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Science Media Production – (M.Sc.)

Imperial College London

Science Communication, Translation and Languages
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Application Deadline: February 22
Annual Tuition Fee: ≈ € 6,150 - ≈ € 17,220 (non-EEA)
Location: London / United Kingdom
Duration: 12 months Start Date: October
Educational Form:
  • Taught
Education Variants:
  • Fulltime
Languages: English 
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Location of Imperial College London

This MSc course is for people with science, technology or medicine backgrounds, or graduates from other backgrounds with substantial experience in a scientific environment, who want to develop careers communicating science in broadcast media, probably in documentary or other factual programming.

This course is those who want to train to work specifically in the broadcast media or film and who would prefer to undertake a production project rather than a research dissertation. Academic study is focused on audio-visual production and students undertake a practical television or radio production project. An internship or work placement forms part of the course.

This course can only be taken full-time over one calendar year. All formal class sessions for the first two terms (about six to eight hours per week) are organised on three days per week-currently Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Arrangements are more fluid for the rest of the year when students are either on work placements or are engaged in practical project work. All students are expected to commit considerable time to private study during the course. In the case of full-time students this should take up at least three days a week in addition to the two days of classes

Through both academic and practical taught modules, the course allows a greater focus on broadcast media than the more general MSc Science Communication. Instead of an academic dissertation, you will undertake an independent production project.


Contents

Modules

* Core practical
* Science and its social contexts
* Introduction to film form
* Documentary film
* Sounds, signs and meanings in radio
* Narrative

Practical modules

* Radio production
* Television production

Work placement

The work placement allows you to develop the skills and knowledge gained on the course in the real world of broadcast science communication. Placements are set up through the College, although you may also undertake your own initiatives, in consultation with the College.

Independent production project

You will research, script, shoot and edit your own programme based on your ideas for a short television documentary or a radio show.

IELTS

You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.

Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.

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Requirements

Candidates require a good degree, normally a second class Honours degree or better, from a UK (or equivalent overseas) university or college of higher education in a scientific or science-related subject. You must also be able to demonstrate potential in media production, as judged by completion of an assignment and perhaps submission of a portfolio of work. Candidates with other qualifications will be considered if you can demonstrate relevant experience or aptitude.

To obtain maximum benefit from studies at Imperial College all students must have a good command of the English Language. College therefore requires applicants to have taken an English Language test and achieved an acceptable grade or score before admission can be confirmed. The College Senate has approved the tests set out below. Please note that the scores or grades indicated are the minimum levels generally acceptable to the College. Departments have the discretion to prescribe higher requirements either for specific courses of study or in specific cases where there are serious doubts as to the abilities of individual students to undertake proposed programmes of study.

Students must make arrangements to take the appropriate test well in advance of the start of their course. Places will not be confirmed and students will not be allowed to register until confirmation of an acceptable result has been received as set out below.

* A first degree taught in English within the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Indies.
* Candidates whose first degree was not taught in English but who have then successfully completed a one-year MSc (or equivalent) course at a UK university.
* A grade of not less than C in English Language in GCSE, IGCSE, GCE `O´ Level or equivalent.
* A grade of not less than C in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
* A pass in the University Test of English for Speakers of Other Languages (UETESOL).
* British Council IELTS Test
A score of not less than 6.5 including a score of 5.0 or better in the written and spoken English elements of the academic test.
* TOEFL
A score of not less than 90 overall in the internet-based test (iBT), to include 24 in Writing and 20 in Speaking; or 600 in the paper-based test (PBT), or 250 in the computer-based test (CBT), both to include a minimum score of 4.5 in the written English.

Please note: Imperial College's Institution Code for TOEFL is 0891.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Bachelor's degree
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

Language Proficiency

IELTS Band: 6.5
TOEFL Paper-based: 600
TOEFL Computer-based: 250
TOEFL Internet-based: 90

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