Digital Culture

King’s College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Overview
A degree analysing digital culture that explores the consequences and meaning of technical innovations in social media, economics, politics, social life and more. Research techniques for analysing data in relation to digitisation and the internet are also taught (no knowledge of programming required). The only single honours degree in digital culture and internet studies taught by a dedicated team in a unique location in central London.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
Insights into digital competencies used by modern companies, governments, and other institutions including social media, microblogging and blogging, advertising, hacking, journalism, digital arts, data visualisation, curation and more.
Provides digital research methods training, with no pre-existing understanding of computing needed.
The leading dedicated digital culture team in central London.
Recognised as creating world leading research into digital culture.
Friendly and supportive learning environment.
Central location offers exciting possibilities for further access to digital cultures, organisations, and companies, as well as cultural institutions.
Provides a grounding for pursuing careers in all aspects of digital culture; including social media strategy, online community management, digital journalism, marketing and advertising, gaming, digital curation and heritage, and other cultural and creative industries.
Provides a strong intellectual foundation for students wishing to pursue further study.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Internet
  • Marketing
  • Advertising
  • University
  • Social Media
  • Team Training
  • Programming
  • Media

Course programme


Year 1

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

You will have the opportunity to study abroad in the second semester of the second year. Partner universities currently include:

  • University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
  • University of Melbourne
  • National University of Singapore
  • Western University
  • University of Michigan
Required Modules
    You are required to take the followung modules in your first year:
  • Digital Economy and Audiences (15 Credits)
  • Digital Politics (15 Credits)
  • History of Networked Technologies (15 Credits)
  • Digital Methods I: Approaches (15 Credits)
  • Knowledge Representation (15 Credits)
  • Theories of New Media (15 Credits)
  • Digital Foundations I (30 Credits)
Optional Modules There are no optional modules for this course in Year one.


Year 2

Year 2

In the second year, half of the teaching is from required modules and half is from a range of optional modules.

Required Modules
  • Digital Methods II (15 Credits)
  • Critical Debates in Digital Culture (15 Credits)
  • Digital Foundations II (30 Credits)
Optional Modules

Additionally, you will choose 60 credits from a wide range of Digital Culture optional modules, each worth 15 or 30 credits, which may typically include:

  • Representations of Cultural Heritage (15 credits)
  • Digital Texts, Digital Publication (15 credits)
  • Management for the Digital Domain I (15 credits)
  • Subcultures and Communities in the Digital World (15 credits)
  • Online Network and the Politics of Social Media (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Programming (15 credits)


Year 3

Year 3

In the final year the teaching is a mixture of required and optional modules.

Required Modules
  • Digital Foundations III (30 credits)
  • Digital Culture Thesis (Dissertation) (30 credits) OR
  • Digital Culture Project (Dissertation) (30 credits)
Optional Modules

You will also choose 60 credits from a wide range of Digital Culture optional modules, each worth 15 or 30 credits, which may typically include:

  • Contemporary Trends in Digital Theory (15 credits)
  • Management for the Digital Domain II (15 credits)
  • Big Data, Culture and Society (15 credits)
  • Internship in Digital Culture (15 credits)
  • Cultural Analytics (15 credits)
  • Digital Advertising & Marketing (15 credits)
  • Digital Journalism (15 credits)

You can also select further credits from optional modules within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities (approved by the course leader) to bring your total for the year to 120 credits.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. The optional modules offered may therefore change. We suggest that you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

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