BSc (Hons) Media Production degree • City, University of London

This course is for 2024/25 entry.

Key information

This creative degree is for students pursuing a career in making media. You will learn the key practical skills you need to create digital content. And you will learn the key contextual skills – from media distribution, business and audiences to how to work and manage in the creative industries – that are necessary to understand the bigger picture and land a job in the media industries.

Start date

September 2024

UCAS code

P310

Duration

3 years full-time
4 years with placement or study abroad year

Institution

City, University of London

Location

Northampton Square

Entry requirements

Below is a list of countries with information on each about which qualifications we accept.

English language requirements

If your first language is not English, we will require evidence of English language proficiency. Minimum requirements are:

IELTS:

6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component

Cambridge ESOL: CPE grade C or above
PTE Academic: 59 overall with a minimum of 59 in each component.

English language programmes

Don’t meet the English language requirements? INTO City, University of London offers English language programmes to help prepare you for study at university. These intensive and flexible courses are designed to improve your English ability for entry to degree courses.

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Media Production BA (Hons) degree Course overview

Our BA Media Production is designed to give students a solid grounding in modern-day media, from idea development, creation and production, to postproduction, distribution and consumption. You will build a portfolio of skills, learning through practical work and underpinning critical theory modules.

Our course focuses on contemporary media production as a fast-growing and continually evolving industry.

You will examine trends in media content (e.g. podcasting, TikTok, YouTube) and crossovers with advertising, promotion and influencer culture. As well as enhancing your practical skills in areas such as camerawork, audio recording and video editing, fully understanding media requires knowledge of audiences, how the media and creative industries operate as well as the ethical and legal questions that creative professionals face.

Develop your practical skills in creating video content, podcasts, blogs and websites
Learn how to create professional content for a variety of audiences and platforms: from screen media to podcasting and creative advertising
Focus on career-relevant assessment methods such as creative portfolios, industry reports and reflective essays
Take advantage of excellent media internship opportunities thanks to our central London location.

Structure

Course content

Your core modules teach you about digital content creation as well as the operations of global media industries, including branding, distribution platforms, and regulation.

In your elective modules you can opt into more specialist and practical elements including digital storytelling, UX and web analytics, marketing communication and podcasting.

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

Year 1

In the first year, you will study six core modules from across Media and Communications. This provides you with a solid grounding before you concentrate more deeply on your chosen focus and electives in your second and third years.

Year 2

In the second year, you will take seven core modules and one elective to deepen your skills in video editing and strengthen your practical creative writing skills for different professional media contexts.

Year 3

The third year places greater emphasis on your career interests and specialist application. Through a series of workshops and individual supervision meetings, you will complete a final-year project, which requires you to design and complete either a practical media project with a reflective essay, or an applied research dissertation. You will also take four core modules and one elective.

Teaching and assessment

Your modules will be delivered using a combination of:

Lectures
Practical workshops (here you will hone your skills in areas such as camerawork, sound recording and digital editing.)
Interactive sessions
Small seminars
Personal tutorials

Lectures will provide you with commentary and explanation of key content areas.

Most modules also offer small seminars and workshops, where you can develop your understanding of key texts and ideas through discussion and debate as well as hone your practical and professional skills.

This versatility of approach will not only facilitate discussion but allow you to generate your own content, with different audiences, forms and functions in mind.

Assessment methods

The programme assesses your knowledge of key concepts and creative practice with a mix of coursework assignments.

These include creative portfolios, films and adverts, blogs and podcasts, reflective essays, presentations, industry reports, marketing plans and other projects.

Fees and funding

Fees for year 2024/25

£9,250

Overseas/EU

£18,410

The tuition fees indicated are for the 2024/25 academic year only. Fees for future years may be subject to an inflationary increase in the region of 5%.

Funding options

Explore up-to-date information about funding options, available financial support and typical living costs.

Fee waivers are available for this course.
Means tested support is available for 2024/25 entry.

Additional expenses

Some of our degrees may involve additional expenses which are not covered by your tuition fees. Find out more about additional expenses.

Career

Upon graduation, students can enter a broad range of roles including:

Digital content creator
Content marketer
Video editor
Production coordinator
Social and digital media manager
Writing and publishing roles
Broadcast and news media
Data Analysis
User Experience (UX) researcher.

Internships

You are encouraged to take advantage of the excellent internship opportunities that City's central London location provides.

Students have secured placements with a diversity of organisations, large and small, international and local.

How to apply

Applications for degree courses must be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

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You can apply through your school or college using the Apply system, which enables you to submit your application directly to the UCAS website.

You can apply to up to five universities or institutions on the form. The UCAS code for City, University of London is C60.

Please take care to enter the correct course code when applying, particularly for subjects with a Foundation year or with BEng (Hons) and MEng (Hons) or BSc (Hons) and MSci (Hons) options.

UCAS has implemented an 'invisibility of choices' policy so that, on the initial application and while you are receiving decisions, each institution can see only their entry and not those of other institutions you have chosen. This ensures that your application for a course at City is considered solely on your academic and personal qualities.

You should submit your completed application form to UCAS with a £27.50 application fee.

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When to apply

Your application for entry in September 2024 should arrive at UCAS between September 2023 and 31 January 2024. Applications that arrive after 31 January 2024 will be considered only at City's discretion.

Contacting UCAS

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