Integrated Degree in Media & Communications (including Foundation Year)
This is a four-year degree at Goldsmiths. If you successfully achieve the progression requirements of the foundation year, you can continue with the full-time three-year BA (Hons) Media & Communications.
1 year (Foundation) + 3 years (undergraduate degree)
PP39
Please see undergraduate tuition fees.
Contact the Programme Convenor, Linda France.
Download a booklet [PDF, 571KB]
There are no formal entrance requirements, and admission is by application to UCAS. You do not need media experience, but we value applicants who can demonstrate a lively interest in the world of media.
The programme is very popular, so please apply early. The programme is not suitable for those who already have a degree.
Half price fourth year fees for Integrated Degree home and EU students - Jan 2012
Students applying for 2012 entry on Media & Communications integrated degree programmes, comprising of Foundation Year and then undergraduate degree (BA Media & Communications), will benefit from half price fees in their fourth year.
All successful applicants onto the programme will automatically receive this arrangement.
What you study
The programme is designed to deepen your understanding of the media, and is a combination of media practice and theory.
Media practice gives you the opportunity to create work in: TV and video, radio, video animation, journalism and photography. Working in teams or individually, you will work through your ideas from conception to finished product.
Media theory aims to provide the historical context surrounding the study of media, and introduces you to some of the competing theoretical points of view on the effects of the media. The programme considers the role of cultural industries and aims to understand the relationship between culture and society through class, gender, race and ethnicity. Topics for study include: studying the news, researching the popularity of soap opera and quiz shows, violence in the media, and the culture of celebrity.
Register your interest
If you register your interest in this programme we will keep you informed about open days and send you relevant further information.
Skills and careers
If you successfully achieve the progression requirements of the foundation year, you can continue with the full-time three-year BA (Hons) Media & Communications, which will enable you to develop the following skills:
- critical and analytical skills
- proficiency in assessing evidence and in expressing ideas clearly
- ability to bring together insights from a range of subjects
- IT skills
- communications skills
- journalistic and creative writing skills
Careers
Media and Communications graduates have gone on to careers in television, radio, the press, publishing, film-making, advertising, marketing and public relations, web design, teaching and research, advertising, arts and administration, business and industry, European Union private sector management and personnel work, and many more both in the media industries and elsewhere.
- BA (Hons) Media & Communications
- BA (Hons) Media & Sociology
- BA (Hons) Anthropology & Media
- BA (Hons) Media & Modern Literature
- Integrated Degree in Media & Communications
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