This subject is offered by the School of Arts & Cultures.
This innovative subject area enables you to study how information is created, managed, promoted, circulated and consumed in contemporary society. It is a rich, exciting and diverse area of study. You may combine many of the areas listed below, or specialise in two or three in more detail.
Our subject area in Media and Communications will allow you to develop and apply critical thinking and theoretical knowledge, carry out practical evaluations, and offer imaginative solutions through high quality verbal, visual and written communication.
All areas of study will be considered. However, those with a background in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are likely to adapt to the subject area more easily.
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | ||
| COM 1023 | Introduction to Media Studies | 20 credits |
| COM 1026 | Introduction to Social and Cultural Studies | 20 credits |
| COM 1030 | Writing for the Media | 20 credits |
| COM1032* | Introduction to Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies | 20 credits |
| COM1033* | Museum, Gallery and Heritage Histories | 20 credits |
| * COM1032 & COM1033 are only available to those students who are not taking Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies as a subject area on the Combined Honours programme | ||
| Stage 2 | ||
| COM 2068 | Writing for the Media: Reporting, writing and editing for the print media and communications industries | 20 credits |
| COM 2071 | Sex, Sexuality and Desire | 20 credits |
| COM 2075 | Representations: Identity, Culture and Society | 20 credits |
| COM 2079 | Roots to Rome: ‘Telling History’ in TV Drama | 20 credits |
| COM3067 | Television Studies | 20 credits |
| COM2080 | Celebrity Culture | 20 credits |
| Stage 3 | ||
| COM 2071 | Sex, Sexuality and Desire | 20 credits |
| COM 2079 | Roots to Rome: ‘Telling History’ in TV Drama | 20 credits |
| COM 3063 | Advertising and Consumption | 20 credits |
| COM 3067 | Television Studies | 20 credits |
| COM 3074 | Themes and Issues in Contemporary Media and Culture | 20 credits |
| COM 3078 | Globalisation and National Culture | 20 credits |
| COM2080 | Celebrity Culture | 20 credits |