Media Studies BA(Hons)

Welcome to the University of Brighton’s

Faculty of Arts

Open day 2012 Media Studies

BA (Hons)

www.brighton.ac.uk/arts

The University of Brighton

• You will graduate from a leading professional

university.

• You will be part of an institution that is innovative and

relevant.

• You will benefit from our career-focused approach.

• You will study with facilities tailored to your needs.

• You will be given excellent teaching and support.

• You will live and study in an outstanding location.

Did you know?

We are the twelfth most applied for UK university, with 40,000 applicants for 4,000 places.

Why Media Studies at the University of Brighton?

• You will have a wide choice of study options so you can tailor the course to your interests.

• You will learn both theory and practice.

• You will take part in a four week industry placement.

• Our staff team consists of recognised media studies researchers. Many of the team also have backgrounds as professionals in the media industries.

Our students learn both practice and theory.

How our course is structured

• Elective• Elective• Core

You will study one core and two elective modules per semester.

Year one

Core modules:

Media, Culture & change and

Critical approaches to media

Production-based electives:

Video; Photography

Theory-based electives:

Understanding television; Film language and history; New media and society; Media and popular culture, Sound in media culture.

Year two

Core modules:

Placement; Research methods

Production-based electives:

Video; Photography

Theory-based electives:

Popular music; Journalism; Film studies; Visual culture; Community media; Language, media, and power; Mobile media

“My personal highlight of the degree came in the second year, when the entire course is set the task of completing a month’s placement in whatever environment they so wish. I managed to secure two weeks experience in the infamous NME offices, followed by two weeks in the offices of Rockfeedback, a music website also based in London.”

Hayley Leaver

Year three

Core modules:

Dissertation OR Dissertation by practice

Electives

Marketing; Critical approaches to videogame; Mediating science and technology; Community project; National and global media; Media

policy; Political communication; Genre and film

“Elective modules, elective essay topics, you are always given choice. Even though there is a core of theoretical and academic lectures, around them are orbiting numerous interesting modules that span from photography to popular music. Every semester is a new world that you can test and further develop your capabilities.”

Vasil Dzhagalov

What do our students think?

National Student Survey 2011

88% student satisfaction with teaching on the course

90% student satisfaction with staff enthusiasm

94% say staff are good at explaining things

National Student Survey 201290% overall satisfaction

We hope you enjoy your day here.

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