Skip to main content
Panoramic collage of university campus architecture

BA Media and Communications

University of Roehampton London, United Kingdom
Save

Course Overview

This professionally-oriented BA Media and Communications is designed to provide you with the creative and critical thinking, executive skills, and business awareness to succeed in the creative industries. You will learn about the key media functions that define consumer culture, including marketing, branding PR, advertising, data, and audience engagement. This degree will provide you with a deep insight into a rapidly-evolving industry, and give you broad-based skills ranging from media production to data analytics. Working with practitioners and experts, you will develop practical skills in digital media production, project management, and creative skills in diverse formats including radio and podcasting, photography, and feature-writing. You will develop the ability to devise and target messages for a wide range of audiences, and understand storytelling and media language. You will 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.

General Eligibility

Entry tariff:

  • Year 1 entry: 112 UCAS points (or equivalent)

  • Degree with Foundation Year

  • Foundation Year entry: 48 UCAS points (or equivalent)

  • 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.

  • passes in two distinct subjects at GCE Advanced Level; or

  • a pass in one subject at GCE Advanced Level plus (a) passes in two distinct subjects at GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level, or (b) a Vocational A-Level Single Award, or (c) two Vocational A-Level part Awards;

  • a Vocational A-Level Double Award; or

  • a Vocational A-Level Single Award plus (a) two Vocational A-Level part Awards, or (b) passes in two distinct subjects at GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level; or

  • a BTEC National Certificate or Diploma; or

  • a completed T-Level award; or

  • a Scottish Certificate of Education with (a) passes in five subjects, including at least three at a Higher grade, or (b) passes in four subjects all at a Higher grade or New Higher grade; or

  • the full Diploma of the International Baccalaureate; or

  • an Irish Leaving Certificate with passes in four subjects at Grade C at the Higher level.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Digital Methods 1

  • Online Video Production

  • Journalists and the World 1

  • Digital Photography Workshop

  • The Business of Media

  • The Art of the Story

School of Arts Career Preparation

  • Career Preparation

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Marketing in Practice

  • The Craft of the Story

  • The Power of Data

Optional modules

  • Digital Methods 2

  • Strategic Digital Communication

  • Feature Writing

  • Radio and Podcasting

  • Connectivities

  • Audiovisual Journalism

  • Media Language

  • Career and Professional Development

Programme Convener's approval needed

  • Independent Creative Project

Work Placement Year

  • Work Placement Year

3 Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Public Relations in Practice

  • Media Practice Project

Optional modules

  • Doing Visual Research in Media and Culture

  • Copywriting

  • Cinema in the Digital Age

  • International Challenges and the Media

  • Mediating the Self

  • The Media, the Critic and the Public Sphere

  • Work Placement

Programme Convener's approval needed

  • Extended Essay/Creative Piece

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each component

Additional Information

This course is available: 4 years (full-time) if opting for the additional placement year 4 years (full-time) if opting for Foundation Year entry

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

Contact Us
Call
WhatsApp
Email