BA Communication, Media and Politics
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 Politics and International Relations and Film Studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students complete modules covering British politics, comparative politics, global news, media and war, and the ethics of artificial intelligence.
Modules
- INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES B
- MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS B
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH POLITICS
- FOUNDATIONS IN POLITICS
- COMMUNICATION, CULTURE, AND MEDIA ANALYSIS B
- DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA
- BRITISH POLITICS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
- COMPARATIVE POLITICS
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH I
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH II
- PUBLIC RELATIONS, MEDIA AND DIGITAL SOCIETY
- GLOBAL NEWS, MEDIA AND WAR
- PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- DEMOCRATISATION AND POLITICAL CHANGE
- THINKING ABOUT POLITICS
- AUTHORITARIAN POLITICS
- INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
- GENDER AND FEMINIST POLITICS: CORE CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
- FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
- AI AND DIGITAL MEDIA
- UNDERSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
- POLITICS IN ACTION
- BRITISH POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
- THE POLTICS AND ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY
- THE POLITICS OF 'RACE' AND MARGINALISATION
- CONTEMPORARY SEXUAL POLITICS
- MEDIA AND CAMPAIGNING
- STARDOM AND MEDIA CELEBRITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: POLITICS, SCIENCE, ACTIVISM, AND THE MEDIA
- QUEER FILM, VIDEO AND DOCUMENTARY
- PROPAGANDA, POWER, AND LIFE
- CONTEMPORARY PARLIAMENTARY STUDIES
- AFRICA-CHINA RELATIONS IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ORDER
- SOLIDARITY, ACTIVISM AND BORDERS IN THE EU
- FROM THE IRA TO THE FAR RIGHT: UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
- POLITICS OF PARTICIPATION AND CIVIC SPACE
- INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
- MEDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- POPULAR CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
- ISSUES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
- POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT
- THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RHETORIC IN BRITISH POLITICS
- CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF NATIONALISM
- REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS
- COMPARATIVE PEACE PROCESSES
- WORK PLACEMENT YEAR
- DISSERTATION
- FINAL YEAR PROJECT
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WORK PLACEMENTS MODULE
- VIRAL VIDEO