Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Media and Communication and Music Production (W351)

Media and Communication provides students with an opportunity to closely study and analyze the ways in which the media industry shapes and is shaped by the world. Liverpool Hope University's degrees are designed to help them become an industry leader equipped to take on the key task of working towards a more reliable, trustworthy media industry, and to work as a cross-platform media practitioner.

Students who choose to take Media and Communication, they explore the history and theory of film and other visual media, such as photography and animation, and the cultural and creative contexts in which they are produced and consumed. Liverpool Hope University also thinks one of the best ways to study creativity is by making things, so students have the opportunity to make films (drama, documentary or animation), produce photographic portfolios, work in a studio and write screenplays. Curriculum is taught by lecturers with a reputation for international research and by practitioner who have made BAFTA and EMMY award winning programmes and animated films.

Media and Communication at Liverpool Hope University is underpinned by the notion of interrogating power. Liverpool Hope University believes that the media must always be held to account and has a responsibility to pursue social justice. Whether it be through journalism, digital and social media theory and applied skills, their aim is to produce graduates who will make a better world.

Liverpool is a vibrant city, tapping into the momentum and energy of a diverse creative scene, which stems from a long history as an international port city known for its music. Liverpool Hope University's course adopts a creative approach to music production that considers equipment to be a means to artistic ends, an aspect of modern musicianship that is essential for any self-sufficient practitioner.

Music Production gives students the opportunity to explore the creative, technical, and theoretical aspects of one of the most rapidly changing creative landscapes. The course will expose them to aspects of the music business and industry, as well as its many historical and theoretical concepts. It provides students the opportunity to develop lasting, transferable skill sets that empower them to develop a resilient and sustainable approach to their future practice.