Environment and Media Studies BSc(Hons) 2014
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Why study Environment and Media Studies BA(Hons) at the University of Brighton?
Dr Jenny Elliott
Successful
Enjoyable
Supported learning
Intellectually challenging
Excellence in teaching and support
Lectures
Seminars
Screenings
Lab and studio work
Group discussions
• Student Support and Guidance Tutor personal and study support
• Course Leader general issues/management of deadlines
• Personal Tutor pastoral care
• Module Leader academic issues
• StudentCentral virtual learning environment,web-based, available 24/7
Support network
• Teaching is of a high standard and range
• Lecturers are easy to find, willing to help, and keen to meet to give advice and feedback
• High scores for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2012
What our students say
Applied and professional
Theory and practice
Use of local environment, excursions, project work, exhibitions
Career-focused
• Information technology including Geographical Information Systems and software to explore images, text and numbers
• Research and creativity including research design, problem-solving, text/data analysis and interpretation
• Communication and presentation skills (written and oral) through posters, seminars and discussion
• Practice-based media options
Skills-based learning
Facilities fit for the twenty-first century
Digital media suites
GIS suite
Information resources
A great place to be a student
About our course
• An integrated, interdisciplinary programme
• A balance of environment and media modules
• Specialisation through progression
• A mix of compulsory and optional modules
Environment and Media Studies BA(Hons)
Year 1 course structure
Global Environmental Issues and Management
Contemporary Human Geography
Media, Culture and Change Option in Media
Critical Approaches to Media
Citizenship for the Environment
Twenty-first Century Brighton
Year 1 media module options include:
• Film, Language and History
• Photographic Practice
• Understanding Television
• Video Production
• Sound, Media and Culture
Year 2 coremodules
SustainableDevelopment
CommunityEngagement
ResearchMethods andMethodologies
Critical Contemporary Geographies
• Visual Culture
• Journalism
• Contemporary Rural Geography
• Climate Change
• Film Studies
• Community Media
Options in year 2 include:
• Mediating Science and Technology
• Geographies of Sport and Leisure
• Environmental Politics and Society
• Communication for Development
• Media Policy
• Environmental Assessment
• Landscape Geographies
Options in year 3 include:
• Independent research (or production based)
• Guidance by expert staff
• Explore a topic/remit of personal interest
• Possibility of fieldwork abroad
• Link with future career
Final year project
• Environment and Media Studies BA(Hons) graduates are qualified for a wide range of careers
• Career planning agreement: careers integrated into year 2 module
• University careers service
• Placement office and opportunities
Career focusedEnvironmental charities and pressure groups
Environmental journalism
Public relations
Environmental Communications
Local authorities
Civil service
• Department for Energy and Climate Change
• Low Carbon UK
• Alcatel, Monier, BG Group
• University of Brighton
• Field Studies Council
Previous work placements