The media & journalism major offers and requires a variety of foundational and skills courses to help prepare students to enter the “real world” of media. The blending of media law and media ethics with hands-on skills is inherent in the courses offered in this major. The television, radio, and digital media track is designed for students planning to work in television (broadcast, cable, satellite, digital, mobile) and/or radio (broadcast, satellite, digital).

BA in Broadcast Production This pathway is for those interested in careers in creative broadcast programme and media making for television, radio, journalism, podcasts and other new and emerging digital media platforms. This degree aims to introduce you to the widest possible experience of modern broadcasting combined with critical thinking and excellent online skills.

Our Television Production BA is a practice-based course taught by broadcast industry professionals and media theorists, combining critical analysis with hands-on practical skills. Our course focuses on how television programmes are conceived, produced, commissioned and distributed in a digital broadcast and multi-platform environment. You’ll work across a digital workflow supporting single-camera and multi-camera studio production modes and produce programmes across all genres, from documentary and drama series to TV commercials and studio entertainment shows. As well as learning practical skills in editing, camera operations, sound recording, lighting and graphics, you’ll study critical analysis of the ever-changing global broadcast and digital media industries. You’ll work with industry-standard facilities and equipment while being taught by experienced industry professionals and practitioners, including documentary filmmakers, directors, producers and screenwriters. We also host a range of visiting lecturers and guest speakers, from sound designers to investigative journalists and social media strategists.

This Film and Television Production Degree will equip you with the varied skillset, experience, and portfolio required to enter, work, and succeed in today’s Film and TV industries. This is a practice-based course that aims to train the complete, versatile, contemporary filmmaker, with a strong academic and theoretical underpinning. 

In this highly practical course, you study ‘hands-on’ in our state-of-the-art TV studios, using a range of industry-standard cameras, sound, lighting and editing equipment. At the end of your three years, you will be multi-skilled, industry-ready practitioners. Employability is a core feature of this course: it is our job to help you break into TV and film and we work with you to develop industry links and find paid work or internships during your time with us. 

The AFDA Postgraduate school is focused on developing innovative research, origination, production, and distribution of entertainment concepts for both local and international markets. Over the last fifteen years, the AFDA Postgraduate School has produced a large network of graduates who have made a significant contribution to the South African entertainment industry. A large percentage of commercials, feature films, television series, music, and retail content is produced by AFDA Honours graduates.

The AFDA Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture Medium is renowned for providing students with a rigorous, well-rounded, comprehensive education in motion picture production. The program is designed to equip students with the necessary conceptual, practical, and contextual skills to produce multiple forms of film, TV, stage, and emerging media content. What defines the program and sets it apart is its experiential approach to learning, allowing graduates to thrive in the creative economy of the 21st century.

The mission of the Mass Communication program is to prepare students to be proficient in communicating information and ideas through the utilization of media, to be qualified to hold positions in mass communication, and to gain admission to graduate and professional schools.

Explore the art, technology, and social power of the moving image. Cinema and Television Studies majors study the history, theory, and criticism of the moving image. With an international and inclusive curriculum, we approach film and television as art forms and industries that have shaped the modern world, and regard our critical discipline as actively engaging with social change today.

Cinema and Television Studies majors study the history, theory, and criticism of the moving image.

The Film and Television course of our university focus on the numerous steps involved in a production - from the idea to the finished contribution.

BA Film and Television Production develop creative skills and enhance conceptual understanding to help students learn the art of storytelling.

Develop your creative confidence and ‘voice’ through experimentation and exploration in our purpose-built, industry-standard Minghella Studios, a dynamic collaborative environment in which film, theatre and television makers work alongside each other. You'll have access to three flexible theatre spaces, a multi-camera film and TV studio (featuring Arri Alexa film cameras), a digital cinema, and a dedicated recording studio and mixing suite with state-of-the-art equipment. 

The UK's television production industry is one of this country's greatest creative success stories. We produce groundbreaking, dynamic and truly creative content and formats that are sold around the world, generating jobs across the country. Our ScreenSkills Select-accredited Television Production degree course will teach you how to create a wide range of live television and factual programmes, develop media production skills through industry-level practice, and master the practical and business elements of TV production. Using professionally equipped TV and sound studios, you’ll produce and run content for multiple platforms, channels, and audiences and get a taste of the broadcasting industry.

The Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema provides students with a comprehensive and integrated program of study, that incorporates theoretical knowledge with practical skills, relevant to their future professional careers. The department looks to its experienced academic staff, to educate students to become the next generation of professionals in the cinema and film world. Graduates are known for their creativity and talent, and through the training given, fully meet the requirements of the film and media industries.