Media, Communications and Cultural Studies modules
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We offer a wide range of option modules each year, options are taken in addition to the core modules on your programme. Below are some examples of option modules that have recently been offered by the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies.
Due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
In addition to the options listed below it is also possible for you to choose option modules from other departments at Goldsmiths.
A number of these option modules can be taken as either 30 or 15 credits. 30 credit options last for the full term (10 weeks) and 15 credit versions last for five weeks. The assessments will differ depending on the number of credits you are taking. Please check with module leaders to find out what modules may be able to be taken as 15 credits.
The total number of credits of option modules for full-time students are:
- MA Culture Industry- 30 credits
- MA Postcolonial Culture & Global Policy - 30 credits
- MA Brands, Communication and Culture - 60 credits
- MA Cultural Studies - 60 credits
- MA Promotional Media - 60 credits
- MA Political Communications - 60 credits
- MA Film & Screen Studies - 60 credits
- MA Digital Media (theory pathway) - 60 credits
- MA Gender, Media & Culture - 60 credits
- MA Race, Media & Social Justice - 60 credits
- MA Media and Communications - 90 credits
Part-time students should consult with their programme convenors to discuss their module options.
Please note that some modules have a limited capacity.
Once you have enrolled on your programme you will be able to select your module options online.
Theory options
Examples of recent theory option modules include:
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Feminist Media Cultures | 30 credits or 15 Credits |
| Cultural Studies and Capitalism | 30 credits |
| Digital Audiovisual Media: New Aesthetics and Practices | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Digital Culture Critical Theory | 30 credits. |
| Embodiment and Experience | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Experimental Media | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Globalisation: Politics, Policy and Critique | 30 credits |
| Journalism in Context | 15 credits |
| Mediating Violence: Feminist, Queer, Decolonial Perspectives | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Media, Law and Ethics | 30 credits |
| Money, Society, and Culture | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Music as Communication and Creative Practice | 30 credits |
| Political Economy of the Media | 30 credits |
| Politics of the Audiovisual | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Postcolonial Theory | 30 credits |
| Practices of the Culture Industry | 30 credits |
| Promotional Culture | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Race and Technology | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Race, Empire and Nation | 30 credits |
| Representing Reality | 15 credits |
| Social Media in Everyday Life: A global perspective | 30 credits |
| Software Studies | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Strategies of World Cinema | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| The Structure of Political Communications | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| The City and Public Culture | 30 credits |
| Theories of the Cultural Industry: Work, creativity and precariousness | 30 credits |
| Virtual and immersive media experience | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Archaeology of the Moving Image | 30 credits or 15 credits |
| Filmmakers Make Theory | 15 credits |
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Technology and Colonialism | 30 credits |
| Media and Political Campaigning | 15 credits |
Practice options
Practice options are also open to theory students. Examples of recent practice option modules include:
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Camera Fundamentals | 15 credits |
| Film Editing Fundamentals | 15 credits |
| Film Producing Fundamentals | 15 credits |
| Social Activist Film | 15 credits |
| Sound Design Fundamentals | 15 credits |
| The Ascent of the Image | 15 credits |
| Understanding the UK Media Industries - Fiction Production | 15 credits |
| Contemporary Screen Narratives in Practice and Theory | 15 credits |
| Visual Storytelling | 30 credits |
