Media

From cancel culture to fake news, AI to algorithms - our Media BA explores all aspects of media and culture.

This course combines digital content production with the study of how media shapes the world around us, preparing you for a career in the creative and cultural industries.

You’ll get hands-on, creating your own films, podcasts, marketing pitches and portfolios. There’s plenty of opportunity to explore and experiment with different formats.

Customise your degree to explore your interests with modules on social media, podcasting, gaming, celebrity culture, fan studies, film-making, film marketing, and more. And experiment with media formats of your own in our industry-standard facilities.

Our professional links and commitment to employability mean you’ll graduate with not just a degree, but a portfolio of skills and experiences that prepare you for diverse careers across the creative industries. You’ll hear from industry professionals and make key contacts in organisations such as Google, the BBC and The Guardian at careers events, seminars and conferences.

You’ll also develop valuable critical thinking and analytical skills, exploring the impact of social media on our everyday lives and asking how we can use digital media to change the world for the better.

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The following modules are what students typically study, but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations.

Stage 1:

In your first year, you cover media and meaning, media identity and diversity, media power and/or making media (i.e. a practical introduction to media content creation). This gives you a solid grounding in the subject and introduces you to some of the most pressing issues in contemporary media culture and the creative industries.

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Film and Media Practice #1;
Introduction to Cultural and Creative Industries;
Promotional Media;
Media, Politics & Identity;
Media and Meaning;
Film and Media Practice #2.

Stage 2:

The second year of your degree builds on the first. You take a module on media ethics and choose from a huge range of modules, covering everything from podcasting, gender and digital culture, social media, digital storytelling, to photography and arts criticism, screenwriting and curating. You can also study modules from other subjects, such as film, drama and theatre, art history, literature, history, philosophy, politics and sociology.

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Advanced Making Media;
Media and Social Change;
Media, Ethics & Social Justice.

Optional modules may include the following:

Screenwriting;
Documentary Filmmaking;
Costume and Fashion;
Disability and the Arts;
Psychology of the Arts;
Cinematography;
Sound, Music and Cinema;
Podcasting;
Social Media and Digital Platforms;
Video Gaming: Play and Players;
Film Genre.

Stage 3:

The final year of your degree allows you to deepen your knowledge and explore your creativity. You take a module on media industry and innovation, choose from a wide range of modules and have the chance to complete an independent project, this could be a dissertation or a piece of media you have created. You will also have the chance to take an internship as part of your modules and be assessed on your work in industry as part of your degree.

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Independent Industry Project.

Optional modules may include the following:

Arts Internship;
Film & TV Adaptation;
Film Criticism;
Film Marketing and Distribution;
Factual Entertainment;
Fans and Fandom;
Media, Gender and Sexuality;
Stars and Celebrity Culture.