NCEA Level 1 Media Studies
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: M. Clark
This course will have students exploring how the media operates within societal contexts and how they themselves can understand the place of media in society. These societal contexts can include historical, economic, social, cultural, and political perspectives.
Students learn to understand their own relationship with the media in order to act as 'critical, active, informed and responsible citizens' (NZC).
Students will study, and apply, media language and media texts. The analysis of the content of media texts, using appropriate media terminology, gives students the ability to understand how meanings are created in texts. Students look at groups of texts (genre), structures of texts (narrative), and they learn the skills of close reading so they can respond to the products of others as well as their own.
Students learn to make media products that can entertain, inform, and challenge. They explore, develop, and communicate ideas through the development of their skills in the use of media technology. In the process, they use language, symbols, and structures to create meaning. In reflecting on their own and others’ products, students develop their production skills.
Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to:
- Explore media concepts;
- Explore language in media texts, including writing a media product to meet a brief; and
- Explore media conventions and technology to create media.
This course leads to a University Entrance approved subject.
Potential field trip to MediaWorks/Ashburton Guardian.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
To be advised.
Credit Information
Total Credits Available: 23 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 15 credits.
External
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
Pathway Tags
director, film critic, journalist, reporter, social development research, television presenter, lawyer, social work, human resource management, teaching, archaeologist, diplomat, economist, fashion designer, film director, interior designer, police detective, political researcher, environmental scientist, planner, travel consultant, ecologist,
Disclaimer
For NCEA Levels 1, 2 & 3 courses will be made up of a selection of the stated standards. This will happen at the beginning of the year with the assigned teacher.
Ashburton College