| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-19 | - |
| 2024-01-09 | 2023-11-04 |
Program Overview
The Media and Communication BA (Hons) at De Montfort University equips students with practical research skills and critical perspectives for a successful career in the media industry. The program offers a dynamic and forward-focused approach, with a modern focus in teaching and access to multimillion-pound facilities. Students can choose from various routes to complement their understanding of the main subject and broaden their skill sets for a wider range of career paths.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This program offers a dynamic and forward-focused approach to media and communication studies, equipping students with practical research skills and critical perspectives for a successful career in the industry.
Objectives:
- Equip students with the skills and insights required to succeed in the media environment.
- Enable students to progress into diverse careers in sectors such as PR, journalism, marketing, entertainment, international relations, politics, and education.
- Provide a modern focus in teaching to adapt to industry changes and proficiently use the latest technology.
Key Features:
- Designed with employability in mind, with modules focusing on media industries, digital cultures, and new media.
- Offers routes through Creative Writing, Drama, English Language, English Literature, Film Studies, History, or Journalism to complement and enrich understanding of the main subject and broaden skill sets for a wider range of career paths.
- Provides access to multimillion-pound facilities, including editing suites, TV studios, radio studios, dark rooms, blue and green screen studios, and video production laboratories.
- Benefits from close links with local media partners including BBC Radio Leicester, Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, and community media organizations.
- Offers valuable international experience as part of the DMU Global program. Previous students have immersed themselves in Hollywood fan culture, explored Berlin's media history, and learned about TV archives in New York.
- Employs block teaching, allowing students to focus on one subject at a time for a simpler timetable, regular feedback, and better study-life balance.
Outline:
Year One:
- Block 1: Media: Identities and Representations
- Block 2: Media Industries
- Block 3: Media, Culture and Society (or choose one Route)
- Block 4: New Media: Website Design and Coding
Year Two:
- Block 1: Digital Cultures
- Block 2: Streaming Cultures OR New Media: Creative Project
- Block 3: Global Subcultures and Music OR Public Relations and Strategic Communication (or continue Route)
- Block 4: Researching Media and Communication
Year Three:
- Block 1: Global Communications and Strategic Advertising Management OR Media Discourse: Global Events
- Block 2: Writing for the Screen OR Paranormal Media
- Block 3: Sport and the Media OR Gender and TV Fictions (or continue Route)
- Block 4: Dissertation
Routes:
- Students can choose a route in Block 3 during their first year.
- In the second year, students can choose to remain on their chosen route or return to Media and Communication.
- If they choose to remain with the route, it must be continued in their third year.
Full list of modules:
https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate/media-and-communication-ba-(hons)/structure-and-assessment
Assessment:
- Essays
- Reports
- Blogs
- Portfolios of practical and critical work
- Seminar presentations (individual and group)
- Dissertation
- Reflective journals
Teaching:
- Education 2030 approach with block teaching, focusing on one subject at a time.
- Instruction via lectures, seminars, workshops, screenings, independent study, and tutorials.
- Recent staff publications and articles in academic journals demonstrate expertise and current research.
Careers:
- Graduates have pursued careers in PR, journalism, marketing, entertainment, international relations, politics, education, advertising, SEO, TV production, journalism, independent media, film, teaching, and public relations.
- Work placements are offered through DMU Careers Team to boost skills and experience while studying.
- DMU Replay technology provides all students with anytime access to audio and/or visual material of lectures for revisiting and adapting material.
- Demon Media group, featuring The Demon magazine, Demon FM radio station, Demon TV, and The Demon website, provides additional industry-relevant experience.
- Media and Communication Society, Film Society, and Media Discourse Group offer further opportunities to enrich knowledge and experience.
UK EU/International Institution code: D26 UCAS course code: P300 Duration: Three years full-time, four years with placement Fees and funding: 2024/25 tuition fees for UK students: £9,250 How to apply Order a prospectus Book an Open Day Submit a study-related enquiry Institution code: D26 UCAS course code: P300 Duration: Three years full-time, four years with placement Fees and funding: 2023/24 tuition fees for international students: £15,750 Find out more about available funding for international students. How to apply Order a prospectus Submit a study-related enquiry
