A Level Media Studies

Key Facts

Level: 3

Attendance: Full Time (FT)

Duration: 2 Years

Course Code: A1WMS

Start Date: September 2027

Awarding Body: Eduqas

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Code: A1WMS
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A Level Media Studies is designed to enhance your enjoyment, understanding, and appreciation of the media and its role in your daily life. The course introduces you both to media ideas and the practice of production, which gives you the chance to develop a real understanding of media platforms, the contemporary media landscape, and the influential role of the media in today's society.

Features and Benefits

You will have the opportunity to work with digital video equipment.

Course Content

Component 1: Media Products, Industries and Audiences
Component 2: Media Forms and Products in Depth
Component 3: Cross-media Production - Non-Exam Assessment (NEA/coursework) module

Year 12:
We study 6 industries in this year from a range of theoretical frameworks (ways of understanding and analysing the media)

Music Videos - language and representation
Advertising - language, representation, and audience
Newspapers - language, representation, industry and audience
Video Games - industry and audience
Radio - industry and audience
Film - industry Theories we cover in this year include (but are not limited to): genre, feminism, stereotypes, binary oppositions, fandom, encoding/decoding, cultural industries.

Year 13:
We study 3 industries in this year from all 4 frameworks:

Global TV
Alternative and Mainstream Magazines
Online Media (Social media and websites)
Theories we cover in this year include (but are not limited to): postmodernism, gender performativity, identity theory, and 'end of audiences'

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements:
All Loughborough College Sixth Form courses have minimum entry requirements of at least five GCSEs at grade C or above, including English Language and Maths.

Subject Specific Entry Requirements:
GCSE English Language at grade 5.

Progression Opportunities

Media Studies naturally lead to careers in journalism, marketing, advertising or public relations. However, an awareness of how the world of media works can also support other careers, such as social work, law, medicine, and education. By knowing how the media operates, you'll be able to decode messages more skillfully and engage with topics that interest you.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information contained on this website is correct, the College accepts no liability for any errors or omissions. Please note that details are subject to change without notice with regard to the provision of courses, course times and dates and the fees and charges levied.