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

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this level in the programme you will be able to:
1. Perceive the processes through which you acquire and reflect on new knowledge and understanding.
2. Evaluate the ethical, and social considerations relevant to the production of cultural forms and products and critically engage with the applications of such frameworks.
3. Interpret the range of attitudes and values arising from the complexity and diversity of contemporary cultural and mediated artefacts.
4. Carry out independent research through organising and managing supervised, self-directed projects.
5. Deliver work to a given length, format, brief and deadline, properly referencing sources and ideas and making use, as appropriate, of a problem-solving approach.
6. Appraise relevant cultural and media artefacts to analyse how tangible and intangible cultural traditions and processes arise from the complexity and diversity of contemporary society, both nationally and internationally.
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 while 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 that allow them experiment, as appropriate, with forms, conventions, languages, techniques and practices. These may include traditional essays, multiple choice questions based exams, blogs, video-essays, critical self-reflections, group projects based on field visits and collaborations with peers. This collaboration could be in the development of diverse textual, verbal, and multimodal artefacts.