The English language requirement for this course is an IELTS average score of 6 or above, and for each component, 5.5 or above.
If you have a passion for producing audio and video and for communicating with an audience, then this is the programme for you. Taught by existing and former broadcast professionals and renowned media academics, this degree offers all the skills, aptitude and abilities for you to enter the broadcast industry with a confidence and ability.
Perhaps you’ve already got your own radio podcast about your favourite football team, or you’ve always wanted to make TV drama or write the script? Do you have a burning desire to tell people’s stories through documentary, to direct a studio show, production manage a large production and, overall, have a hunger to develop the skills required to make the best content, as a future professional? Or perhaps you just love the idea of studying the theory that underpins all of this? You may be headed in the direction of TV and Radio production, or you may just want to do audio and video production brilliantly on another platform. And, if you don’t yet have any experience but have all the ambition, the course starts at a place everyone who meets the entry requirements can begin their exciting journey.
On the BA TV and Radio Production programme, you’ll learn how to find great stories, develop your ideas, pitch and present those ideas, write scripts, research, pre-produce and produce your ideas whether this is for radio or tv, or another audio or video platform. There will be opportunity to take on real-world briefs from industry as part of the course. You can develop your craft skills in camera and lighting, studio production, editing, creative audio or the skills necessary to manage productions. You can also go the theory route where you critically underpin practice with academic rigour. Crucially, following the first year, YOU will choose your own pathway through the programme to specialise in TV or Radio, or to study a mixture of both. You can also select a mix of production, practice and theory to suit your interests and abilities. And, all the way through, you will have the opportunity to make your own programmes and films or podcasts, radio shows, studio shows, dramas or documentaries. The three years of content production lead up to a final major project: either an ambitious production that can be your calling card for industry or a media theory dissertation for those wishing to pursue the more academic route.
Our unique location at the heart of MediaCityUK means you’ll be perfectly placed to tap into a network of leading media companies, from the BBC and ITV to a range of experimental start-up companies across the cities of Salford and Manchester. All of the equipment and facilities in our MediaCityUK campus building is industry standard to the same specification as the big name producer-broadcasters that are our next-door neighbours. And, like all good neighbours, we have them round to visit regularly. There is also lots of opportunity to engage with industry – both within the course and as added extras you can get involved with, like the Media Futures conference where students get to pitch ideas to broadcasters.
In the most recent National Student Survey, our TV and radio production degree received 91% for overall student satisfaction (University of Salford analysis of unpublished NSS 2020 data).
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Course details:
Year one
Media Texts and Contexts
Content Creation
Content Delivery
Video Production
Radio Production
Year two
Professional Practice (core module)
Optional practice based modules:
Camera and Lighting
Radio and Podcasting Features
TV Studio
Creative Audio
Production Management
Radio Drama
Radio Studio
Television Genres
TV Docs and Features
TV Drama Production
Scriptwriting TV and Radio
Editing
Creative Collaboration (TV and R)
Year three
Final Major Project
Dissertation
Optional practice based modules:
Advanced Camera and Lighting
Advanced Editing
Advanced Podcast and Radio Features
Docs Without Rules
TV Studio Unleashed
Advanced Scriptwriting
Drama Unlimited
Radio Studio and Beyond
Radio Entrepreneurs
Audio Storytelling
21st Century Factual TV – Dissertation Only
Optional theory based modules:
Sonic Cultures
British TV Fictions– Dissertation Only
Transmedia Storyworlds– Dissertation Only
Achieving a television and radio production degree at Salford will mean you’re well-equipped with the tools you need to pursue a professional career in whichever sector interests you most. Combining media production skills with industry engagement, our recent graduates have secured roles as diverse as producer, director, presenter, reporter and editor, working for reputable organisations like the BBC and ITV.
What’s more, the technical skills you’ll acquire working across a range of media platforms will be highly appealing to the growing digital economy, as large corporations, public sector and charitable organisations seek to enhance these areas of their businesses.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
