Media Joint Honours, BA (Hons)

This course was ranked as one of the top 20 media courses in the UK in the Times and Guardian University guides 2012. It combines theoretical approaches to media with opportunities to learn practical media skills, and to learn from industry professionals. Choose another joint honours subject to create your degree. Why choose this course?

This popular degree combines theoretical approaches to media with opportunities to learn practical media skills. You will learn from industry professionals and explore all aspects of media cultures, from social networking sites and lifestyle magazines to anti-globalisation movements and computer gaming.

This course is taught by a team of eminent researchers. In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), 85% of our Communication, Culture and Media research was assessed as world leading or of international quality. For you, this means that the course is informed by the latest thinking and you will learn from people with a real passion for their subject.

Degree options and UCAS codes

Media Joint Honours is taken in combination with one or two of the following subjects as part of the BA Joint Honours programme. The number in brackets is the UCAS code for a Joint Honours degree in Media alongside the listed subject:

• Communication and Society (LP33)
• English (PQ33)
• European Studies (PR39)
• Film and TV (new combination for 2013) (P391)
• French (RL16)
• German (RP23)
• Global Studies (LP93)
• History (PV31)
• International Relations (LP23)
• Italian (RP33)
• Linguistics (PQ31)
• Philosophy (VP53)
• Spanish (RP43).

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What will I study?

Media can be combined with another subject to create your degree programme.

Find out more about our degree combinations including Media:

• BA (Hons) English and Media (PQ33)
• BA (Hons) French and Media (RL16)
• BA (Hons) German and Media (RP23)
• BA (Hons) Global Studies and Media (LP93)
• BA (Hons) Italian and Media (RP33)
• BA (Hons) Linguistics and Media (PQ31)
• BA (Hons) Media and Communication and Society (LP33)
• BA (Hons) Media and European Studies (PR39)
• BA (Hons) Media and Film and TV (P391)
• BA (Hons) Media and History (PV31)
• BA (Hons) Media and International Relations (LP23)
• BA (Hons) Philosophy and Media (VP53)
• BA (Hons) Spanish and Media (RP43)

Extra opportunities

Our flexible curriculum has been designed to create some amazing opportunities for students in the School of Arts and Humanities. Your second year of study is divided into two semesters that enable students to take part in optional:

• International exchange
• Work placements
• Learn or improve language skills

Gain valuable work experience that will impress employers, learn another language, experience other cultures and travel the globe - all as part of your degree. Our international exchange partners include universities in Australia, Europe, USA, Canada and Thailand. Find out more on an Open Day.

View the full course specification
Please note that course specifications may be subject to change

Media laboratories and equipment
We have specialist media laboratories at Clifton campus to develop multimedia production skills. Equipment includes:

• HDV camcorders
• tripods
• lighting kit
• cameras
• voice recorders
• iMacs
• FinalCut software
• turntables
• sound equipment.

This equipment is supported by technical staff and is available as free hire for student project work.

The Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism at the City site also provides multimedia facilities such as sound recording studios,TV studio and gallery.

Books and library resources
In our library you will have access to an extensive and diverse range of books including those on your reading list. The library also stocks Multimedia periodicals. Clifton campus has its own Blackwell’s Bookshop which stocks relevant academic texts plus a wide range of bestselling novels.

IT resources
Our IT resource rooms and PC clusters are distributed across Clifton campus, with PCs providing access to:

• Microsoft Office
• email
• web browsing
• networked file storage
• high-speed online printing services (with a free printing allowance for each student).

Resource rooms are available 24 hours a day.