Program Overview

Media BA (Hons)

Overview

The BA (Hons) Media degree at Edge Hill University provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the media industry, covering topics such as media theory, cultural representation, and practical skills in media production.

Course Features

• International students can apply
• Sandwich year option available
• Studying abroad option available

What You'll Study

Year 1

• Media and Society: Explores the relationship between media, culture, and society, introducing students to media representations of reality and identity constructions.
• Moving Image Production: Single Camera: Develops students' ability in relation to collaborative working and professional practices involved in managing a single camera production.
• Social Media: Charts the growth of social media, enabling students to develop a deeper online literacy and gain a keen understanding of the power of social media to influence political, social, and economic debates.
• Working in Creative Industries: Introduces students to the various sub-sectors of the constantly changing and evolving media and creative industries, developing their knowledge and understanding of economic and policy concepts.
• Writing for the Media: Provides students with practical experience and understanding of how to identify and promote the newsworthy elements of a potential story or feature, and present it in the format and structure used by journalists.

Year 2

• Cultural Representations and the Media: Recognizes that all media messages are representational constructions, enabling students to gain a better understanding of the cultural and ideological constructions associated with representation.
• Transmedia Storytelling: Examines the development of transmedia storytelling within digital environments, recognizing that marketing and audience engagement with films and television programmes has changed dramatically over the last decade.
• Pods and Vlogs: Immerses students in a critical evaluation of the production processes of citizen media in the age of the internet, challenging them to think critically about the role of platforms like YouTube, podcasting, blogs, and social media.
• Media Content: Offers professional collaboration with charities and community groups, giving students a realistic insight into the world of work and valuable experience of working to a live brief.

Year 3

• Dissertation/Research Project: Offers students the opportunity to undertake an in-depth personal research project, under supervision, and explore a range of relevant research methodologies and presentational formats.
• Media Futures: Enables students to study contemporary media practices, the impact of technology on the creative industries, developments in global and local media, and the changing paradigms of media production and audience consumption.

How You'll Study

Teaching and learning on the media degree is through workshops, lectures, seminars, and screenings. Students will also have opportunities to work with visiting professionals from the film and television industries.

How You'll Be Assessed

Assessment is predominantly by coursework, either at the end of the module or distributed throughout the course. Coursework includes essays, case studies, individual and group presentations, practical projects, and a dissertation.

Who Will Be Teaching You

Students will be taught by an experienced team with a wide range of specialisms reflecting all aspects of media theory and practice.

Entry Criteria

• Typical offer: 112-120 UCAS Tariff points
• No specific subjects are required
• International students require IELTS 6.0, with a score no lower than 5.5 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification

Facilities

Media students are based in Creative Edge, a state-of-the-art £17million building offering highly contemporary suites of outstanding facilities for the Department of English and Creative Arts.

Finance

• UK Full-Time: £9,535 per year
• UK Part-Time: £79 per credit for 360 credits
• International: £17,000 per year

Your Future Career

The media degree prepares students for an exciting career in the creative industries. The skills developed on the course will equip students for roles in traditional media (television and newspapers), marketing, social media, journalism, broadcasting, and filmmaking. Popular job roles include:

• Social media manager
• Podcast producer
• Video producer
• Video editor
• Multimedia producer
• Digital marketer
• Photographer
• TV producer and production manager
• Events manager

Course Changes

Please note that every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, however, our courses are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.

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