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Key facts

  • Course length: 3 terms
  • Tuition fee
  • Entry points:
    September or January
  • Term dates:
    September 2010 start:
    1 - 27/9/10 to 10/12/10
    2 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
    3 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
    January 2011 start:
    1 - 10/1/11 to 25/3/11
    2 - 11/4/11 to 17/6/11
    3 - 20/6/11 to 19/8/11
  • Entry requirements
  • Course structure: 4 core modules and 6 route modules. You take three modules per term plus Project Study in the final term.

Assessment

  • End of module/term:
    a combination of examinations, coursework, presentations and extended essays
  • Continuous:
    a mixture of lecture classes, small group seminar work and directed self-study assessment

Leading to degrees in

  • Film Studies
  • Media Studies
  • Sociology

Full list of degree options

Media Studies Foundation

Core modules

Foundation English Skills 1

Develop your ability to read academic texts, write extended texts, write subjective notes, listen effectively and participate in classroom debate.

Foundation English Skills 2

Improve all your abilities developed in part 1 with greater accuracy, speed, cohesion, organisation and presentation.

Study Skills in the British Environment

Learn to use your study time more effectively, improve your use of, and range of, information sources and prepare comprehensive essays in your own time to given deadlines.

Project Study

Complete a self-study project on a topic that you will take, in consultation with your tutor, from the academic discipline that you plan to study at degree level.

Route modules

Media Studies 1

Learn about the media in society through the press, newspapers, radio, television, digitisation and the internet.

Media Studies 2

Follow studies in film and TV including image, sound, music, editing, camera positioning, lighting, production, and direction.

Media Studies 3

An introduction to advertising and marketing including promotion, ethics, funding and evaluation and techniques.

Sociology 1

Learn about research methods in sociology, the family, feminism, diversity, marriage, divorce and social policy.

Sociology 2

Follow studies in mass media and globalisation including ownership and control and the effects of the new global media.

Sociology 3

Learn about deviance and society including crime and the effects of deviance on society.