Cambridge OCR
    Level 3
    QN: 603/2339/5
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    Cambridge OCR Level 3 Advanced GCE in Media Studies

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Cambridge OCR. Classified as a GCE A Level. Total guided learning hours: 360 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    Cambridge OCR
    Syllabus Units
    3 Units
    Guided Hours
    360 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Evolving Media

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • In this mandatory component, learners will explore and analyse the ideas and arguments from debates about the media. These debates will be drawn from a historical perspective, the digital age and global media.
    2

    Making media

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • In this mandatory non-examined assessment component, learners will practically explore the creation of three linked media products in a cross-media production.
    3

    Media messages

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • This is a mandatory component which focuses on how media products are used by institutions to construct different representations and how media audiences interpret these products. Learners will use aspects of the theoretical frame
    • work to analyse and evaluate their own cross-media productions.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/2339/5
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Cambridge OCR
    Qualification Type
    GCE A Level
    Operational Start
    Sept 2017