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BA (Hons)Communications and Film & TV

Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This degree provides a comprehensive examination of the theory, practice, and socio-cultural implications of communications, film, and television. With an interdisciplinary approach that combines critical thinking with creative practice and close attention to context, you’ll come to see how film, TV, advertising print, and digital media are important forms of communication with their own distinctive traditions, styles, and ideologies.

Exploring the complex relationship between communications, culture, and society, you’ll examine the ways in which the big and small screen, print, and digital media shape our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Alongside engaging with a diverse range of media communications, you'll explore themes such as identity, the environment, and representation from local, national, and international perspectives and develop critical thinking and analytical skills to assess the social, cultural, and political implications of different media forms.

Throughout your studies, you will develop critical thinking, analytical, and creative skills that are essential for success in these dynamic and rapidly evolving fields.

General Eligibility

For UK Students:

  • Standard offer: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications

  • Contextual offer: 104 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications.

  • GCSE English and Maths grade C / 4

International Students:

You will need the equivalent to:

  • 112 UCAS tariff points from four A-levels or equivalent qualifications

  • GCSE English and Maths grade C / 4.

International qualifications

We accept qualifications from all over the world – check yours here: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/international/study-and-courses/your-application/entry-requirements-by-country

Part Time Work Details

20 hours work permit for international students

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Core modules

  • Understanding the Communications Revolution

  • Psychology of Communication

  • Film and TV style in close-up

  • Transformation: Agency and Self

Optional modules typically include - choose one

  • Journalism and Promotional Cultures

  • International Ciné-Club

2 Year 2

Core modules

  • Explorations in Identity and Selfhood

  • Putting Film and TV into practice

  • Transformation: Agency and World

Optional pathways

  • Pathway 1: Extended work-like experience

  • Pathway 2: An international exchange

Interdisciplinary optional modules typically include:

  • Intercultural Communication at Work

  • People and Planet: pasts, presents, and futures

  • Rhetoric and Public Communication

Film & TV optional modules typically include:

  • British Cinema

  • Analysing British Television

  • Film Programming

Communications optional modules typically include:

  • Journalism and PR: Critiques and Practice

  • Media, Communication, and Culture in East Asia

  • Gender and Sexuality

3 Year 3
  • Communications Major Project

  • Film and Television Major Project

  • Humanities Research Project

  • Transformation: Agency and Social Change

Interdisciplinary optional modules typically include:

  • Artificial Intelligence: Human Factors

  • Humanities in Action

Film and TV optional modules typically include:

  • American Television since 1950: from broadcast to narrowcast

  • Rubbish Film

  • American Cinema Since 1949: Margins and Mainstreams

  • Global Screen Cultures

Communications optional modules typically include:

  • Persuasion, Promotion, Propaganda

  • Natural Futures? Global Environmental Catastrophes and the Fate of Life on Earth

  • DJ Cultures: History, Theory and Technique

  • Self in Crisis: Power, Prejudice and Otherness

  • Advertising, Journalism, and the PR Project

  • What's New: The Future of Media Communications

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL74
  • PTE59

Accepted qualifications:

  • IELTS Academic

  • TOEFL iBT, including ‘Home Edition' - We accept the online test as well

  • IGCSE

  • Cambridge

  • Oxford

  • Pearson Test of English

  • International/European Baccalaureate

  • A/O level

  • Trinity College ISE

  • KITE - We accept the online test as well

  • Various country qualifications

6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component

This requirement is for Year One entry only. If you're starting in Year Two or final year you'll need a higher grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component

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.

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