Introduction
Media Studies is a highly analytical and theoretical based course with a small practical element. It should be chosen by students who are good at, and/or enjoy English Language and Literature. Please watch the Media Options video for more information about the course and its demands.
Course Structure
Year 10 – Students will study media language and representations through print media (magazine front covers, film posters, print adverts and newspaper front covers). Students will also study media industries and audiences through film, gaming, radio and newspapers.
Year 11 – Students will complete their controlled assessment before studying moving media: television and music (industry, audience, language and representations).
Assessment
Unit 1 – Examination – Students sit two written GCSE examination papers in the summer of Year 11. 70% of GCSE
Unit 2 – Controlled Assessment – Students will plan, create and produce their own media text based on a task and brief provided by the exam board. 30% of the GCSE
Future Pathways
Studying the Media could be the first step to a career in journalism, the music industry, radio, film or television production. It could also lead you into the fields of advertising, marketing, promotions or publicity. Media Studies can be taken at A/AS and Degree level and uses skills essential in subjects such as English and the Humanities. It combines equally well with practical subjects like Graphics and ICT.
Options Evening
Core Subjects
Subject Options
- GCSE Art and Design – Fine Art
- GCSE Business
- GCSE Citizenship
- GCSE Computer Science
- BTEC Performing Arts: Dance
- GCSE Design and Technology
- GCSE Drama
- NCFE Engineering
- GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition
- GCSE French
- GCSE Geography
- BTEC Health & Social Care
- GCSE History
- GCSE Media Studies
- GCSE Music
- Music Vocational
- GCSE PE
- GCSE Art and Design: Photography
- GCSE Religious Studies
- GCSE Separate Sciences
- OCR Sport Studies
- GCSE Statistics
