Broadcast Engineering

• Digital and satellite transmission
• Streaming and live events
• Virtual production
• Video and audio (UHD and Dolby)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Technological developments.

If you are studying the BSc (Hons) Broadcast Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year version of this course, key topics of your integrated foundation year will include:

• Core principles of media communication design
• Narrative construction and structure
• Symbolism, meaning, and interpretation
• Colour theory and aesthetic principles
• Character development and genre exploration
• Sequencing techniques and timing
• Editing, lighting, and sound design
• Mise-en-scène and visual composition techniques
• Proficiency in software and applications (Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition)
• Comprehensive understanding of the production process: Pre-production, Production, and Post-production
• Social, cultural, ethical, and technological considerations (AI, data privacy, representation, and inclusivity)
• Utilisation of digital labs, photography studios, broadcasting, and multimedia facilities
   

Students learn broadcast industry fundamentals, collaborating with the TV production students.  Alongside learning the fundamentals of electronics and engineering, students are have specialist maths teaching to refresh and extend their maths ability in preparation for the coming years.

Modules may include*:

• Production Skills and Technologies
• Moving Image Industries
• Storytelling On Screen
• Professional Life Practice - Developing your Practice
• Professional Life Practice - Exploring your Practice.

*Subject to change.

Students will apply the skills and techniques gained in the first year and experiment creatively on increasingly challenging projects. They will learn the art of science and colour, live event broadcasting, computing in relation to broadcasting, and event technology.

Modules may include*:

• Fundamentals of Sound
• Live Studio and Outside Broadcast
• Virtual Production
• Electronics
• Professional Life Practice - Applying your Practice
• Work Based Learning.

*Subject to change.

In the final year, students deliver a dissertation based on an area of interest. Students may extend this or choose another topic to develop for their major engineering project, which may be a prototype for a piece of equipment, or a piece of broadcast engineering software for example. Students also study emerging technologies and standards in their final year, to prepare them for future industry developments.

Modules may include*:

• Immediate future of broadcasting
• Final Major Project
• Professional Life Practice - Situating your Practice
• Performance Module.

*Subject to change.

We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English and Maths in addition to any of the below;

• Two A Levels at grade CC or above
• BTEC Extended Diploma at grade MPP
• UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
• T Level (pass or above)
• Access to Higher Education Diploma
• International Baccalaureate at grade 24 or above
• Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 64 UCAS Tariff points

At Ravensbourne we take a flexible approach to admissions, as we want you to know exactly what you need to achieve in your exams to guarantee a place on the course. We still think exams are important and look forward to hearing about your successes, but we place just as much importance on the work you will share with us as part of our interview process.

Selection criteria:

Students should ideally have a background in technology, science, maths, technical drawing/ design or media.  Experience in live events or theatre is also valuable.  Applicants do not need to submit a portfolio of work, but they may wish to do so. 

This course is likely to appeal to if you are interested in STEM careers but have not thought of broadcast engineering, so you would be asked to show your interest by researching roles and coming to interview prepared with questions about how this course matches your interests.  

We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English and Maths in addition to any of the below;

• Two A Levels at grade DD or above
• BTEC Extended Diploma at grade PPP
• Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 48 UCAS Tariff points

At Ravensbourne we take a flexible approach to admissions, as we want you to know exactly what you need to achieve in your exams to guarantee a place on the course. 

Selection criteria:

Students should ideally have a background in technology, science, maths, technical drawing/ design or media.  Experience in live events or theatre is also valuable.  Applicants do not need to submit a portfolio of work, but they may wish to do so. 

This course is likely to appeal to if you are interested in STEM careers but have not thought of broadcast engineering, so you would be asked to show your interest by researching roles and coming to interview prepared with questions about how this course matches your interests. 

There are no interview or portfolio requirements for this course.