BA Media and Cultural Studies (Placement Year)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in Media and Cultural Studies (Placement Year), a Scottish Ethnology and Studies and Film Studies degree centred on the analysis of contemporary media, society, and cultural power structures. Core topics include Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme includes a dedicated work placement year in the third year and a final-year independent project. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Media, Power and Identity, Screens and Selves, Transformations in Digital Media, and Understanding Media and Culture, alongside optional choices like British Cinema and Consumers and Communications. The second year focuses on research preparation and global perspectives, featuring compulsory studies in Designing Media Research, Key Perspectives in Global Media and Culture, and Media in Question, while offering paths into optional areas such as Digital Cultures, Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture, and Short Film Production. The third year consists of a professional work placement module. The final year centres on the Media Independent Project, supported by specialised optional choices including Audiences, Fans and Participatory Cultures, Contemporary Issues in Marketing, Festival of the Future, and The Making of Media and AI Futures.
Modules
- Media, Power and Identity
- Screens and Selves
- Transformations in Digital Media
- Understanding Media and Culture
- The Arts and Identity (Discovery module)
- British Cinema
- Consumers and Communications
- Public Sociology: Understanding and Creating Social Change
- Designing Media Research
- Key Perspectives in Global Media and Culture
- Media in Question
- Digital Cultures
- Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture
- Short Film Production
- Visual Cultures
- Employability, Purpose and Social Impact (Discovery module)
- Global Challenges and Collaborative Solutions (Discovery module)
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- Work Based Learning Year
- Media Independent Project
- Audiences, Fans and Participatory Cultures
- Contemporary Issues in Marketing
- Festival of the Future
- Media Industries
- Mediating the Body
- The Making of Media and AI Futures
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- People Power and Collective Action (Discovery module)
- Confronting the Climate Crisis (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)