Specialize in Media Studies for your Bachelor of Arts at Massey

Massey’s BA (Media Studies) is an exciting discipline that will prepare you for future challenges in an information-rich society. 

Media studies analyze the production, consumption, and content of various media, including film, social media, television, popular music, and smartphones.

You will explore the formal characteristics of these media and their social, cultural, political, and economic implications.

Be challenged

• Explore how media texts, audiences, and users create and circulate meanings.
• Analyze the relationships between media, culture, and society and how they influence our views of the world.
• Communicate your findings effectively through speech and writing.
• Tackle open-ended questions where there are no simple right or wrong answers.
• Develop creative and critical approaches to producing media.

Blend media theory and media production

You’ll become a media shaper who can ‘do’ as well as think. 

Your lecturers have internationally published experts in their fields. 

They collectively span the breadth of contemporary media studies.

Massey University uses media theories as a springboard for exploring a range of media forms. 

The university will guide you through the practice of creating your own media products such as short films and documentaries.

State-of-the-art facilities

Massey University offers you access to the latest in digital technology through the university's new state-of-the-art facilities and online learning system. 

You’ll have hands-on learning opportunities that reflect the latest developments in media practice to give you skills relevant to today’s industry.

• Officially verified copies of Birth certificate/ Current passport, including any residency visa/ Citizenship certificate
• Proof of the name change
• High School graduation certificate
• Academic transcripts
• English Language proficiency
• A statement of any disability or health condition (If Applicable)
• Evidence of any scholarships (If Applicable)

To be admitted to an undergraduate qualification, applicants will need a minimum level of academic achievement from school, or another university or tertiary institution. 

The specific level depends on which country or region of the world they are from.

China:

• Senior High School graduation plus successful completion of one year of bachelor's-level study from a recognized institution; or
• Successful completion of a two-year diploma, or a minimum of two years out of a three-year diploma from a recognized institution; or
• Completed Gaokao with a tier-one score from the related province

India: 

• All India Senior School Certificate (AISSC) Year 12 or Indian School Certificate (ISC) Year 12, with an overall average of 75% and a minimum of 60% in English; or
• Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) – State Board Examination in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujurat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, with:
  • an overall average of 85% or higher (with no less than four academic subjects), with
  • a minimum of 70% or above in English.

Foundation qualifications to meet entry requirements

If you don't have the skills or qualifications you need to be accepted into your chosen study, you can do foundation qualifications.

• Foundation Certificate (International)
• Foundation Certificate (International Accelerated)