This professionally-oriented BA in Media and Communications is designed to provide you with the creative and critical thinking, executive skills and business awareness to succeed in the creative industries.
You will learn about the key media functions that define consumer culture, including marketing, branding PR, advertising, data and audience engagement. This degree will provide you with a deep insight into a rapidly-evolving industry, and give you broad based skills ranging from media production to data analytics.
You’ll learn project management, PR, and practical creative skills such as radio and podcasting, photography and feature writing. You will develop the ability to devise and target messages for a wide range of audiences, and understand storytelling and media language. You will have the opportunity to conduct research on key topics relating to media communications and will be encouraged to reflect on your own role as a consumer and creator of media content.
You’ll gain important insights into how audiences engage with brands and companies using audio-visual experiences, which will allow you to offer a valuable and informed contribution, particularly to those industries seeking to understand new trends and engage with youth markets.
This practice-based, industry-facing programme is designed to give you real world experience. You will be taught by industry practitioners and will have the opportunity to do a year-long work placement as part of your degree. You will be assessed in a variety of methods, including oral presentations, ‘real world’ case study projects and portfolio work.
When you graduate you’ll be well-placed to go into a number of industries that require multi-skilled media professionals who are aware of the wider importance of media within society and its impact on society.
Course Details - Modules
Here are some example modules you may complete on this course
Year One
The Business of Media
Digital Methods 1
The Art of the Story
Journalists and the World 1
Online video production
Digital Images
Languages for All
Year Two
Marketing in Practice
The Craft of the Story
The Power of Data
Digital Methods 2
Strategic Digital Communications
Feature Writing
Audiovisual Journalism
Radio and Podcasting
Media Language
Television Transformations
Career Preparation
Year Three
Extended Professional Placement
Media Practice Project
Public Relations in Practice
Advanced Professional Skills
Work Placement
International Challenges and the Media
Mediating the Self
The Media, the Critic and the Public Sphere
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
P300
Institution code:
R48
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
You will be made a tariff offer based on your points from a minimum of 2 higher level subjects and standard level subjects.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
with a minimum of 5.5 in each band
TOEFL (iBT)
80.0
with the following minimum scores:
Reading: 18
Writing: 17
Listening: 17
Speaking: 20
PTE Academic
51.0
with no less than 51 in any band
Cambridge English Advanced
grade C in tests prior to 2015 with no less than 'weak' in any band
We may accept other high school English qualifications if you are applying for an undergraduate degree. Please contact us at admissions@roehampton.ac.uk to clarify.
