BA Communication and Media
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with no score less than 4 or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,5,5 in 3 HL subjects. BTEC: BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits and may make offers at DDM.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Film Studies, exploring media industries and digital communication. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, and Research Methods. The programme spans three years of undergraduate study.
Modules
- INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES A
- MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS A
- COMMUNICATION, CULTURE, AND MEDIA ANALYSIS A
- DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH II
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH I
- GLOBAL NEWS, MEDIA AND WAR
- SELF, SOCIETY AND MEDIA
- PUBLIC RELATIONS, MEDIA AND DIGITAL SOCIETY
- DIGITAL MEDIA AND DATA B
- CONVERGED MEDIA AND SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT B
- APPROACHES TO CULTURAL AND MEDIA STUDIES B
- PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- GLOBAL HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND: FROM THE MAINSTREAM TO THE MARGINS
- FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
- IMMERSIVE MEDIA AND VIRTUAL WORLDS
- INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
- MEDIATING THE PAST
- AI AND DIGITAL MEDIA
- UNDERSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
- MEDIA AND CAMPAIGNING
- STARDOM AND MEDIA CELEBRITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: POLITICS, SCIENCE, ACTIVISM, AND THE MEDIA
- QUEER FILM, VIDEO AND DOCUMENTARY
- GAMES AND ALGORITHMIC CULTURE
- AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA
- ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA AND HISTORY ON SCREEN
- PROPAGANDA, POWER, AND LIFE
- CULT TELEVISION AND DIGITAL FANDOMS
- NEWS MEDIA AND SOCIETY
- INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
- MEDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- POPULAR CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
- ISSUES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
- SCREEN INDUSTRIES AND SPORTS
- DATA SCIENCE AND VISUALISATION
- YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE MEDIA
- VIRAL VIDEO
- FINAL YEAR PROJECT
- DISSERTATION
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WORK PLACEMENTS MODULE