Media And Culture (Ba): 3-Year, Full-Time
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
Are you fascinated by our constantly changing contemporary media and culture? Do you want to develop yourself into an independent thinker capable of negotiating rapid shifts in the media and creative industries today? During this course you will be challenged, not only to think about media but to also think through media by engaging directly with digital and traditional media forms.
The BA Media and Culture gives you important insight into the world where media permeates almost every aspect of our lives. You will explore core topics in media studies, such as social media, mobile technology, film, television and journalism. At the same time, you will have a chance to develop a working understanding of how media impacts fields such as arts, curating, design, education, literature, museums, performance, politics and activism.
This course is your opportunity to learn about cutting-edge academic perspectives, while also developing skills and knowledge in applied media practice. It will help you develop a broad and highly transferable understanding of media culture suited to our twenty-first-century context.
This programme is also available for part-time evening study over four years or six years.
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About this course
Graduates can pursue careers in the media and cultural industries, for example in film, television, newspapers, online publishing, digital media management, magazines, trade publications and public relations. This degree can also provide transferable skills and knowledge to work in cultural and educational institutions, public policy or professional communications.
We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.
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Subjects
- Communication Training
- Social Media
- Industry
- Public
- Law
- Art
- Public Relations
- Theatre
- Networks
- IT Law
- Politics
- Cultural Studies
- Design
- Media Studies
- Cinema
- Web
- School
- Project
- Technology
- Full Time
- Media
Course programme
In Year 1, you take one compulsory module, two core modules and choose one option module at Level 4.
In Year 2, you take two compulsory modules and choose two option modules at Level 5.
In Year 3, you choose three option modules at Level 6. You also complete a final-year project, either: an extended piece of supervised research on a topic of your choice (8000 words); or a practice-based project which combines a well-defined media practice component with a critical practice essay.
COMPULSORY MODULES
- Doing Film, Media and Cultural Studies
- Media, Technology and Culture
- Thinking Through Digital Media
- Media Studies: Key Thinkers and Approaches
- The Politics of Culture
- Introduction to Cinema
- Introduction to Public Relations
- Journalism in British Life
- Performing Theatre Histories (Critical Practice I)
- Performing/Live Arts: Histories, Networks and Organisations
- Television: History and Future
- Visual Art: Histories, Networks and Organisations
- Approaches to Cinema History
- Communities in Theatre and Performance (Critical Practice III)
- Curating Culture
- Digital Media Design and Development
- Documentary
- Journalism and Politics
- Media Law and Regulation
- Popular Culture in Japan and East Asia
- Social Media for Creative Practitioners
- Space and Performance (Critical Practice II)
- Theories of Theatricality and Performance
- Advanced Skills in Digital and Networked Communication
- Aliveness and the Arts
- Contemporary European Cinema
- Critically Queer
- Crowds and Power
- Gender and Sexuality in Cinema
- Globalisation and Media Cultures
- Industry Placement (level 6 Arts)
- Manga and Anime
- Media and Conflict
- Media, Digitalisation and the City (level 6)
- Memory and Media
- Modernism and the City
- Principles of Digital Video and Editing
- Principles of Layout and Design
- Professional and Strategic Communications
- Understanding Audiences: Engagement, Education and Development
- World Cinema
- Project BA Media and Culture
Additional information
Course Fee -
Full-time international students: £ 14000 pa
Media And Culture (Ba): 3-Year, Full-Time