Media, Industry and Innovation BA(Hons)

Why study with us?

• Brighton is a hub for creative and digital industries; it’s packed with new media companies, cultural venues and a vibrant social scene.

• Your lecturers have wide ranging experience across the media and their cultural research will inform your studies.

• This innovative course was designed in consultation with industry partners ensuring that the theoretical and practical knowledge you gain is relevant and enhances your employability prospects within the digital economy.

• This degree is designed to keep pace with the rapid technological change experienced in the media sector and has the facilities, insights and teaching expertise you would expect to help keep your studies on track.

• Hands-on placement experience will give you the chance to apply your learning in an industry context and equip you with highly desirable, transferable skills, giving you a competitive edge when you graduate.

Course structure

You will study media forms, ranging from marketing and online journalism to social and mobile media, developing your ability to understand and critically analyse the theory and practice of a variety of media to include form, content, distribution and consumption.

Industry placements, live projects and fully supported term-time work are also offered to give you invaluable experience, an opportunity to put your learning into action and enhanced employability. 

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through our applicant portal.

Year 1

Modules

• Business, Creative Industries and Innovation
• Creative Industries and Promotional Cultures
• Understanding Audiences: Theory and Context
• Critical Approaches to Media 1 and 2

Options*

• Digital Media, Data and Society
• Understanding Television
• Media and Popular Culture
• Social Action and Community Media
• Global Political Communication

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Year 2 

Modules

• Research Methods for Live Projects
• Digital Media Enterprise and Innovation
• Media Project Management
• Media Placement

Options*

• Social Media Applications in Activism, Business and Life
• Brands and Branding
• Visual Media Culture
• Media and Public Relations
• Journalism
• Community Radio
• Mobile Media Cultures
• Media Ethics
• Videogames Cultures
• British Television Drama

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Final year 

Modules

• Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Culture
• Digital Media Marketing and Innovation
• Live project

Options*

• National and Global Media Studies
• Media Policy: The politics and economics of the media industries
• Celebrity Media
• Community Project
•  Inclusive Media Practice

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Meet the team

Dr Ryan Burns, course leader

Ryan lectures in media studies. His research draws on media studies, critical theory, cultural studies, and science and technology studies.

He has conducted ethnographic research into the use of new media technologies such as iPads and other tablet computers, by scientists working in fields such as chemistry, genetics, neuroscience and biology. His research focuses on everyday practices related to digital media, and seeks to critique ways in which media technologies are involved in the production and maintenance of identities.

Find out about our other teaching staff.

Olu Jenzen, Frauke Behrendt, Paula Hearsum, Aristea Fotopoulou, Paul Ryan, Theo Koulouris, Irmi Karl, Peter Day, Julia Winckler, Patricia Prietro-Blanco, Paula Hearsum, Lance Dann, Maria Short, Martin de Saulles, Iestyn George, Doug Lyon.

International equivalencies

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Fees

Info

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2019–20.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK/EU students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

What's included in the fee?

When costs such as health or DBS checks, or use of specialist materials are incurred as a mandatory requirement of the course they are included in your tuition fee.

You may incur additional costs depending on the optional modules or activities you choose. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. Before you apply check with the school that provides your course using the contact details in the Find out more tab (at the end of this page) for advice about what is included and what optional costs you could face so you can budget accordingly.

See our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

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