BA Digital Media and Communication
About this course
BA in Film Studies, exploring film analysis, digital media, and communication practices. Core topics include Research Methods and Design & Creative Practice. This three-year programme offers a choice between a dissertation or a professional placement project in the final year, with optional language study and university-wide modules available throughout.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 points overall
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What students say
Based on about 13 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 81%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 95%
- Foundation course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Introduction to Digital Communication and Creation
- Digital Influence: Techniques and Strategies
- English Language and Society
- Globalisation and Language
- Approaches to Film
- Shelf life
- Optional Language or University Wide Modules
- Language and Digital Media
- Communicating with AI
- Discourse Analysis
- The Business of Books
- Film, Forms and Cultures
- Language and Gender
- Sociolinguistics
- Creative Writing: Creative Non-Fiction
- Design Discourse
- Optional Language or University Wide Modules
- Language in Professional Communication
- Professional Communication Project
- Dissertation
- Discovering Archives and Collections
- Communication and Persuasion in Business
- Scriptwriting for Stage and Screen
- Intercultural Communications
- Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
- Language and Power
- Optional Language or University Wide Modules
Questions about this course
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Digital Media and Communication at University of Reading?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Digital Media and Communication at University of Reading?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 125 UCAS points.
Does BA Digital Media and Communication at University of Reading include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Digital Media and Communication at University of Reading?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.