BA International Media and Communications Studies
Course Overview
This dynamic degree offers a comprehensive exploration of media and communication theory within both local and global contexts, uniquely integrated with practical language acquisition. You will develop critical analytical skills by drawing on sociology, politics, and cultural studies to understand how communication shapes society. The program equips you with a versatile skill set highly valued across a wide range of media-related and broader sectors.
Key Program Highlights
- Integrated language program with nine options, catering to all abilities from beginner to advanced
- Critical analysis of media through diverse theoretical approaches like sociology and cultural studies
- Development of highly transferable skills in analysis, research, and cross-cultural communication
- Hands-on experience through award-winning student media projects (NSTV, Radio, Impact magazine)
- A global perspective that prepares you for international careers and internships
Course Overview
This dynamic degree offers a comprehensive exploration of media and communication theory within both local and global contexts, uniquely integrated with practical language acquisition. You will develop critical analytical skills by drawing on sociology, politics, and cultural studies to understand how communication shapes society. The program equips you with a versatile skill set highly valued across a wide range of media-related and broader sectors.
Key Program Highlights
- Integrated language program with nine options, catering to all abilities from beginner to advanced
- Critical analysis of media through diverse theoretical approaches like sociology and cultural studies
- Development of highly transferable skills in analysis, research, and cross-cultural communication
- Hands-on experience through award-winning student media projects (NSTV, Radio, Impact magazine)
- A global perspective that prepares you for international careers and internships
Requirements
Modules
- Studio Project 1A
- Studio Project 1B
- Media and Democracy
- Ways of Seeing, Hearing and Reading
- Institutions and Practices
- Global Media and Cultural Flows
- Sustainability 1A
- Sustainability 1B
- Studio Project 2A
- Studio Project 2B
- Encountering Culture: Media, Art and Screen Experiences
- Objects and Technologies
- Journalism and News Media
- Persuasive Communications and Political Belief
- Communicating Identity
- British Empire and its Cultural Legacy
- Cultures of Collecting and Collections
- Travelling Stories - Narrative Locations
- Emotions, Affect and the Senses
- Arts Work Placement Module
- Studio Project - Level 3
- Irrational Media
- Media, Memory and the Disaster
- Digital Labour
- The Cultural Sector Now
- Professional Practice: Festivals
- Censoring Stories
- African and Afro-Diasporic Visual Cultures: 1900s to the present
- Playful Experiences
- Protest, Dissent and Civil Society
- The Outmoded
- Sound and Everyday Life