Media modules
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We offer a wide range of option modules each year. Below are some examples of modules that are currently running. For a full list, including sample reading lists for each module, please contact the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies.
Please note that some modules have a limited capacity.
Due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
Theory options
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Music as Communication and Creative Practice (PG) | |
| The Structure of Contemporary Political Communication (PG) | |
| Race, Empire and Nation | |
| Embodiment and Experience (Postgraduate) | |
| Media, Law and Ethics (UG Second year) | |
| Strategies of World Cinema | |
| Archaeology of the Moving Image (Postgraduate) | |
| Theories of the Culture Industry | |
| Practical Methods 1 - Media Systems, Media Ecologies and Turbulence | |
| Postcolonial Theory | |
| Cultural Studies and Capitalism | |
| Political Economy of the Media | |
| Cultural Studies and Cultural Geography: Speed, Mobility and Territory | |
| The City and Public Culture (Postgraduate) | |
| Experimental Media | |
| Media, Ritual and Contemporary Public Cultures (Postgraduate) | |
| Representing Reality | |
| Promotional Culture (Postgraduate) | |
| Politics of the Audiovisual (Postgraduate) | |
| Social Media in Everyday Life: A global perspective | |
| Race and the Cultural Industries | |
| Practices of the Culture Industry | |
| Globalisation: Politics, Policy and Critique | |
| Software Studies | |
| Biopolitics & Aesthetics | |
Students can take a maximum of 30 credits from the lists below.
Journalism options
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Journalism in Context | |
| Online News Reporting | |
Screen school options
| Module title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Camera Fundamentals | |
| Contemporary Screen Narratives in Practice and Theory | |
| Film Producing Fundamentals | |
| Sound Design Fundamentals | |
| The Ascent of the Image | |
| Social Activist Film | |
| Visual Storytelling | |
| Film Editing Fundamentals | |
| Developing the Screen Idea | |
| Understanding the UK Media Industries - Fiction Production | |
| Realising the Film: Production Values | |
