Media and Communications

Description

This course is designed to produce graduates who will be at the forefront of a wide range of careers within the media and cultural industries. You will focus on the emerging areas of social, open and mobile media, alongside the rapidly transforming established media. This course has a distinctive international scope which enables you to study, gain professional experience and take part in research projects abroad.
If you choose this course you will benefit from:

• Dedicated and flexible creative learning environments designed for the future;
• a mobile technology pack, tailored to your course - a high quality laptop equipped with tailored pro-sumer software (terms and conditions apply);
• the opportunity to meet world-leading experts on new media;
• experienced teaching staff who are leading scholarship in their fields and who bring their professional, or research expertise in to their teaching;
• the opportunity to take part in research projects in cities all over Europe and beyond and become a 21st century media professional pro-sumer (a media producer, distributor and consumer);
• the option of invaluable experience of working, or studying abroad on a year long placement;
• the opportunity to review our world cinema premieres and use social networks, blogs and mobile media to make your views heard around the world;
• an active engagement in live and professional media and cultural projects with your fellow students and with staff who are active in research and practice;
• the department’s international links, e.g. with Zhejiang University of Media and Communications (ZUMC) in China and Jean Moulin University, Lyon, France where we have sent students on extended study periods;
• access to pro-sumer media equipment via our dedicated Media Loan Shop.

Detailed Course Facts

Tuition fee

• GBP 9000 Module (EEA)
• GBP 12444 Module (International)

Start date September 2015 Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Part-time, Full-time Intensity Flexible

Course Content

Over the course of the three years you will cover the key areas of: new media, global and international contexts of media and culture, historical context, theoretical context, media and cultural research, and media and cultural production.

In your first year you will cover the above key areas of theory and learn about how to apply them to practical examples of the media. You will also learn the essentials of how to research.

In the second and final year you will cover more areas of the media in depth, such as: Research and Methodology, Sound and Music in the Digital World, Digital Screen Cultures or Cultural and Semiotic Analysis of Advertising, Transcultural Film, Communication Practice or Experimental Narrative.

At the end of the second year you will have the option to take a placement or study abroad year before completing a global digital media study and a major project or dissertation in your final year.

Your course will be based on a series of lectures, with associated seminars, workshop practical classes. In addition, your personal tutor will review and discuss your progress with you and will be available for advice.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

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Requirements

Essential Entry Requirements:

• 5 GCSEs at grade A*-C including English Language, or specified equivalents.

Typical Offers

• A-Levels: BCC preferably to include one from Media or Film Studies
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM in Media

Access: A pass in the Access Diploma. Access applicants can meet the GCSE requirements through their current studies and do not need to have these qualifications separately.

• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 28 points to include English at Higher level

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Coventry University.

Funding

Merit Scholarship Scheme

Merit Scholarship scheme: £1,000, in year one only and based on academic performance.

• Available to all international students applying for full-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Coventry University.
• Scholarships are allocated on the basis of academic merit. (Postgraduate applicants must hold 2.1 or equivalent, undergraduate applicants must hold A-levels or equivalent at grades BBC)
• There is no separate scholarship application process: all undergraduate applications from self-funded international students from any non-EU country and postgraduate applications from international, will automatically be considered for a merit award. You will not have to do anything, if you are successful you will be notified in due course by the International Office.

University Research Studentship Scheme

Occasionally, funding becomes available to enable the University, either centrally, through one of the faculties or from other sources, to offer research studentships in specified topics or fields of study.

Science Without Borders

Brazilian students are able to apply for full scholarship - including tuition fees and accommodation - to study undergraduate sandwich programmes at Coventry University.

Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC) offers opportunities to Commonwealth citizens to study in the UK, as part of the UK's contribution to the international Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.

If you are a citizen of a developed Commonwealth country, you can apply for:

Scholarships for PhD and split-site (PhD) study

If you are a citizen of a developing Commonwealth country, you can apply for

• Scholarships for Masters, PhD, or split-site (PhD) study at UK universities
• Shared Scholarships for Masters study at selected UK universities

If you are a citizen of the Maldives, St Helena or the Seychelles, you can apply for:

• Scholarships for undergraduate study at UK universities

Ferguson Trust Scholarships

Ferguson Trust Scholarships are made available through the generosity of The Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust. The Trust was set up in memory of two generations of the Ferguson family to promote education, international friendship and understanding, and the promotion of world peace and development. The Trust supports people from low-income and conflict-affected regions who want to improve their knowledge of peace and reconciliation. Scholarship amounts vary and are dependent on individual circumstances and assessment.