BA (Hons) Media Studies with Visual Cultures

BA (HONS) MEDIA STUDIES WITH VISUAL CULTURES Campus: Llandaff Campus Course Length: Three years full-time

CAREER POTENTIAL: On completion of the programme, graduate will typically be employed in careers in film, media and advertising, picture editing, curatorship, research, teaching, publishing, journalism and much more!

The degree delivers an excellent range of transferable skills required for most employment, specialist training or postgraduate study.

COURSE CONTENT:

This programme is unique in that it combines a specific understanding of contemporary visual media with the ways in which we attempt to make sense of ourselves in an increasingly image-saturated society. It will provide students with knowledge and understanding of media studies, its history, genres and forms in relation to broader social, cultural, political and theoretical contexts. It enables you to work across a number of texts/mediums such as art, architecture, newspapers, magazines, television, films and even fashion. It introduces you to the major thinkers and theoretical debates about how our contemporary culture and its future are dominated by the visual. The degree becomes more specifically orientated to your own specific interests as it progresses from year to year.

Year one: You will be introduced to the important philosophies and methodologies which will build a foundation for your degree. You will begin to understand how to articulate the visual language around you and its underlying ideologies. You will begin to understand how these apply to different media and texts.

Year two: You will begin to specialise in certain media, as well continuing to develop a more specific and sophisticated understanding and articulation of the visual cultures and practices that surround you.

Year three: You will become even more specialised, engaging in two dissertations which reflect your developed interests and your possible career interests. You will also be trained in professional verbal/visual presentation techniques, which will enable you to present your research to a large public audience, which will be part of your final assessment.

ASSESSMENT:

There is continuous assessment through out this modular course. However, only year two and year three contribute to your final degree classification. UCAS CODE(S): WP23

MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

160-280 points on the UCAS tariff, (or equivalent) preferably including media studies, art history or sociology, mainly from A level or equivalent qualifications/experience, which we are happy to discuss with you at interview.

FURTHER INFORMATION: csad.uwic.ac.uk/ mediastudies/

Admissions Information: Ashley Morgan - asmorgan@uwic.ac.uk