www.derby.ac.uk/adtEducation with the personal touch

Media Studies BA (Hons)

Media Studies BA (Hons)

The course has opened moredoors to me than I thoughtpossible. Through the hard workof teaching staff, who are alwayshappy to take the time to helpstudents, I have been able tobegin working as a freelancer.

Lewis Love

Why choose this course?This course is taught by activeresearchers and practitioners, who willinspire and challenge you and help you toget the most out of your studies. The staffwho teach the theoretical modules haveall been published, and those who deliverthe practical components have first handexperience of working in the mediaindustries.

What you’ll coverAbout the courseThis course will introduce you to the studyand practice of a range of media formsand institutions. It focuses on how mediaengages with society, with practice basedmodules encouraging your creativity andunderstanding of the shaping of mediaproducts.

You'll develop a high level of medialiteracy and an understanding of mediapower and manipulation.

How you’ll learnTeaching is delivered through a range ofmethods: lectures, seminars, practicalworkshops and tutorials.

We’ve previously run trips to PinewoodStudios and recently we took students tothe UK Asian Music Awards to give theman opportunity to gain work experience.

Your careerCareers talks are arranged each year andformer students have gone on to work inTV researching, film and TV production,public relations, marketing, film archiving,web design, radio presenting orproduction and newspapers. Others usedtheir degree for higher level entry into, forexample, the Civil Service, publicrelations, charity management, customerservices, further education or teaching.

If you would like to pursue your studies togain a postgraduate qualification, youmay wish to take our MA Humanitiescourse.

OptionsStage twoYou’ll choose from:▪ Digital Publishing 2: Media and Convergence

▪ Television Production 2▪ Print Production▪ Youth TV▪ Media Law▪ American Television in the 1950s and 1960s

▪ American Youth Cinema▪ Work Based Learning in the Creative and Cultural Industries

▪ Media Ethics.

Stage threeYou’ll choose from:▪ Television Production 3: TV Drama▪ Contesting Cultures: American Popular Culture in the Contemporary World

▪ Cultures of the War on Terror▪ Schedules and Margins

AUTUMN American Cultural Studies: An Introduction

Digital Publishing 1: News Media

Audiences and AudienceResearch

Mass Media: Text and Context

Television Production 1Representation, Race and

GenderSTAGE ONE

Where you will study: Derby Campus – Kedleston Road site.

Entry requirements: Academic – 260 UCAS tariff points, ofwhich at least 220 must be from yourInternational Baccalaureate or equivalentqualification.

Language – A qualification such as IELTS6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all areas) orTOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213(computer based), 80 (internet based).See our website for other acceptedqualifications or phone us: +44 (0)1332 591698.

Duration: 3 years full time

Course fees: £10,225* per year*These fees apply if you are starting this course between

September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you

check fees as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

Start date: September

UCAS Code: P300

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AUTUMN Media, Culture and Power:

European Cultural StudiesAmerican Popular Music -

Media Research ProjectConflicting Images: News and

the Media-ST

AGE TWO

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AUTUMN

Independent Study in MediaStudies

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STAGE THREE

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▪ Contemporary American Cinema▪ Documentary and Factual Production: Poetics and Praxis

▪ Cyberbodies▪ Management Experience in the Creative and Cultural Industries

▪ TV and Tourism▪ Digital Publishing 3: Professional Digital Portfolio.

Get in touchDr Nathan Hunt

E: adtenquiry@derby.ac.uk

T: +44 (0)1332 591736

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