Why study Environment and Media Studies BA(Hons) at the University of Brighton?

Dr Jenny Elliott

j.a.elliott@brighton.ac.uk

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

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