Media Production BA (Hons)

Course Overview

This exciting Media Production BA (Hons) course aims to bring you up to date with the latest media industry developments and develops your skills to produce work for distribution across multiple platforms and genres.

Year of Entry

2026

Location

Coventry University (Coventry)

Study Mode

Full-time, Sandwich

Duration

3 years full-time, 4 years sandwich

Course Code

P310

Start Date

September 2026

How to Apply

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Course Overview

From the outset, this course aims to develop your technical, creative, reflective and analytical abilities, to give you a thorough grounding in current and emerging media production technologies, ways of working and contemporary professional practice. You can also gain highly valuable and transferable project management and professional skills needed in this ever-expanding industry.

What You'll Study

Common First Year Courses

• Film Production BA (Hons)
• Media Production BA (Hons)

Year One

• ScreenCraft - 20 credits
  • This is a hands-on module introducing you to both the contextual and practical knowledge required to create compelling films with a coherent narrative and a focus on craft skills.
• Key Concepts in Media and Film - 20 credits
  • This module will introduce you to some of the most important concepts and theories in film and media production.
• Storytelling: From Page to Production - 20 credits
  • This module explores how stories are constructed on the page and how they are taken forward and developed into finished productions.
• Working in Creative Practice - 20 credits
  • This module is the start of your professional career as you start to become aware of the variety of career paths and opportunities that exist in the media, film and wider creative industries and begin to chart your own journey through them.
• Film and Media : Industry and Aesthetics - 20 credits
  • In this module, you will explore the histories of the global media and film production industries and the art and craft of producing for those industries.
• Making Media that Matters - 20 credits
  • This module aims to teach you factual storytelling methods as you create a documentary film or content for online media.

Year Two

• Content Creation for Video Production - 20 credits
  • This module aims to teach you the core skills, knowledge, and practices necessary to effectively produce short form content.
• Discovering Your Creativity in Media Production - 20 credits
  • This module aims to develop your understanding of creativity in relation to a number of disciplines in the creative industries and arts.
• TV Studio and Entertainment Formats - 20 credits
  • This module allows you to explore the changing nature of the television studio and its important place in the interactive future of media production, consumption and platform proliferation.
• Branding, Promotion and Online Media - 20 credits
  • From branding yourself to the branding of global media corporations, this module will explore how media products are commercially constructed and marketed and the importance of this in the creative process.
• Developing Your Career in Production - 20 credits
  • Through a series of lectures, workshops and masterclasses you will be encouraged to discover the area(s) of the industry in which you want to specialise.
• Creative Collaboration - 20 credits
  • In this module, you will work with students from courses across the School of Media and Performing Arts and/or industry collaborators, external groups or organisations to respond to an issue in the local, national or global community.

Placement Year

• UK Work Placement– 0 credits
  • This module provides you with an opportunity to reflect upon and gain experience for an approved placement undertaken during your programme.
• International Study/Work Placement – 0 credits
  • This module provides you with an opportunity to reflect upon and gain experience for an approved international study/work placement undertaken during your programme.

Final Year

• Experimenting in Film and Media - 20 credits
  • This module gives you the opportunity to further develop your creativity and experimentation in the work you produce.
• Pre Production Practice - 20 credits
  • This module provides you with the practical tools needed to develop your own independent research and development work for production.
• Final Major Project - 40 credits
  • This module provides you with the opportunity to produce a significant piece of work of your own choosing in response to a negotiated brief.
• Moving into Your Creative Future - 20 credits
  • This module aims to enable you to proactively launch yourself into your future career as you develop and produce a professional portfolio.
• Monetising Media - 20 credits
  • This module option explores the emerging and proliferating opportunities for commercialising your media assets.
• Post Production - 20 credits
  • This is an opportunity to develop, or further develop, your skills in editing, post-production and finishing in software packages such as Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects and Da Vinci Resolve.
• Scriptwriting - 20 credits
  • In this module option, you will explore idea development, narrative structure, story world, character development, dialogue, plot and the use of subplots.

How You'll Learn

The course is delivered though project-based ‘hands-on’ learning, with a great emphasis on location work, live projects and practice activities, all with ongoing feedback.

Entry Requirements

• UK: 112 UCAS points, BBC at A level, DMM at BTEC, 29 points at IB Diploma
• International: IELTS 6.0 overall (with no component lower than 5.5)

Fees and Funding

• UK, Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man: £9,535 per year (2025/2026)
• EU: £9,535 per year with EU Support Bursary (2025/2026)
• International: £19,850 per year (2025/2026)

Facilities

• Television Studio
• Photography Suite
• Media Loan Shop

Careers and Opportunities

• Roles of communication, media and cultural systems within their political, social, economic and technological contexts
• Modes of representation and systems of learning within the contemporary social world and the ways these are shaped by issues of gender, race, class, ethnicity, disability, sexuality and nationality
• Historical and global contexts of media, communication and cultural systems and processes

Where Our Graduates Work

• Film, TV and media companies
• Assistant editor for Sunset and Vine on rugby and football coverage
• Runner on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing
• Video editor for the Sidemen
• Assistant producer for Envy Post Production
• Casting assistant on Channel 4's ‘A Place in the Sun’
• Creative producer at Narrative Entertainment
• Radio station producer at Global FM

Further Study

• Film and Media Production MA
• Media Management MA
• Photography MA
• Virtual and Augmented Reality MA

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Overview:

• Founded in 1843 as the Coventry School of Design
• Received university status in 1992
• Over 30,000 students from over 150 countries
• Campuses in Coventry, London, and Scarborough
• Known for its focus on practical, industry-focused education

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Student Life:

• Over 150 student clubs and societies
• Sports teams in various disciplines
• Student support services include counseling, mental health support, and disability support
• Campus facilities include a gym, swimming pool, and student union

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Academics:

• Offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of subjects
• Faculty with industry experience and research expertise
• Teaching methodologies include lectures, seminars, workshops, and project-based learning
• Academic support services include writing centers, math labs, and peer mentoring
• Unique academic programs include:
  • Centre for Applied Science and Technology
  • Centre for Business in Society
  • Centre for Intelligent Systems

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Top Reasons to Study Here:

• Ranked among the top 150 universities in the UK (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023)
• Excellent industry connections and partnerships
• Specialized facilities such as the National Transport Design Centre and the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing
• Notable alumni include:
  • Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine
  • Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
  • Sir Patrick Stewart, actor

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Services:

• Counseling and mental health support
• Health center
• Accommodation services
• Library with over 1 million books and resources
• Technology support
• Career development services