Media (Top-Up)
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at grade 4 / C or above to include English.
HND (BTEC)
in Art and Design or Media qualification (240 HND Credits - Merit Profile). You should possess a Higher Diploma, Higher National Diploma or the equivalent in a relevant subject such film and television, media production, photography, graphic design, animation, web design.
You may also need to…
Present a portfolio
About this course
This course has alternative study modes. Contact the university to find out how the information below might vary.
With this course, we aim to develop your media skills across a range of platforms, including photography, television, film and visual communications.
This course will help you to understand the process of practical work, the theories that inform your work and the community of practice with which you will engage.
You will have access to dedicated media spaces, edit suites and industry-focused radio, photography and television studios and to industry-standard professional equipment via our Media Loan Shop*.
**Key Course Benefits**
If you have already completed two years of diploma study, this course offers the opportunity to ‘top up’ your qualifications to degree level.
This course aims to help you to understand the process of practical work, the theories that inform your work and the community of practice with which you will engage.
You will have access to dedicated media spaces, edit suites and industry-focused radio, photography and television studios. You will have access to high-standard professional media equipment via our Media Loan Shop, including prosumer media equipment (i.e. 4K and HD video cameras, DSLR cameras, tripods, audio equipment, lighting – Canon, JVC, Sony)*.
This is a third-year top-up course so you will have the opportunity to develop your existing skills, knowledge, and understanding in order to produce a professional portfolio that represents who you are as a creative media practitioner. You will produce a number of pieces of work and one final major project which brings these skills together, thus developing a portfolio of work that you can use when looking for work after graduation.
In recent years our students have visited the Hong Kong Design Institute and worked with students there to create a pop-up degree show*.
*For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website
Modules
With this course, you will develop your media skills across a range of platforms, including photography, television, film and visual communications.
This year course involves working with your peers as well as individually, to build up your portfolio, and working to produce a final project. To work towards becoming an all-round practitioner, you’ll also learn how to manage creative projects. Upon successful completion, you will have the skills and demonstrative ability to succeed in the job market and real world environments – which is the fundamental aim of the course.
Modules
Media in Context
Exploring Media Practice 1
Media Project Research and Development
Academic English for the Arts
Exploring Media Practice 2
The Major Media Project
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content. For full module details please check the course page on the Coventry University website.
Assessment methods
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which could vary depending upon the module. Assessment methods may include:
Reports
Essays
Practical coursework
Presentations
Individual assignments
Group work elements
The Coventry University assessment strategy aims to ensure that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.
Tuition fees
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The Uni
Coventry University
School of Media and Performing Arts
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