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BA (Hons) Media Communication Cultures

Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Engage with all forms of mass communication – the internet, social media, television, radio, popular music and cinema – on this dynamic course that critically explores cultural trends and media industries.

As part of your course, you’ll:

  • Get hands-on to create photographic essays, blogs and podcasts

  • Design a talk programme for a radio station

  • Invent and pitch a lifestyle TV concept

  • Design and create an online game and form an anti-racism campaign group

  • Work with professionals from social media, marketing, TV and magazine production 

  • Graduate with a recognised degree and employable skills across all current and potential future media platforms

General Eligibility

Access to HE Diploma:

Pass overall with a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points.

T Levels:

Pass overall with a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points, including a C or above on the core.

Scottish Awards:

112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 5 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade B or above.

Irish Leaving Certificate:

112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 5 subjects at a higher level of which at least 3 must be grade H3 or above.

International baccalaureate:

112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 3 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade H5 or above.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • Understanding Social Media

  • Cultural Studies

  • Media Interactions

  • BBC Radio: Cultural Talk, Public Purposes

  • Cinematic Identities: Gender, Class & Race

  • Researching Television

2 Year 2
  • Media: Past & Present, Where & When

  • Media Theory

  • Popular Music & the Moving Image

  • Researching Media & Culture

Option modules may include

  • Comedy, Media, Diversity

  • Youth, Crime, Culture

  • Media Professionals' Workshop

  • Applied Humanities: Live Brief Learning

3 Year 3
  • Media Dissertation

Option modules may include

  • Lifestyle, Media, Identity

  • Race, Culture & Media

  • Digital Media & Culture

  • Sports Media

  • Media Celebrity & Film Stardom

  • Challenging Gaming Culture

  • Career Cartographies

  • Human Obsolescence

  • Music & The Digital

  • Space Media

  • Storytelling for Social Impact

  • Surveillance Cultures

  • Mediating Modernities: Visual Culture & Urban Space c.1850-1989

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79
IELTS 6.0 with no skills below 5.5, or an equivalent qualification.

Additional Information

This course is available: Part-time, 6 years

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