ObjectivesA multi-disciplinary approach to the study of mass communication is adopted within the degree. Although the field of mass communication will be the main focus of study throughout the three years of the degree, you will also study modules in Sociology.
Entry requirementsEntry Requirements * A/AS Levels: Three A levels usually required. All subjects accepted. Two AS levels considered in place of one A Level. * GCSE: No specific requirements. * Access to HE course: Pass with a substantial number of credits at level 3. * European Baccalaureate: Pass with 68% overall. * International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points. * Leicestershire Progression Accord: 270 points as above plus full Accord credits. * BTEC Nationals: Full Diploma with DDM. * Other Qualifications: Other national and international qualifications welcomed. * Mature students welcomed: Alternative qualifications considered. * Second Year Entry: Possible for those with advanced qualifications compatible with our degree structure. Interviews are not normally required. * All applicants receiving an offer will be invited to visit us. * This degree is not available on a part-time basis.
Academic titleBSc Communications, Media and Society
Course descriptionBSc Communications, Media and Society
Programme
First Year
You will take four introductory media courses: Introduction to Cinema; Media Audiences; The Mass Media in Britain; the Media in the International Context. You will also take two Sociology courses, Society in Transformation 1 and 2.
Second Year
You will take six modules: The Production of News; Television Production; Analysing Communication Processes; The Communication of Politics; Media, Identity and the Popular Culture; New Media and the Wired World.
There is also an opportunity for students to spend the first semester of the second year in Canada, the US, New Zealand, or Australia (although more international options may be available in the future).
Third Year
You choose four modules from the following list (this list may vary from year to year): Technology, Culture and Power; Film Text/ Film Context: Approaches to Film Theory; Advertising and Cultural Consumption; The International Context of Communication; The Media and the Body; Music as Communication; Science, Environment and Risk Communication.
A 12,000-15,000 word dissertation in the field of mass communication is also undertaken. Recent dissertation titles have included: Big Brother: Transformations in Television Culture; The Independence of Mike Leigh: A Case Study of the ‘British Channel 4 Aesthetic’; Free Press, Fair Trial; Rights in Opposition; Women and Horror: Like Lambs to the Slaughter?