Bournemouth University - MA Media & Communication

Bournemouth University

MA Media & Communication

While expanding your professional capacity to engage with theoretical concepts and demonstrate critical understanding and analysis, you will develop a highly employable skill set that is applicable to a range of communication and media careers. study advanced communication and media theory.
Engage in research and use text, video, and audio to communicate your ideas in a variety of formats.
Make the course more relevant to your interests and career objectives by choosing from a variety of option units.
Engage in a 30-week professional placement in the communication or media industry with the goal of improving your employability once you graduate.
Develop the abilities to contribute significantly to media and communications practice in challenging or unpredictable environments.

Entry Requirements

  • A Bachelors Honours degree with 2:2, or equivalent.

  • If English is not your first language you'll need IELTS (Academic) 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component or equivalent.

Career Prospects

You will acquire advanced-level critical understanding and analysis skills from this course. You'll gain the ability to participate in research and convey your research findings through text, video, and audio methods. This course will not only give you the tools to increase the impact of your research findings, but it will also teach you valuable skills that you can use in the context of your future employment.
Graduates of this program have various career options, including those in the news media, marketing, government communication, education, research, management, and business organizations.
After earning a degree in media and communication, you will be qualified for jobs like :

  • Journalism
  • Advertising
  • Public relations
  • Publishing


Course Details

On this course you will be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry.

Year One

Core units
Key Concepts & Methods: Users and Producers
Key Concepts & Methods: Texts and Artefacts
Communicating Ideas in the Digital Age
Media Diversity & Cross-cultural Communication
Major Project

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