Nelson Mandela University

Nelson Mandela University

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Media Studies

The Bachelor of Arts Honours in Media Studies in Communication and Media is offered by Nelson Mandela University.

Program Length: 1 YEAR.

Subjects: 5.

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Media Studies offered by the Nelson Mandela University at the Faculty of Humanities

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • Potential students must be in possession of a Bachelor's degree, with Media Studies as a major subject and learning in the relevant specialisation field with an average of 60% at NQF level 7.
  • Students who do not possess a degree but wish to be admitted to the programme on the basis of recognition of prior learning may be given recognition in terms of the NMMU RPL policy.
  • A maximum of 20 candidates will be admitted on merit, pursuant to meeting the minimum requirements for entry into the programme.
  • Subject to the approval of the programme leader a maximum of two elective modules other than those specified will be credited if they are consistent with the overall purpose of the programme.

Duration: The qualification shall extend over one year of full-time study.

Curriculum

Compulsory modules
Media Reseach Methodology
Teatise

Recommended electives (select at least 75 credits):
Critical Approaches to Media Design (25 credits)
Moving Image Production and Reception (25 credits)
New media cultures (25 credits)
Cinema and Transgression (25 credits)
Southern African cinema (25 credits)
Culture, Philosophy and the Environment (25 credits)
African Media contexts (25 credits)

Career fields
  • Advertiser
  • Art Director
  • Broadcast Presenter
  • Journalist
  • Public Relations Officer
  • Media and Communication Practitioner
  • Copywriter



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