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Media and Communications

BA (Single Honours)

Start date:

September 2024

You'll need:

112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

Foundation Year entry: 64 UCAS points (or equivalent)

UCAS codes:

P300

P301 (if choosing Foundation Year)

It all starts here. This practice-based, industry-facing programme is designed to give you real world experience and equip you for a career in the creative industries.

Did you know?

You can tailor your degree by choosing modules that fit with your interests, whether its developing your research skills, learning how to create effective multiplatform and mobile campaigns, or practicing journalism skills and radio and podcast production.

This course is also available with a foundation year (September entry only)

Find out more about our Foundation Year

Foundation Scholarship available (home students enrolling on degrees with foundation years)

Modules

Year 1 Year 2 Placement Year Year 3 Foundation

This course offers all students the option of a one-year paid work placement, to boost your employability even further. If you choose this route, you will take the placement following year two of your course, and then return to complete your degree.

Why take a placement?

A placement year is the perfect opportunity to gain valuable work experience, to build on the career skills we will teach you on this degree. The connections you make on the placement will improve your career prospects further, and equip you with the skills you need to secure graduate-level employment.

How we support you

The University's Placement and Work Experience Team are experts at helping you to secure a placement. They will work closely with you from the start, helping you research potential employers, discover placement opportunities, create and pitch your CV, and will coach you to perform well in interviews. We aren't able to guarantee a placement, but our sector-leading advisors will give you the best possible chance of securing one.

Find out more about how we'll support you

We understand that your plans might change once you start your programme. If you decide not to do a placement, you will have the option of completing the three year version of your programme.

Whatever your choice, you will have access to many opportunities for work experience through our Placement and Work Experience Team, and access to face-to-face and 24/7 online careers support.

This course is offered as a degree with foundation year – a four-year programme which provides an additional foundation year at the beginning of the degree, that will give you academic and practical experience, as well as the skills you need to ensure you are equipped to successfully complete your chosen degree.

£2,000 Foundation Scholarships for all home students

Find out more about our degrees with a foundation year

Skills

Skills that help you grow.

This professionally oriented degree will equip you with creative and critical thinking skills, executive skills, and business awareness necessary to succeed in the creative industries.

You will learn about the key media functions that shape consumer culture, including:

Marketing
Branding
PR
Advertising
Data
Audience engagement

This degree will provide you with a deep insight into a rapidly evolving industry, and equip you with broad skills ranging from media production to data analytics.

Not only will you develop journalistic skills such as research, identifying and interviewing credible sources, editing texts, and selecting stories for publication, but you will also gain knowledge about the business of media. This prepares you for a more detailed exploration of various aspects of the media environment in the subsequent years.

Learning

Enjoy hands-on, accessible learning that prepares you for work.

Working with practitioners and experts, you will engage in hands-on projects covering:

Digital media production
Project management
Radio and podcasting
Photography
Feature writing
Marketing and digital communications strategies
Storytelling and media language

You will also have the opportunity to conduct research on key topics relating to media communications and will be encouraged to reflect on your own role as a consumer and creator of media content.

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Assessment

Push yourself further with real-world assignments.

You’ll be set authentic assessments, meaning that your projects, tasks and exercises will replicate the working world of media and communications including oral presentations, ‘real world’ case study projects and portfolio work. This will ensure you are fully prepared for life after graduation.

Between Years 2 and 3, you can also opt for a professional placement year, meaning you can apply for a placement and gain valuable real-world experience in media and communications.

Career

If you’re ready to learn, we’ll help you gain the confidence and opportunities to achieve.

Our graduates go on to work in different specialisms, such as:

Digital editor and writer
Digital communication manager
Web designer
Digital campaign manager
Social media content manager
Online PR manager
Customer experience manager
Online advertiser
Digital assets curator
Interactive media designer
Digital project manager

Open days

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Applying

UK Students International Students

Full-time UK undergraduate students apply through UCAS.

How to apply

Apply via UCAS

Entry requirements

Entry tariff

112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

Foundation Year entry: 64 UCAS points (or equivalent)

We welcome applicants with a wide range of qualifications, including BTECs, A-levels and T Levels.

We welcome applications from students studying T Levels.

For all courses we also accept a wide range of other qualifications and experience. Contact us to find out more.

When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.

General entry requirements

UK students

Tuition fees and funding

September 2024 entry tuition fees

Year one fees

UK: £9,250
Placement year: £998

We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our 2024 financial support pages for UK students.

We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.

International undergraduate students apply through our direct application system.

How to apply

Apply directly

Entry requirements