BA Communication, Media and Popular Music
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 and Music, combining media and sound practices. Core topics include Research Methods and Project Management. Students study topics such as popular music history, digital audio workstations, and sound recording.
Modules
- INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES B
- MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS B
- INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY
- COMMUNICATION, CULTURE, AND MEDIA ANALYSIS B
- DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA
- POPULAR COMPOSITION 1
- INTRODUCTION TO SOUND AND MUSIC IN AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 1
- MUSIC WORLDS: CULTURE, PRACTICE AND INDUSTRY
- INTRODUCTION TO SOUND AND RECORDING
- INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH I
- COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA RESEARCH II
- PUBLIC RELATIONS, MEDIA AND DIGITAL SOCIETY
- CONVERGED MEDIA AND SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT B
- APPROACHES TO CULTURAL AND MEDIA STUDIES B
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 2A
- MAX AND ABLETON LIVE
- POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSITION 2
- LIVE SOUND
- SOUND RECORDING AND PRODUCTION 2
- WORKING IN MUSIC INDUSTRY
- MUSIC IN GAMING
- INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC PSYCHOLOGY
- PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- GLOBAL HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND: FROM THE MAINSTREAM TO THE MARGINS
- FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
- IMMERSIVE MEDIA AND VIRTUAL WORLDS
- MEDIATING THE PAST
- AI AND DIGITAL MEDIA
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 2B
- COMPOSITION FOR FILM, TELEVISION AND GAMES
- MUSIC GENRES AND DIGITAL CULTURES
- FOLEY AND SOUND DESIGN
- MUSIC, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY
- MUSIC IN WORLD CINEMA
- MUSIC AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
- STARDOM AND MEDIA CELEBRITY
- QUEER FILM, VIDEO AND DOCUMENTARY
- GAMES AND ALGORITHMIC CULTURE
- RESEARCHING DIGITAL CULTURES IN THE AMERICAS
- COMPOSITION FOR DIGITAL GAMES
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE CONTEXTS
- RECORD LABEL RECORDING, PRODUCTION AND PROJECT PLANNING
- SELF-MANAGEMENT FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRIES
- SOUND STUDIES
- JAZZ
- CULT TELEVISION AND DIGITAL FANDOMS
- INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
- POPULAR CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND POLITICS
- ISSUES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
- PROPAGANDA, POWER, AND LIFE
- COMPOSING ELECTRONIC MUSIC
- POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSITION 3
- RECORD LABEL MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
- LIVE SOUND 2
- CURATION AND HERITAGE
- THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: RESEARCH
- FINAL YEAR PROJECT
- VIRAL VIDEO
- DISSERTATION
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WORK PLACEMENTS MODULE
- WORK PLACEMENT YEAR