Media Studies A Level
at The Elizabethan Academy, Retford · school or sixth form
Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2024see the detail
What the college says
This course aims to develop a critical response to the media by exploring a wide variety of media, drawing on fundamental media concepts and theoretical framework. Students will gain an understanding of how media products are constructed; why the producers of a text are important in media industries; how audiences are grouped and targeted, how the digital revolution allows us to become producers ourselves and how the representation of people, places and events is evident in media
What you need to get on
Grade 5 or above in GCSE English Language
How you are assessed
Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.
What this level means
The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.
Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?
Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.
Where it runs
The Elizabethan Academy
Hallcroft Road, Retford, DN22 7PY
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