Media Production with Foundation Year
Media production is the craft and practice of creating content for broadcast, digital and emerging media platforms. It encompasses everything from television drama and documentary production to radio broadcasting, podcasting, social media content and the new forms of storytelling that digital platforms continue to generate. The media landscape is undergoing constant transformation, and media producers who can think critically, adapt quickly and work competently across multiple formats and platforms are in genuine demand from broadcasters, production companies, digital publishers and brands.
At Birmingham City University, this four-year full-time programme with foundation year launches your media career with an industry-focused curriculum designed to develop critically thinking, innovative content creators. The foundation year builds the academic and creative foundations you need before progressing into the full degree. You will develop skills across television, radio, podcasting, online and social media production, engaging with both the technical craft and the creative and editorial thinking that compelling media content requires.
The programme is designed with a close eye on how the industry is changing, ensuring that your skills and your attitude to adaptation are both appropriate for a professional media environment.
Graduates of media production programmes move into careers across the broadcast and digital media industries. Television production, radio, podcasting, digital content creation, journalism, documentary making and corporate video production are all common destinations. Many graduates work as producers, directors, editors or presenters, while others move into technical roles in post-production, sound design and broadcast engineering.
The critical and creative thinking the programme develops also opens routes into media management, commissioning, communications and content strategy. Some graduates pursue postgraduate study in media production, journalism or documentary filmmaking to develop specialist expertise.