Sport, Media and Culture with a Foundation Year BA

The Foundation Year gives you an exciting introduction to Higher Education, setting you up with the skills, confidence, and knowledge that you’ll need to be successful on your undergraduate degree. It’s ideal if you need a little more support after Further Education or are returning to education after a gap.<br/><br/>After progression from the foundation year, you will have the chance to explore the degree programme that equips you with the skills for a future career as a professional sports content creator and communicator across the contemporary sports mediascape.<br/><br/>The course has been developed to ensure you will graduate as a skilled and competent sports content creator, equipped with journalistic skills, and adept at creating and promoting multi-media sports-focused content, from podcasts to match reports and from sports commentary to promotional sports communication strategies. <br/><br/>**Why Sport, Media and Culture with a Foundation Year at Swansea?**<br/>You will be taught by academics who have a wide range of industry experience and will benefit from access to industry-standard filming, editing and design facilities. In addition, our close links with sports organisations such as Swansea City FC, the Ospreys, and our partnership with Sport Swansea means that you will gain a sports communications industry perspective across your degree programme.<br/><br/>This programme is based within our Media, Communication, Journalism and PR department. <br/><br/>Media and Communication at Swansea is ranked:<br/>- 8th in the UK for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2025)<br/><br/><br/>- 8th in the UK for Student Experience (Times Good University Guide 2025)<br/><br/><br/>- 10th in the UK for Teaching Quality (Times Good University Guide 2025)<br/><br/><br/>The course is based at out Singleton Campus on the stunning Swansea Bay on the edge of the Gower Peninsula. You will also be within close proximity to Swansea city, a vibrant, multi-cultural, safe and cost-effective city.<br/><br/>**Your Sport, Media and Culture with a Foundation Year Experience**<br/>Our BA (Hons) Sport, Media and Culture with Foundation Year degree will give you an exciting introduction to higher education and is part of a four-year undergraduate integrated degree.<br/><br/>During your Foundation Year, you will learn the key skills you’ll need to make your degree a success while developing knowledge of your subject area and how it relates to the humanities and social sciences.<br/><br/>You will learn how to improve your oral and writing skills, investigate and obtain information, present your ideas in a range of formats, solve problems and make informed decisions.<br/><br/>You will start the degree course in your second year. On our Sport, Media and Culture programme you’ll develop practical skills in multimedia journalism, including writing text reports for newspapers, magazines, and websites; conducting interviews and crafting feature stories; capturing and editing still images; filming, editing, and publishing video reports; and creating engaging audio content, including podcasts.<br/><br/>Outside of your studies you will be part of a supportive student community and will be able to get involved in many different sports clubs and societies including the Media society.

Kickstart a bright future at Swansea University.<br/><br/>With around 300,000 residents, Swansea isn't the biggest city this side of the Severn, but she's got a big personality! Whether you like to explore the outdoors, take in a bit of culture, or anything in between, Swansea has something for everyone.<br/><br/>As a student at Swansea University, you'll benefit from a friendly, inclusive community and opportunities to gain skills that last a lifetime. Alongside first-class resources that include a mock court room, indoor athletics centre & virtual reality lab, you'll learn from leading academics, in a supportive and nurturing environment.<br/><br/>With 120 societies, 50 sports clubs and 12 months of must-see events, you’ll find plenty to keep you busy between lectures.<br/><br/>Whoever you are and whoever you want to be, you'll find yourself right at home in Swansea.