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BA Promotional Media: PR, Advertising and Branding

Goldsmiths, University of London

Institution
Goldsmiths, University of London
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Media and Communications
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
P310
Typical offer
A-level CCC, IB 27

Entry requirements

A level: CCC IB: 27 points overall with three HL subjects at 555

About this course

BA in Film Studies, combining promotional media with cultural analysis. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Marketing, Communication & Writing, Design & Creative Practice, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The programme includes a two-week work placement between the second and third years, and culminates in a final-year project requiring a cross-platform promotional campaign portfolio.

Modules

  • Introduction to Promotional Media: Histories, Contexts, Theories
  • Introduction to Marketing
  • Writing For The Media
  • Media Arts
  • Culture and Cultural Studies
  • Web Design
  • The Promotional Industries: Convergence and The Digital
  • Visual Storytelling
  • Understanding Advertising
  • Creative Collaborations
  • The Goldsmiths Elective
  • The Goldsmiths Project
  • Future of Media Work
  • Television and After
  • Media, Memory and Conflict
  • The Neoliberal Self and Society
  • Moving Image Spectatorship
  • Psychology, Subjectivity and Power
  • Media, Modernity and Social Thought
  • Journalism and Society
  • Visualising and Analysing Data
  • Work Placement
  • Final Project
  • Structure of Contemporary Political Communications
  • Race, Empire and Nation
  • Music as Communication and Creative Practice
  • Contemporary Feminist Media Cultures
  • Digital Audiovisual Media
  • Theorising Celebrity
  • Political Economy of the Media
  • Embodiment and Experience
  • Promotional Culture
  • Politics of the Audiovisual
  • Social Media in Everyday Life: A Global Perspective
  • Mediating Violence: Feminist, Queer, Decolonial Perspectives
  • Virtual and immersive media experience
  • Race and Technology
  • Photo-journalism
  • Arts and Fashion Journalism
  • Tutored Personal Research