Course summary

Launch your career in the fast-paced media industry with our BA (Hons) Media Production degree. You’ll learn from experienced lecturers with professional industry and academic backgrounds, guest speakers, and industry experts and make useful contacts to get a head start with your work placements, gaining professional skills as you use our industry-standard facilities to create your media content. The Parkside Building houses cutting-edge facilities within the Media Centre, with classroom teaching on the media courses delivered in Millennium Point. You will have ample opportunity to immerse yourself in the practical aspects of programme-making and content creation, making documentaries, dramas, music shows and studio programmes for television, radio and other platforms. You will learn how to operate a TV studio effectively and how to develop and pitch your ideas, as well as put together live radio shows, documentaries, and podcasts. You will have the opportunity to work with student radio station Scratch Radio to develop your broadcasting and production skills and experience. As well as the key skills you’ll need to enter the profession, you’ll develop a range of transferable skills, which will help you gain employment in a range of careers. Previous media graduates have gone on to employment in careers such as researchers, producers, editors, reporters and more. Professional Placement Year This course offers a professional placement year. This allows you to spend a whole year with an employer, between the second and third years of your degree, and is a great way to find out more about your chosen career. Some students even return to the same employers after completing their studies. The University will draw on its extensive network of local, regional and national employers to support you in finding a suitable placement to complement your chosen area of study. If you do not find a suitable placement, you will be automatically transferred back to the standard, non-placement version of the course. Please note that fees are payable during your placement year. For details, visit the course page on the Birmingham City University website.