Media Production BA (Hons)

Success in the media industry means creating powerful products that communicate with their target audiences through a constantly evolving range of media platforms. This course gives you the skills and insider knowledge needed to make that success happen.

Producing media content is an exciting up-to-the-minute form of social communication strongly influenced by cultural economic and political factors. To create innovative effective communications across a range of platforms you must be able to combine media theory with practical production skills.

This broad-based course focuses on the production process while giving you the theoretical grounding you need. So you study practical units such as digital design making sound and images film-making and experimental production combined with units ensuring your understanding of media theory and research digital cultures and future digital production.

Why choose this course?

• Access to a wide range of professional production equipment including broadcast-standard TV and radio studios green screen and 360 production
• Study with industry-experienced research-active tutors
• Explore the latest world-class research through the Research Institute for Media Art and Performance (RIMAP)
• Participate in and contribute to student festivals and competitions building your experience and your portfolio
• Develop portable skills in communications and team-working increasing your employability
• Benefit from a course that opens up careers in television production digital media production journalism teaching advertising media and PR
• Take the course over four years and benefit from a years placement in industry (see below) gaining experience and making contacts for the future.
• If you need to step up into higher education start with a Foundation Year (see below) which guarantees entry to the undergraduate course

To apply for a place on an undergraduate course (BA/BSc) you need to have completed your high school education (12 years) and have a pass equivalent to two UK A level passes and have the required English language qualification.

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country