS)
£30,000 MEDIAN FULL-TIME GRADUATE SALARY GRADUATE OUTCOMES SURVEY, 2018 GRADUATES*
