The Media and Public Relations BA combines London Metropolitan University’s world leading expertise in the media and media industries with career-focused study of public relations.
Understanding the media is critical to developing the skills to use media as part of public and media relations strategies. In this degree you’ll explore the relationship between the media and public relations practice to develop a critical and vocationally-focused approach.
The degree programme is designed to equip you with practical skills in media production and the ability to take these skills into commercial marketing contexts. You’ll gain hands-on practice based learning with our first-class media resources including video and television production, as well classroom based grounding in the media industries and corporate environments. You’ll learn how to operate a camera, budget a marketing campaign and manage a creative team. Option modules enable you to specialise in specific parts of the media or commercial industry and your final project will enable you to demonstrate your skills and expertise to employers.
The course is supported by trips and visits, guest lectures and various other activities.
Assessment
You’ll be assessed through coursework, reports, practice based work such as filming projects or poster presentation and essays. There are a limited number of formal exams on the degree.
After the course
Graduates of this degree typically enter careers in media-related roles in the corporate and third sectors, including media relations work, public relations work, marketing work and media management roles. Students often pursue further study opportunities at master’s level specialising in either media or marketing roles.