Digital Media Undergraduate Programme By Birkbeck, University of London |TopUniversities

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This BA Digital Media is ideal if you are keen to gain knowledge and skills of the most recent advances relating to digital media and culture: from wearable technologies and artificial intelligence, to social media influencers and algorithmic bias.

Why choose this course?

  • This course gives you the opportunity to follow your interests and career aspirations pursuing the subject of digital media more deeply or specialising further on a pathway related to either culture, creative practice, marketing or business analytics.
  • Whether you study towards the BA Digital Media or one of its pathways, you will develop valuable practical skills and broad yet highly transferable knowledge relating to digital media, and suited to the twenty-first-century context.
  • You will not only explore digital media theories with leading scholars and practitioners, but also learn how to become a digital media professional.

What you will learn

You can study towards a BA Digital Media or follow a pathway of particular modules to finish with one of the following awards:

  • BA Digital Media and Culture: combining digital media studies with media and cultural theory as well as learning research methods
  • BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: combining digital media studies with professional development and applied creative practice, for example in social media, digital design, video editing or journalistic writing
  • BA Digital Media with Marketing: combining digital media studies with selected marketing modules taught by the Birkbeck Business School
  • BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: combining digital media studies with selected business analytics modules taught by the Birkbeck Business School

By the end of your studies, you will be equipped to work across a range of professional and creative settings where knowledge of digital media is in high demand. You will also be very well prepared for further academic study on a postgraduate course. 

How you will learn

You will be taught in highly interactive classes with students from different walks of life who bring together interesting professional working experiences and different cultural and educational backgrounds. 

You will engage in lectures, seminars and practical workshops where you can experiment across multiple arts and media forms, devices and platforms to gain an essential portfolio of skills needed for contemporary media and creative work. These classes are complemented by guest lectures to give you important insights into the professional world of digital media, creative arts and entrepreneurship, so you can understand the demands and possibilities they offer.

This course is available to study full- or part-time.  It has an evening timetable with classes taking place in the evening .

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This BA Digital Media is ideal if you are keen to gain knowledge and skills of the most recent advances relating to digital media and culture: from wearable technologies and artificial intelligence, to social media influencers and algorithmic bias.

Why choose this course?

  • This course gives you the opportunity to follow your interests and career aspirations pursuing the subject of digital media more deeply or specialising further on a pathway related to either culture, creative practice, marketing or business analytics.
  • Whether you study towards the BA Digital Media or one of its pathways, you will develop valuable practical skills and broad yet highly transferable knowledge relating to digital media, and suited to the twenty-first-century context.
  • You will not only explore digital media theories with leading scholars and practitioners, but also learn how to become a digital media professional.

What you will learn

You can study towards a BA Digital Media or follow a pathway of particular modules to finish with one of the following awards:

  • BA Digital Media and Culture: combining digital media studies with media and cultural theory as well as learning research methods
  • BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: combining digital media studies with professional development and applied creative practice, for example in social media, digital design, video editing or journalistic writing
  • BA Digital Media with Marketing: combining digital media studies with selected marketing modules taught by the Birkbeck Business School
  • BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: combining digital media studies with selected business analytics modules taught by the Birkbeck Business School

By the end of your studies, you will be equipped to work across a range of professional and creative settings where knowledge of digital media is in high demand. You will also be very well prepared for further academic study on a postgraduate course. 

How you will learn

You will be taught in highly interactive classes with students from different walks of life who bring together interesting professional working experiences and different cultural and educational backgrounds. 

You will engage in lectures, seminars and practical workshops where you can experiment across multiple arts and media forms, devices and platforms to gain an essential portfolio of skills needed for contemporary media and creative work. These classes are complemented by guest lectures to give you important insights into the professional world of digital media, creative arts and entrepreneurship, so you can understand the demands and possibilities they offer.

This course is available to study full- or part-time.  It has an evening timetable with classes taking place in the evening .

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