Media Studies and Music (Hons) Bangor University

Overview

You will learn how they can be used separately or together to communicate different meaning, feeling and emotions. As a joint honours degree student, you will take half of your modules each year in both subjects.

Media studies gives you the chance to critically examine the technologies and techniques used to engage, inform and entertain audiences via television, film, social media, advertising, AI, radio and podcasting. Staff expertise includes advertising, media regulation, privacy, political communication, professional writing, comics, visual culture, gender and race, virtual worlds, global media, social networks and documentary.

Careers

After graduating from this BA (Hons) Media and Music degree, you’ll be equipped for careers across the media, cultural and creative industries.

Studying Music sharpens your memory, encourages teamwork, provides an outlet for your creativity and equips you with the professional music skills appropriate to a wide range of careers. As a result, Music graduates are always highly sought after in media and recording companies as technicians, producers, programme planners, and writers.

Your Media skills could lead to roles in-house or freelance, in consulting, copywriting, journalism, public relations, publishing, broadcasting, filmmaking, advertising and games development.