Radio BA (Hons)

Course overview

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What will I study?

• You will study the history and investigative nature of radio in line with the exciting changes in audio broadcast
• You will explore radio skills in the context of both traditional and multi-platform environments while experiencing your role within a production unit
• You will have the opportunity to produce both music and speech based programmes
• View the detailed course content

Who should do this course?

• Students interested in the radio, media and journalism industries would excel on this course.

What can I do next?

• This course provides an ideal route into working in this competitive industry
• You'll be able to explore employment in areas such radio production in speech and music genres, programme development, production, online brodcast and podcast production, presentation, marketing, journalism and regulation
• Many of our graduates go on to study a Postgraduate course at BU

Tell me more

This course has been developed in partnership with our distinguished panel of radio industry advisers ensuring that the delivery of radio skills is consistently relevant. You will work with students studying Interactive Media Production, Scriptwriting and Television Production to provide collaborative cross-platform content and will be given the opportunity to collaborate with other students in the Media School to manage and produce radio output.

Distinctive features of the course include:

• Acknowledgment of the global nature of the radio industry and the global reach of internet radio (BU had the first student internet radio station in the UK)
• Cross-platform practice and collaboration with audio technology
• High-profile industry panel, including representation from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 4, Ofcom, Radio Academy, independent production companies and the commercial radio industry
• High-profile Alumni working in a range of roles in regional and national radio stations and production companies
• Quality of teaching team and research rating in the field of radio and broadcasting history
• Taught by current industry practitioners, ensuring that the course remains 'future-proof'.

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