Description

Get an insight into the world of film, TV and advertising and explore how media influences society and culture.

This degree will take you on an exciting journey through a combination of critical analysis and creative projects to help you understand how media and culture affect who we are, what we do and how we interpret the world around us.

You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the history, nature and power of the media through learning about the relationships between different forms of media, culture and society. As well as critical analysis, you will creatively engage with media in a variety of ways, from writing for different platforms to exploring digital media. We encourage our Media and Communications students to write, produce and market our magazine and web-platform Neutral  which engages critically and creatively with media, culture and society, allowing you to work with industry professionals in producing and promoting media.

There are no formal examinations during this programme, with assessment taking place through a mixture of creative and analytical assignments, which include essays, critiques and analysis, together with creative and digital projects across a range of media. 

In your final year you are offered the exciting chance to take part in an international field trip, which has previously included visiting the cultural highlights of Amsterdam. There is also the opportunity to work with a graphic designer on a marketing-based module developing an idea for an app and a rebranding project.

Our students are engaged in the exploration and analysis of mediated culture from film and TV to art and advertising, discovering the central role that media and popular culture occupies in contemporary society. As a media graduate you may choose to pursue a career within the ever-expanding media, entertainment, creative, cultural and communications industries in which graduates will be attractive to a range of employers owing to the broad skill set which you will have developed throughout your studies.