Media Production BA (Hons)
3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Get practical training in TV and radio. Pitch to industry professionals and go live on air in our award-winning radio station. Join a course which best prepares you for a career in the industry.
Overview
There’s never been a better time to get into content creation – we’re watching, listening, making and broadcasting more media than ever before. This course will give you the practical skills to join this expanding industry and make engaging content for TV, radio, podcasts, social and online.
Taught by experienced experts, using fantastic facilities, you’ll develop and pitch ideas to industry practitioners and undertake placements to build your network. Our students have taken advantage of our relationships with BBC, Capital FM, Sunderland AFC, Tyne Tees Television, Made in Tyne and Wear, and various production companies as well as our very own internationally award-winning Spark Sunderland.
Graduate with a degree that shows off your specialism. In your final year you can choose from: BA (Hons) Media Production, BA (Hons) Media Production (TV) or BA (Hons) Media Production (Radio).
Why us?
- Acclaimed independent production company Fulwell 73 – makers of Netflix show ‘Sunderland ‘Til I Die’ – has launched a new regional office in our David Puttnam Media Centre. Get direct experience and insight into a leading production company and how it operates. Read more about Fulwell 73’s new regional office, Fulwell North.
- Our Media & Film Studies courses are ranked 11th in the UK (The Guardian University league tables, 2022)
- Inspirational graduate stories including BAFTA winners and Royal Television Society award-winners; Amazon Prime Original producers, E4 voice talent and BBC Radio 1 presenters, including Jordan North
- Get involved with our internationally award-winning community radio station Spark Sunderland, which broadcasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Access to our equipment store where you can borrow industry-standard technology throughout your course, and even after you graduate, to help you get your feet off the ground
- Gain an industry standard certificate to speed your way into work with the BECTU Creative Industries Safety Passport confirming you have undertaken health and safety training and are safe to work on set
- Paid work placements available with ITV and Lime Pictures
Course structure
This is a practical-based course with a 70/30 split. The majority of teaching and assessment is based on skills, coursework and content creation, often in groups. The rest may be presentations, essays, critical evaluations, self-review and reports.
The first year is all about building your skills. You’ll be introduced to the studios, the equipment, relevant software and the various roles within TV and radio. This prepares you to concentrate on content creation in the second year, while you explore roles and specialisms. By your final year, you’re ready to delve into the discipline you love, take on your preferred role, pitching and developing proposals and delivering a finished piece to professional standards.
Work experience is an integral part of the course, and throughout your time with us, you’ll be encouraged to continuously liaise with the TV and radio industry about work experience placements and industry-ran masterclasses.
Part-time study
If you study this course on a part-time basis, you will typically complete 40-80 credits in a year, rather than the 120 credits of full-time students. All modules are taught during the daytime and you will be studying alongside full-time students.
Year 1 (national level 4):
- Introduction to Media and Cultural Studies (20 credits)
- Pitch to Production: Ideas, Stories, Scripts (20 credits)
- Radio Broadcast and Production (20 credits)
- Television and Video Production (40 credits)
- Making Media Work (20 credits)
Year 2 (national level 5):
Core modules:
- Media Studies 1 (20 credits)
- Media and the Workplace (20 credits)
- Spark FM: Live Radio Production (20 credits)
- Audio Stories (20 credits)
Optional modules (choose two):
- Video Documentary (20 credits)
- Shoot, Edit, Share: Self-shooting Online Video (20 credits)
- Podcasting (20 credits)
- Spark FM: Live Radio Production (20 credits)
- Scriptwriting (20 credits)
- The Moving Camera (20 credits)
Final year (national level 6):
Core module:
- Media Project (40 credits)
For Media Production (TV):
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Television (20 credits)
- Documentary Production 2 (20 credits)
- Branded Content and Ecommerce Video (20 credits)
- Television Studio Format Factory (20 credits)
For Media Production (Radio):
- Popular Music Cultures (20 credits)
- Radio Drama (20 credits)
- Radio Documentary and Feature Production (20 credits)
- Radio Broadcasting (20 credits)
You can also mix and match the modules listed above to suit your interests.
Career ready
This degree prepares you for careers in TV, radio, video and new media industries. Your training in communication, teamwork and creativity will be highly relevant to roles in many different businesses and in the public sector.
Career destinations
Recent graduates from Sunderland have gained jobs with employers such as the BBC, Radio 1, Channel 4, Sky TV, Capital North East, I Daniel Blake, MTV and professional production companies.
You could also choose to continue your studies with a Masters degree at the University of Sunderland, such as MA Radio, Audio and Podcasting or MA Media Production (Film and Television).
Work experience
We actively encourage you to gain relevant work experience while at university. In every year of your course, you’ll be guided and encouraged to gain meaningful experience that will fit around your studies.
You’ll undertake a number of practice modules throughout your course, which can include live briefs from clients from outside the University. Get the opportunity to gain production experience with independent production company Fulwell 73 and build up a portfolio of work to show future employers.
External links
We frequently invite guest speakers to run workshops and masterclasses, allowing you to relate your learning to real-life experience. Recently this has included our visiting professors Dr Alex Connock, Fellow in Marketing at Oxford University; Emmy award winner David Quantick; and Nick Smith Executive Vice President at All3Media.
We encourage you to take part in competitions; our students have won awards from organisations such as the Royal Television Society.
Throughout your studies, you’ll be guided and supported by our experts. All of whom are working or researching in media. You’ll study alongside scriptwriters, film makers, radio producers, presenters and independent film producers who will share their experience and encourage you to build your network.
Join our award winners
Our staff and students consistently win big at the Royal Television Awards.
RTS winners 2020
- Comedy and Entertainment: 72
- Drama: Quite By Chance
- Factual: Two Monkeys
- Craft – Production Design: Quite by Chance
- Craft – Camera: 72
- Craft – Editing: Freedom
RTS winners 2019
- Comedy and Entertainment: Rebel Rebel
- Factual: NEPK – North East Parkour
- Craft – Editing: NEPK – North East Parkour
Creative Industries Week
Creative Industries Week gives everyone in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries the opportunity to participate in a range of projects, workshops, talks, industry visits and career events. This exciting week encourages interdisciplinary working, broadens your experience to build your confidence and helps develop your career path.
If English is not your first language you should have at least one of the following qualifications (or equivalent) as a minimum.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
You need an overall score of 6.0, with at least 5.5 or higher in each component: reading, writing, listening and speaking. An alternative approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) will also be accepted if the applicant’s element scores are equivalent to those required for IELTS. After 6 April 2015, you must take your IELTS exams at one of the test centres listed on the UKVI website.
Pearson Test of English Academic
You need an overall score of 59 with no less than 59 in each skill.
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)
You need grade C or above.
Cambridge Certification in Advanced English (CAE)
You need grade C or above.
Deadlines
26 January 2022 – UCAS deadline
Applications for all UCAS Undergraduate courses, except those with a 15 October deadline, should arrive at UCAS by 6pm on 26 January 2022. This is the ‘equal consideration’ deadline, which means course providers must consider all applications received by this time equally.
25 February 2022 – UCAS Extra opens
If you’ve used all five choices, and you’re not holding any offers, you can add another choice using Extra.
19 May 2022 – University decision deadline
If you applied by 26 January and you’re still awaiting a decision from one of your choices, we have until today to decide whether we’re making you an offer. Any choices that are still outstanding after this will be made unsuccessful.
9 June 2022 – Deadline to reply to offers
If you receive all your university decisions by 19 May, you must reply to any offers by today (except if you are using Extra to find a place), otherwise they’ll be declined.
30 June 2022 – Final day to make an application to five universities
You can still apply with up to five choices until 6pm today. After this, your application will automatically be entered into Clearing.
4 July 2022 – Final day to apply for a course in Extra
This is the last day to add an Extra option to your 2022 application. If you don’t hold any offers after this, you will be able to add an additional choice using Clearing.
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accommodation
The university offers three different student residential buildings, all of which are within walking distance from the university campuses. All students that are residing in these buildings can take advantage of the free transport that the university offers. What is more, all the dorms are equipped with facilities like fridge, Shower, toilet facilities, Wi-Fi, bed Wardrobe, Washbasin and mirror, as well as car parking and bicycle storage.
The first student residence of the university is called Scotia Quay that costs up to £95.50 per week. Each room is suitable for up to 5 students. the second one is named Panns Bank costs about £77.79 a week and is also suitable for families of four. Lastly, Clanny House also costs around £77.79 per week and is suitable for couples as well as single students.
After Graduation
All the students have the opportunity to seek help from The Careers and Employability Service, a team dedicated to helping students find proper and suitable employment either during or after their education.
Students are encouraged to take on part-time vocational roles in order to gain perspective on the reality of the labor market and also earn extra cash. As a matter of fact, the university helps and guides them during this process. It helps students find part-time jobs that do not impact their studies or temporary jobs that can be done during vacations and breaks. Students also have the chance to take part in paid or unpaid internships and job placements that are related to their field of study.
The Careers and Employability Service also helps students with finding employment after graduation. They help students with the resumes, CVs, job applications and job interviews.