Future Media - MA
Birmingham City University
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MA - Master of Arts

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Our courses ensure you gain real-world experience and knowledge so you can hit the ground running when you graduate. In your year on the programme, youll be planning digital marketing and advertising campaigns with digital agencies, developing brand and product promotions with clients, making mobile, social and virtual content with leading industry professionals and building new user journeys with emerging technologies and state-of-the-art resources.Youll tackle challenging briefs in diverse ...Read more

Our courses ensure you gain real-world experience and knowledge so you can hit the ground running when you graduate. In your year on the programme, youll be planning digital marketing and advertising campaigns with digital agencies, developing brand and product promotions with clients, making mobile, social and virtual content with leading industry professionals and building new user journeys with emerging technologies and state-of-the-art resources.Youll tackle challenging briefs in diverse teams with industry partners to build your proficiency: MA students tend to choose broad, strategic and creative roles while MSc students often prefer tactical, planning and analytics roles. Either way, well give you the tools you need to realise your ambitions.Enhancing your employability skillsThe Future Media course directly answers the industry call for ''T-skilled'' workers in the creative media industry, (Skillset. Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media IndustryLondon. 2009: 20). Here professional employability is defined by proficiency across disciplines and specialist expertise within them.

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76/101
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39th
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What students say
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Jessica
14 Oct 24

I study at the art building, Margaret street I think the building is great and staff are lovely always at hand. However I think at Margaret street we don’t get as involved within..Read more

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Helen
14 Oct 24

The best part is that the university takes students seriously make makes sure we know what rights we have when thinking about work. One downside that could be improved is the..Read more

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Entry requirements

Applicants are normally expected to have a minimum of a 2:2 honours degree, or equivalent, in any discipline and be able to demonstrate an aptitude for project management, creative asset development or strategy and analysis.

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£10,820 per year

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£18,600 per year

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£18,600 per year

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J
Jessica
14 Oct 24
Art and Design with Creative Technologies BA (Hons)
I study at the art building, Margaret street I think the building is great and staff are lovely always at hand. However I think at Margaret street we don’t get as involved within...
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H
Helen
14 Oct 24
Art and Design with Creative Technologies BA (Hons)
The best part is that the university takes students seriously make makes sure we know what rights we have when thinking about work. One downside that could be improved is the...
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Birmingham City University
4 - 6, Cardigan Street Birmingham England B4 7BD United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Birmingham Moor Street  0.4 miles away
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