The University of Westminster is a leader in the study of the media with a top-rated department that scores highly for both its teaching quality and research.
The undergraduate Media Studies programme now consists of four separate courses, all with their own practice elements, while they share a common spine of analysis and theoretical teaching.
On each course, students spend roughly half their time engaged on practice/production based work and half their time addressing issues of context and theory concerning the media. Some modules combine both practice and analysis. We firmly believe that this balance delivers a rigorous and intellectually stimulating education, along with a serious, professional training for a job in the media.
How the Course Works
There are two semesters each year and in each one you normally study three or four modules.
Analysis modules are generally taught with a weekly lecture and seminar running over the whole semester. Some modules run for a whole year, over both semesters.
Practice modules usually run two days a week, for six weeks.
There are no end-of-year exams in the Media Studies degrees. Instead, we have continuous assessment. On analysis modules this will generally consist of two essays per module, sometimes a seminar presentation and occasionally a practical piece of work. On practice modules, you will be assessed by practical exercises (eg the media products you produce, team work and individual effort) as well as written assignments.
Media analysis bridges all four pathways. It will help you to: develop a critical understanding of the media industries, their products and their audiences; learn how to analyse media texts; examine the relationships between media and society, politics, culture and technology.Find out more about the courses
Contact
- Jane Thorburn (Television): thorbuj@wmin.ac.uk
- Matthew Linfoot (Radio pathway): M.J.Linfoot@westminster.ac.uk
- Jim McClellan (Journalism): J.Mcclellan@westminster.ac.uk
- Trish Evans (Public Relations): evanstr@westminster.ac.uk