2013
Course overview
This stimulating and intellectually challenging course combines practical work in digital video, interactive media, radio and photography, the study of media and creative industries (including opportunities to engage with industry professionals and undertake work experience) and the academic study of culture and media in western and non-western contexts.
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The degree is taught by highly qualified academics together with professional production staff with experience of working in the media industry. You will be encouraged to explore the relationship between production practice, industry requirements and academic theory throughout your three years of study.
You will have access to professional-standard TV and digital photographic facilities and our suite of recording and radio studios.
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Industrial focus
The degree features an industry strand running throughout its three years. In the first year students take a unit which introduces them to debates around media ethics and media law. The emphasis here is on practical knowledge. In the second year students undertake a unit titled Professional Practice: Live Brief. This sees students working towards completing a project that has been set by industry professionals.
In the third year students complete a Work Experience unit, having had the opportunity to undertake an industrial placement in their first and second years of study, and a unit called Media Events which sees them set up, promote and then document a live event.
Course content
Year 1
Five core units:
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Digital Production (Audio and Online)
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Visual Production (Photography and Video)
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Creative Industries: Policies, Ethics and Debates
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Audio-Visual Analysis
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Global British Media Culture.
Year 2
Four core units and two option units:
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Online Industries: Online Practices
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Professional Practice: Live Brief
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Media, Culture and Ideology
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Europe and its Others.
Options:
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Documentary Photography
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Documentary Audio/Radio
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Documentary Video
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Image Design and Image Post-Production
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Videography and Video Editing
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Sound Design and Sound Editing
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Curriculum Plus.
Year 3
Four core units and two option units:
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Global Media Industries
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Work Experience
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Media Events
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Dissertation or Major Project.
Options:
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Option 1
- Media and Culture in China
- Media and Culture in Japan
- Media and Culture in India
- Media and Culture in Brazil.
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Option 2
- Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality
- Corporate Study: Disney
- Advanced Writing for Radio and the Screen
- Photojournalism
- Advanced Audio-Video Editing
- TV Studio Production
- Curriculum Plus.
Why choose Solent?
The course combines academic, production-based and industry-based units. It equips its graduates with a potent combination of technical skills, practical know-how and a firm grounding in industry issues and academic approaches to the study of the media.
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Distinctive programme of study that brings together industry knowledge and production skills in a number of different mediums and academic study of media
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A range of facilities including three fully equipped television studios and a 200-seat HD multi-camera studio.
Assessment
Essays, presentations, portfolios and a range of practical projects.
Projects/work experience
The degree maintains a close working relationship with the University’s in-house production company Solent Productions which produces media content both internally for the University and for external clients. Media Culture and Production students have been involved in producing audio-visual content at the Glastonbury music festival and for the sailing regatta at Cowes Week.
Key career skills
Writing, presentation, teamwork, working to deadlines, project management.
Student quote
David Pardoe
“I liked the look of Media Culture and Production because it is broad, covering everything from radio to photography and video. In your second and third years you can specialise by choosing which specialist direction to take, such as radio, video, photography, online media, scriptwriting or cultural studies.
“In the current job market it is essential in the media industry to have skills across a wide range of media. Increasingly, employers are looking for additional skills, so although I might be applying for a job in radio, thanks to the other units I have taken, I could, for example, also offer to develop their website or take photos for promotional materials. The variety of units covered will make graduates of the course more attractive, well-rounded candidates when applying for jobs. I particularly like the practical aspects of the course but obviously there is a substantial academic basis to it, involving more theoretical units, such as Analysis of Media Culture and Cultural Revolutions.
“I would particularly recommend this course to anyone who, like me, is really into everything relating to media but hasn't yet decided which area to specialise in. This course gives you a chance to try everything out.”
2012
Course overview
This stimulating and intellectually challenging course combines the academic study of culture and media in western and non-western contexts with practical work in digital video, interactive media, radio, photography and screenwriting.
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The degree is taught by highly qualified academics together with professional production staff with experience of working in the media industry. You will explore the relationship between cultural theory and practice by feeding these debates into your production work. The balance between academic and practical units is around 50/50, but you can tailor your course through your choice of options in years two and three.
You will have access to professional-standard TV and digital photographic facilities, and our suite of recording and radio studios.
Industrial focus
All students are able to undertake an industrial placement as a course option in Year 3. Frequently, members of the course team also assist students in obtaining further placements.
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Course content
Year 1
Five core units:
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Media Production: Photography, Radio and the Moving Image
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Writing Facts and Fictions
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Analysing Media and Culture
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Cultural Revolutions: Key Shifts in British Media and Culture
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Online Media.
Year 2
Three core units and two options:
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Media Production: Recording Realities and Creating Fictions
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The Shock of the New: Modernity and Modernism
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Cultures of Consumption
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Option 1 or Curriculum Plus
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Option 2 or Curriculum Plus.
Year 3
Four core modules and one option:
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Dissertation/Major Project
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Global Media Industries
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Culture Wars: Current Debates in Cultural Theory
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Global Media, Local Cultures
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Option 2 or Curriculum Plus.
Options:
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Genre Study
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Corporate Study
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Area Study
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Identity and Representation
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National Media
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Photography: Photojournalism Realities and Digital Advertising
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Film Production
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Scriptwriting
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Journalism
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Industrial Placement
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Photography: Media Visual Promotion.
Why choose this course?
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Trips to Prague and New York are regular features of the degree which speak to the programme’s international perspective. The trip to New York involves visits to the Ellis Island Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.
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A range of facilities including three fully equipped television studios, one in the Meridian TV Centre of Excellence, multitrack sound studios, radio studios and film production equipment.
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Graduates have established careers with organisations such as the BBC, Channel Four, Meridian, Reuters, Sky News, MTV UK, Ocean FM, and the British Film Institute.
Assessment
Essays, presentations, portfolios, exams and a range of practical projects.
Key career skills
Writing, IT, presenting and debating ideas, teamwork, research and analysis.
Projects/work experience
The degree maintains a close working relationship with the University’s in-house production company Solent Productions which produces media content both internally for the University and for external clients. Media Culture and Production students have been involved in producing audio-visual content at Glastonbury Music Festival and for the sailing regatta at Cowes Week.
Student Profile
David Pardoe
“I liked the look of Media Culture and Production because it is broad, covering everything from radio to photography and video. In your second and third years you can specialise by choosing which specialist direction to take, such as radio, video, photography, online media, scriptwriting or cultural studies.
In the current job market it is essential in the media industry to have skills across a wide range of media. Increasingly, employers are looking for additional skills, so although I might be applying for a job in radio, thanks to the other units I have taken, I could, for example, also offer to develop their website or take photos for promotional materials. The variety of units covered will make graduates of the course more attractive, well-rounded candidates when applying for jobs. I particularly like the practical aspects of the course but obviously, there is a substantial academic basis to it, involving more theoretical units, such as Analysis of Media Culture and Cultural Revolutions.
I would particularly recommend this course to anyone who, like me, is really into everything relating to media but hasn't yet decided which area to specialise in. This course gives you a chance to try everything out.”
This course is also available with an International Foundation Year.| Please make sure the correct UCAS code, as listed below, is entered on your UCAS application form.