BA Cultural and Media Studies

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this level in the programme you will be able to:
1. develop an understanding of the social, cultural, and political histories from which different media and cultural institutions, modes of communication, practices and structures have emerged:
2. draw connections between texts and contexts, and of the shifting configurations of culture, media, technology and art;
3. infer the historical evolution of genres, aesthetic traditions and forms, and of their current characteristics and possible future developments.
4. understand ways in which identities are constructed and contested through engagements with culture and its mediations;5. an ability to initiate and develop various forms of academic output including writing and multimodal artefacts (analytical, creative, aural, visual, electronic, digital etc);
6. evaluate and draw upon the range of sources and conceptual frameworks appropriate to research in the chosen area by bringing together ideas from different sources of knowledge and from different academic disciplines.

Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Applying critical skills in framing written/verbal/other communication skills to present a coherent and sustained argument;
2. collaborating with peers and developing project management skills on topics and issues that integrate diverse and global perspectives and contexts and effectively communicating information to a diverse range of audiences;
3. contribute to contemporary artistic and cultural discourses by incorporating ethically aware and globally diverse perspectives in their communication.

Assessment

Students will be assessed through a variety of methods. These may include essays, tests, question-based exams, blogs, video-essays, critical self-reflections, group projects based on field visits and other collaborations with peers. This collaboration could be in the development of diverse textual and verbal artefacts.