BA (Hons) - Wildlife Media (with integrated foundation year)

Year one

Your foundation year will see you build the skills and knowledge that will put you in the strongest possible position to excel academically and professionally.

• Media in Context
  An introduction to key theoretical frameworks and debates relating to modern media texts and media based practice.
• Professional Practice
  Develop an understanding of the structures applicable to a range of media organisations, fully exploring their diversity and viability.
• Media Narratives
  Explore approaches to fiction and non-fiction narratives in reference to a variety of media forms.
• Published Media Products
  Develop conceptual, practical and technical awareness, at an introductory level, of the production phases for print and online material.
• Student Initiated Photographic Project
  An introduction into, and the experience of, using traditional and contemporary technical photographic processes.
• Biodiversity and Habitat for Media
  An introduction to factors that have shaped Britain and it natural history, with a framework for interpreting the natural world from both a scientific and cultural perspective.

Year two

In your second year, you will develop the solid technical and academic skills required to understand and successfully capture the environment.

• Media Craft Skills
  Develop a working knowledge of a range of key technical skills in the media production making process.
• Developing Photography Practice
  An introduction to, and the experience of using, technical photographic processes to illustrate natural history.
• Cultural Contexts
  An introduction to the cultural, historical and social contexts in which creative work from a range of disciplines will be considered.
• Naturalist Skills
  An introduction to the relevant natural history based skills required for a career in wildlife media production.
• Communicating the Natural World
  Develop skills as a communicator conveying key conservation messages and engender positive change and activism.
• Collaborative Brief
  Work with other students to explore and practice the skills involved in creative collaboration.

Year three

Going into your third year, you will further develop and enhance your personal skillset working towards specialisms that match your interests or proposed career path. You'll explore and reflect on key wildlife and media-related issues, together with developing critical analytical skills.

• Documentary
  Develop a critical understanding of documentary and non-fiction practice whilst developing an informed perspective on the genre.
• Interpreting Animal Behaviour for Media
  Learn to interpret the animal behaviour you will encounter in practice.
• Wildlife Photography
  Develop the principles of independent practice in wildlife photography through self- initiated project work with an individual approach looking at the natural world.
• Natural History Filmmaking
  Prepare to research, plan and execute a natural history documentary.
• Professional Development
  Review career attributes, ambitions, and trajectory within the context of an evolving ‘professional development portfolio’.
• Theory & Research Methods
  Prepare to undertake and successfully complete a Research Project.

Year four

In your final year, you will take charge of your own chosen research project, working towards your major final work. This could be a substantial piece of journalism, a set of photos or a film.

• Graduate Project
  Use practical and conceptual skills developed throughout the programme to complete a final year project.
• Minor Project
  An opportunity to bring together the various theoretical and practical skills learnt to produce a self-directed practical piece.
• The Application of Media in Conservation
  Explore the ways in which to deliver conservation-based theory and how this can be applied to media.
• Festival and Exhibition
  Perfect the skills necessary to identify and successfully engage with the media industries post-graduation.
• Research Project
  An investigation into a relevant research topic towards submission of a research output.