BA (Hons) in Media and Communication Anglia Ruskin University

Explore media theory and practice from broadcast media to digital publishing, and graduate ready to work in today’s fast-moving industry with our BA (Hons) Media and Communication degree in Cambridge.

With our Media and Communication degree, you’ll develop an in-depth understanding of our data-driven society and contemporary media environment. You’ll explore issues such as digital media theory, identity and representation, politics and popular culture. You’ll learn to analyse and debate the latest theories and discover the impact of media on all our lives such as the role of ‘Fake News’ and the ethical responsibility of journalism in a 'post-truth' age.

Working in our specialist facilities, you’ll also get hands-on and engage with media production including documentary filmmaking, photography, and digital publishing; creating apps, podcasts or new online platforms.

Choose to study abroad for one semester and get funding to cover the cost, and hone your skills through work placements. You can also choose to take an optional placement year.

As a BA (Hons) Media and Communication student at ARU, you’ll be able to focus on particular areas of interest, such as social media, TV, music, journalism, and popular or subculture. You’ll also have the opportunity to carry out a work placement or produce a commissioned product, in the area of your choice as you prepare for a career in media-related roles, including film, TV, photography and social media, broadcasting, production, post-production, digital content creation and journalism.

On all of our modules, you will work with industry-standard equipment and software, including Adobe Premiere, Photoshop and After Effects.

The impact of our Communication, Cultural & Media Studies research achieved 'world-leading' in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

Year 1

• Creative Moving Image
• Media, Culture and Power
• Sound, Text, Image
• Theorising Popular Culture
• Introduction to Television Studies
• Anglia Language Programme

Year 2

• Digital Media Theory: Social Media, AI, and the Cultures of the Internet
• Online Journalism
• Teenage Kicks: Youth Culture and Media
• Television Genres
• Ruskin Module (15 credits)
• Documentary Film Theory
• Non-Fiction Filmmaking
• Photography
• Anglia Language Programme

Year 3

• Major Project
• Major Project in Creative Media Practice
• 'Fake News, Media Law and Social Conflict
• Sound and Vision: Music and Media
• Contemporary Television
• Critical Approaches to Video Games
• Cultural Politics of Celebrity
• Digital Publishing
• Experiments in Film and Moving Image
• Gender and Popular Cinema
• Anglia Language Programme

You’ll graduate with our BA (Hons) in Media and Communication ready for many media-related roles, including broadcasting, film, photography or television production, media consultancy, journalism, public relations and advertising. You’ll also pick up skills for other professions that require an understanding of the media, including web design and publishing.

Our links with local and national organisations will help you make contacts and find work placements in the industry. These placements could form part of your assessed work and, for many previous students, have led directly to employment.

We also offer dedicated employability support throughout your time here.

Graduation doesn’t need to be the end of your time with us. You might decide to stay at ARU and study for a Master's degree, such as MA in Film and Television Production. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and get 20% off your fees.