Program Overview

BSc (Hons) Digital Media and Communications (Foundation Year)

Overview

The humanities and social sciences are key to understanding what it means to be human. By studying these subjects, you'll gain insights into yourself, your relationships with others, and the world we live in. If you're passionate about these areas and ready to take your studies to the next level, completing this one-year course will set you on the path to your linked undergraduate degree.

Course Information

• Teaching is delivered via a range of methods including lectures, seminars, tutorials, and, where appropriate, practical workshops, PC lab sessions, and online learning.
• Successful completion of the foundation year guarantees automatic progression onto Year 1 of the degree you have chosen to study.
• Features and benefits:
  • Each year we accept hundreds of students onto foundation year courses who have the ability to study at degree level but who don't have the qualifications to enter directly onto an honours degree.
  • The content of the course is tailored so that it is appropriate to your chosen degree.
  • Helps you to develop the study skills and academic knowledge you will need to start Year 1 of your course with confidence.

Accreditations, Awards, and Endorsements

• Teaching Excellence Framework: We have received an overall gold status in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), meaning we're rated as an outstanding university for our student experience.

Year 1

• International students who do not meet the IELTS requirement are placed on the foundation year international route which offers additional English language study skills and tutor support through the English for Academic Study unit.
• Core modules:
  • Passport to Success: Essential Skills for University Life
  • Approaches to the Humanities
  • Approaches to Texts
  • Introduction to Media and Journalism
• Option modules:
  • English for Academic Study (Option Unit)

Study and Assessment

• Study: Year 1 - 25% lectures, seminars or similar; 75% independent study
• Assessment: Year 1 - 100% coursework
• Ten credits equates to 100 hours of study, which is a combination of lectures, seminars and practical sessions, and independent study.

Entry Requirements

• Typical offer: 72-80 UCAS tariff points
• IELTS score: 5.5 overall with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of course start date
• UK students:
  • Level 3 qualifications: 72-80 UCAS tariff points
  • Level 2 qualifications: GCSE grade D/3 in English Language or equivalent, and GCSE grade D/3 in Mathematics or equivalent
• International students:
  • IB Diploma: with minimum 24 points overall or 72 UCAS Tariff points from three Higher Level subjects
  • IELTS: 5.5 overall with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of course start date

Fees and Funding

• Tuition fees for the 2026/27 academic year are still being finalised for all courses.

Careers Support and Prospects

• Employed or in further study: 88.7% of our UK-domiciled, full-time, first degree graduates are employed or in further study 15 months after graduation.
• Graduate Outcomes survey 2021/22 leavers, HESA data.
• Through our Careers Service, you will be supported and encouraged to get ready for further study or working life, including starting your own business.
• Our groundbreaking research with industry means we have unrivalled business connections that can help open doors to your dream career.

Your City, Your Community, Your Campus

• Life in Manchester: Your city campus, Your student community
• Bustling night and day, Manchester offers an inspiring and welcoming setting for your studies.
• With a history of driving progress, it’s home to a diverse community of bold creatives, sport obsessives, and pioneers in science, engineering, health, education, business, and law.

Taught by Experts

• BSc (Hons) Digital Media and Communications (Foundation Year) is part of the Department of Languages, Information and Communications at Manchester Met.
• Discover more about the department and who you’ll be working with if you choose to study this course.
• Your studies are supported by a department of committed and enthusiastic teachers and researchers, experts in their chosen field.