2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Cultural and Media Studies

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme:

BA Cultural and Media Studies(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

This programme located within the School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies, and jointly delivered with the School of Media and Communications, cultivates a distinctive critical space. Drawing from the traditions of continental, critical and philosophical theory on language, mediation, and communication, this programme integrating Cultural and Media Studies within a Russell Group university, provides students with an intellectually stimulating interdisciplinary programme and simultaneously propels the field of cultural and media studies forward. We invite students interested in an interdisciplinary approach toward studying literature, philosophy, history, arts, film, or contemporary social and cultural experiences, which are influenced by various forms media and mediation and emerging from diverse informal, formal, and institutional contexts.

Building upon the latest scholarship and discussions in advanced critical and cultural theory and grounded in the critique of established and normative concepts of 'New Media' and 'Media Studies,' our Cultural and Media Studies degree builds upon the foundational goals of British Cultural Studies, focusing on expanding education, fostering broader participation, and enriching the scope of subjects open to rigorous intellectual analysis. We propel interdisciplinary studies as a significant and relevant method, especially suited for the current challenges that students face in the second and third decades of the twenty-first century. The programme is distinctive in the combination of humanistic Cultural Studies (drawing together theoretical, textual, aesthetic, and historical approaches to major formations of culture since the period of the European Enlightenment to globalized and postcolonial presents) and in its fostering of disciplinary awareness and the plurality of methodological approaches across all the levels of the programme.

Through a structured and research-oriented curriculum, the programme aims to cultivate research, writing, and presentation skills while exploring major critical traditions and core concepts. The unique characteristics of this program emerge from the fusion of humanistic Cultural Studies, which integrates theoretical, textual, aesthetic, and historical perspectives on significant cultural formations spanning from the European Enlightenment to present-day globalized and postcolonial contexts. This is coupled with a theoretical and analytical exploration of media concepts, intricately connected to an in-depth historical and theoretical examination of mediation and medialization.
Through an examination of various cultural forms and mediated cultural practices, students will explore gender and sexual differences, postcolonial perspectives, and migratory and diasporic experiences within analogue, digital and artificial intelligence-mediated platforms, alongside reflecting on the aesthetics, trauma, and value of cultural memory within a global context of historical conflict and climate catastrophes. The programme specifically aims to address and actively incorporate the priorities established for all degrees offered by the University of Leeds: ethics and responsibility, international perspectives, and awareness of the implications of globalization, research-led studies, and employability.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

You will be required to study ALL the following compulsory modules.

Optional modules:

You are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following optional modules.

Discovery modules:

You may take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

You will be required to take one of the following optional core modules.

You will be required to study 60-80 credits from the following optional modules. The module list is indicative and may vary each year depending on staff availability.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study 0-20 credits of discovery modules

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students MUST choose one of the following dissertation options. If taking the 60 credit dissertation students cannot enrol on any discovery modules.

Students will be required to study 20 credits from the following core modules. The module list is indicative and may vary each year depending on staff availability.

Students will be required to study 40-60 credits from the following optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study 0-20 credits of discovery modules

Last updated: 22/07/2024 16:28:45

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