A Level
Media Studies A Level
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If you're passionate about film, TV, music, or digital media, A Level Media Studies is for you. Analyse how media shapes the world, create your own content, and build skills for careers in marketing, journalism, and beyond.
Learners study a range of media forms, including advertising, film, magazines, music videos, newspapers, online media, radio, TV, and video games, through WJEC-set and teacher-selected products. These media texts hold social, cultural, and historical significance, representing diverse genres, audiences, and global contexts. Students explore industry structures, including non-commercial and minority-led media, and analyse contemporary and emerging trends.
The course is built around a theoretical framework that develops critical understanding of:
• Media language - how forms, codes, and conventions create meaning
• Representation - how media portray people, events, and issues
• Media industries - how production, distribution, and circulation shape content
• Audiences - how media engage, influence, and are shaped by consumers
The WJEC products for Components 1 and 2 are periodically reviewed to ensure relevance, offering a dynamic and stimulating learning experience.
Component 1: Media Products, Industries and Audiences Written examination: 35% of qualification.
Component 2: Media Forms and Products in Depth Written examination: 35% of qualification.
Component 3: Cross-Media Production Non exam assessment 30% of qualification.
Full-time for two academic years.
A minimum of 5 GCSE subjects graded 9-5 including English and Maths and 2 GCSE subjects graded 9-6.
A Level Media Studies opens the door to a range of exciting opportunities. You can progress to university courses in media, film, journalism, marketing, and communications or pursue apprenticeships in creative industries.
This qualification also prepares you for careers in film and TV production, digital marketing, social media management, advertising, and journalism.
Students benefit from a range of extra qualifications, work placements, voluntary work and masterclasses, delivered by industry experts.
Options include: Live studio recordings (including Question of Sport), Q&A sessions with writers and directors.
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Students aged 16-18 do not pay exam fees.
Students aged 19+ will need to pay an exam fee of £78.00
