Media and Communication with Languages BA (Hons)

About the course

This dynamic and forward looking course provides you with practical research skills and informed critical perspectives, and is taught by world leading researchers in media, television and cultural studies, with experienced practitioners in the field of public relations and new media.

Media and Communication with Languages is distinct from the single and joint honours courses as it combines the study of media and communication with the study of a foreign language, offering you an essential skill for success in the global job market.

You will take a 30 credit beginners or post-GCSE module in your chosen language, which will equate to two hours of language classes and one hour of cultural studies per week.

We currently offer Media and Communication with French (at beginner or post-GCSE level) and other European and Oriental language options may be available - please contact the faculty for full details.

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Key facts

UCAS course code:

• Media and Communication with French: P3RX

Duration: Three years full-time, six years part-time.

Institution code: D26

Teaching and assessment

You will be taught both by industry practitioners and by academics whose research puts them at the forefront of contemporary media knowledge. Assessed work will make demands on your academic and creative skills and includes writing essays, producing research and practical projects, and making presentations.

Full-time students taking four 30-credit modules would normally expect the weekly workload to be a minimum of eight hours of class contact in the form of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials plus 32 hours of personal study.

Each year the language module focuses on language competence/skills classes and a ‘cultural awareness’ class each week which introduces the history, culture, institutions, politics and literature of your chosen language. In the final year there may be an opportunity to study language for specific purposes (e.g. business language). You will take a 30 credit module in your chosen language which will equate to two hours of language classes and one hour of cultural studies per week, learning about the country and its people.

Course modules

Year one modules

• Introduction to Media, Culture and Society
• Analysing Media and Communication
• Networked Media
• Photography and Video 1
• Language module (Basic User A1 or A2 depending on entry language level)

Year two modules

The modules will be drawn from the following:

• Researching Media and Communication
• Television Studies
• Journalism 1
• Media, Gender and Identity
• Public Relations 1
• Media Discourse
• New Media 1: Design and Production
• Citizen Media
• Photography and Video 2 (The Documentary Image)
• Language module (Basic User A2 or Independent User B1 depending on entry language level)

Year three modules

• Dissertation/Negotiated Project
• Journalism 2
• Forms and Practices of Radio
• New Media 2: Creative Project
• Advertising and Consumption
• Political Communication
• Writing for the Screen
• Audiences and Fandom
• Public Relations 2
• Identities
• Political Communication
• Music Industry Management
• Negotiated Practice – Photography or Video
• Language module (Independent User B1 or Independent User B2 depending on entry language level)

Work experience and placements

You can benefit from placement opportunities through our close links with BBC Radio Leicester, community media organisations and Leicester’s independent arts and cinema complex, Phoenix Square, along with employers in the media industries in the UK and abroad. During the second year, you will have the opportunity to apply to study abroad with the ERASMUS exchange programme. Previous destinations have included North America and Europe.

Graduate careers

Our recent graduates have gone on to work for Cosmopolitan, the BBC, CBeebies, MentornMedia (Question Time), Hewlett Packard and News International. Graduates have also pursued careers in both the public and private sector and have gone on to work in advertising, SEO, sales, TV production, journalism, independent media, film, teaching and public relations agencies. Some graduates choose to continue their education by researching the media and related subjects at postgraduate master’s and doctoral levels of study.

Fees and funding

UK/EU Full-time £9,000 Placement year £650 Part-time (Where available) 4 year course £5,925 per year 6 year course £3,950 per year Per module £988 per 15 credits International
Full-time £11,250 Placement year £750

For more information please take a look at our Fees and Funding| section.

Scholarships

Scholarships and bursaries are available to home undergraduate students studying on a full time basis. To see if you are eligible, take a look at the Fees and Funding| section of the website.