Media, Communication and Cultural Studies BA Honours

Course overview

This three-year Media, Communication and Cultural Studies degree focuses on developing your professional skills. You'll also be encouraged to explore how media influences our culture, societies and identity, so you're ready for a career in the industry.

Your learning is led by our renowned team of academics who are always exploring new ideas and methods to ensure your degree is of the highest quality. Their research feeds into your learning in areas such as:

• journalism
• public relations
• marketing and advertising

You will explore the generation, circulation and production of information through media, communication and culture, so that you can find your own area of interest.

You'll graduate as a highly skilled media professional, ready for a career across a variety of areas through the varied topics studied throughout your degree.

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Your future

Graduates from our Media, Communication and Cultural Studies degree have gone on to work in media-focused roles across a range of industries for organisations such as:

• The Financial Times
• Buzzfeed
• Pickle Jar Communications
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• St James's Place Wealth Management
• Northern Powergrid
• Daily Mail
• Bumble

Careers in the creative arts, public relations, journalism, media planning, social media management and content creation, broadcasting and advertising are the most popular choices for graduates.

Our courses focus on the communication of information across a broad range of subjects from the highly practical to the theoretical, encouraging you to think critically about contemporary media and culture, so you'll be beneficial to any organisation.

You will develop a variety of skills that are extremely useful for employment, such as critical analysis, research, teamwork, flexibility, a creative and independent approach to tasks and the ability to work to a brief and meet deadlines.

Careers in public relations, journalism, media planning, social media management and content creation, broadcasting and advertising are the most popular choices for graduates. Our courses focus on the communication of information across a broad range of subjects from the highly practical to the theoretical, so you'll be beneficial to any organisation.

You will develop a variety of skills that are extremely useful for employment, such as critical analysis, research, teamwork, flexibility, a creative and independent approach to tasks and the ability to work to a brief and meet deadlines.