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Media BA

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    Key Information

    • Study Level:

      Bachelor

    • Duration:

      3 Years

    • Study Mode:

      Full Time

    • Start Date:

      01 September 2019

    • Tuition Fees EU/EEA:

      £ 9,250 Per Year

      These fees apply to students from the EU/EEA

    • Tuition Fees International :

      £ 11,950

      These fees apply to students from outside the EU/EEA

    institution

    University of Chester

    The University of Chester got its start back in 1839 as the Chester Diocesan Training College, and is among the oldest higher education institutions in England. Its original buildings were the first purpose-built teacher’s training facility in the nation. It still stands on land donated for the purpose in 1842, where then-Prime Minister Gladstone opened […]

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    Course Summary

    The University of Chester’s BA degree in Media will prepare you to take your place in an exciting media career, such as the production of online, radio or television content. You’ll learn communication techniques, as well as choosing a specialty such as advertising, academic media studies, film studies or photography. You’ll also get a general education in high access media techniques, and build a rich global perspective on the field by undertaking a range of critical and contextual projects.

    The degree program includes an important Work Based Learning module. As a part of this, you’ll get the assistance of the university to engage in at least 150 hours of work-based placement or Experimental Overseas Learning. In either case you’ll be aided by the university’s long list of national and international partner organisations, and will garner a wide range of practical skills as well as an important new perspective on your field of specialty.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    Course Outline

    This degree program is typically delivered over 3 years at full time.

    Year 1 Modules Include:

    • Commercial Photographic Practice and Application
    • Communication for Advertising
    • Factual TV
    • Introduction to Advertising Theory & Practice
    • Introduction to Film – Looking at Movies
    • Media Representation and Analysis: Gender, Ethnicity and Class
    • Photographic Context and Criticism
    • Radio Production Skills

    Year 2 Modules Include:

    • Advanced Advertising Theory and Practice
    • Advanced Digital Advertising Practice
    • Advanced Radio Production Skills
    • Creative Media Industries: Policy and Practice
    • Creative Practice and Broadcast Content
    • Digital Image Economy and Professional Practice
    • Digital Multimedia Photography
    • Documentary: Modes and Meanings
    • Enhancing your Employability through Work Based Learning
    • Essential Skills for Recording, Recruiting and Remixing
    • European Cinema and Key Movements
    • Experiential Project in Media
    • International Exchange Module – Full academic year
    • Introduction to Studio
    • Learning in the Wider World
    • Radio Sequence Programmes
    • Recording, Recruiting and Remixing
    • Research for Professions, Practice and Academic Purposes
    • Short Cuts and Animation
    • The Study Abroad Experience

    Year 3 Modules Include:

    • Business and Entrepreneurial Skills: Photographic Digital Technologies
    • Creative Branding
    • Digital Photography: Production, Curation and Exhibition
    • Enhanced Music Production
    • Final Major Media Project
    • Innovative Methods in Branding Communication
    • Live And Online Music Promotion
    • Music PR and Promotion Writing
    • News: Agendas, Discourse and Commercialisation
    • Non-Broadcast Production
    • Producing and Directing
    • Radio Management Projects
    • Radio Production Projects
    • Screen Themes
    • Understanding Celebrity Culture

    Learning & Teaching

    Chester’s BA degree in Media is delivered via many teaching methods. Lectures, seminars and skills sessions are common, but most modules will also include a wide range of practical sessions. You’ll get actual experience producing programming for on-campus TV and Radio broadcast, preparing are for gallery exhibition and making contributions to a working news website. Your progress will be assessed by coursework, both on an individual and a group basis. You’ll also write formal exams and essays.

    Career Possiblities

    This degree program could be your first step toward an exciting career in media. Your next step might be going right into the job market, pursuing a professional qualification, or entering into a higher degree program, perhaps at the MA or MSc level. You’ll have many degree options both at Chester and elsewhere. If you opt to look for work immediately, you’ll have the full assistance of the university’s Careers and Employability Service.

    Entry Credit

    Successful completion will result in a 3 year BA degree.

    Applicants must typically have earned 104 UCAS Tariff points, or the international equivalent. The full list of accepted qualifications can be found here.

    All classes are taught in English, and international students will be required to show proficiency in English by scoring well on an approved test. An IELTS score of 6.0 overall and with no section scoring less than 5.5 would qualify, for example.

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