BA Live Music

The aim of the course is to provide an exciting and innovative programme of study which delivers the latest trends from music industry experts, high level practical skills with rigorous academic underpinning. This course is not genre specific; students with an interest in any musical style will be given the opportunity to develop their practice and theoretical knowledge of live performance. Students will select a route through the course which reflects their own professional objective as either a musical performer, a music technologist, a media practitioner or an entrepreneur staging live music events.

This programme will make use of a purpose built studio space which can be transformed into different performance environments, ranging from a small classical music venue, a jazz club, a dance music venue or a multimedia art gallery. This space also provides recording facilities and students will have access to a suite of digital workstations to undertake their work.

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Programme Leader
Tim Sayer
tsayer@marjon.ac.uk

BA Media Production

Our Media Production degree is designed for the media makers of the future. You will develop essential creative and technical skills in video, photography, sound, and web technologies. A stimulating theoretical programme runs alongside the practical work, delivered through a series of lectures, seminars, screenings and workshops, and supported by tutorials. You will develop academic skills in research, analysis, and critical and creative writing, preparing you for a future career in the creative and cultural industries, and for postgraduate study.

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Programme Leader
Stuart Moore
smoore@marjon.ac.uk

BA Media Studies

The course covers a wide range of media forms: video, sound, photography, magazine journalism and new media. With small class sizes, plenty of choice and lots of contact time with highly experienced academics and practitioners, this is a well established and popular programme of study.

Nationally over 70% of media graduates are in UK employment against a national graduate employment figure of 61% (AGCAS report ‘What do Graduates do?’ for the Higher Education Careers Service Unit, November 2008). Some students go on to further study, research and training. Others become researchers, editors, scriptwriters, technicians and internet based artists and practitioners, working their way up to become producers and directors. Students also make an impact in a variety of other industries as media skills develop even wider relevance.

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Programme Leader
Adrian Emerson
aemerson@marjon.ac.uk

BA Sports Media

The course specifically aims to enable students to gain a critical awareness of the social, cultural, economic and historical contexts of sports media production and reception, and the important role of the media in framing sport and sporting events / activities. The course will also provide opportunities for students to develop a range of production skills in creative / practical work, still photography, video and new media / multimedia technologies.

Sports related media is one of the fastest growing areas of media business. By the end of the course, you will have developed an understanding of the organisation of contemporary media and the role that it plays in shaping the social, political and cultural contexts in which we live as well as being equipped with a range of practical skills required to work effectively in the sports sectors of the media industries. The course is designed to train students in the key skills needed to work in the sports sectors of the media industries such as sports journalism, copywriting, still and moving image production, event management and promotion.

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Programme Leader
Mike Baker
mbaker@marjon.ac.uk

BA Writing for the Media

This course looks at the approaches and styles needed for different audiences, from screenplays to brochures, magazine articles to radio scripts. You develop your writing skills for a range of different media and also study media-related subjects such as photography, graphic design, video production and popular music. Our aim is to provide you with the practical and theoretical skills you need to write for the media.

A media degree equips graduates with highly transferable and relevant communications, research and interpersonal skills. The rapid expansion of new media has led to a growing demand for high-quality professional writers. Graduates can find roles in journalism, publishing, media, marketing and PR.

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Programme Leader
Val Reardon
vreardon@marjon.ac.uk

BA Creative Writing

Members of teaching staff on the Creative Writing programme are all published writers and/or practitioners in their field and have links with other professionals, writing groups and societies. You will also have the opportunity to work with additional professional writers who are invited as guest lecturers and to learn from a series of visiting writers and those involved in the world of publishing.

UCP Marjon is rapidly building its reputation as a centre for Creative Writing. Published writers visit the University College to give talks and links are maintained with writers’ groups; theatres; literary festivals and other external organisations for which the written word is a central element.

Connections are established with the Arvon Foundation and you will be offered the opportunity to attend a three-day writing retreat at the centre in north Devon at a rate heavily subsidised by UCP Marjon.

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Programme Leader
Hayden Gabriel
hgabriel@marjon.ac.uk

BA Drama

This course challenges students to explore what it means to be a drama practitioner in the 21st century and to acquire the flexible skills and understanding to apply drama in a range of theatrical, educational and community contexts.

We teach classes of up to 24 students supported by plenty of one to one contact time with a personal tutor. We also have excellent teaching spaces within the Desmond Tutu Centre, which includes a spacious well equipped theatre, a smaller studio, a generous foyer and exhibition space and touring technical facilities.

We have strong links with Plymouth theatres and providers. The Centre is home to the celebrated ARROW programme (Art: a Resource for Reconciliation Over the World). Visit: www.art-peace.co.uk for further information.

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Programme Leader
James Hennessy
jhennessy@marjon.ac.uk

BA English Literature

The course will develop your ability to analyse, interpret and debate issues raised by a wide range of literary and filmic texts.

Our tutors are friendly and approachable, willing to provide considerable help and encouragement outside, as well as during, scheduled teaching time.

Many of our graduates go on to pursue careers in teaching, though English Literature is a degree that is valued highly by a range of other employers; English graduates are especially valued everywhere for their highly developed communication and analytical skills. Students have also forged careers in travel, journalism and writing.

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Programme Leader
John Blakeley
jblakeley@marjon.ac.uk