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Throughout your degree you’ll be encouraged to link together theoretical and practical parts of the course as you engage in a broad-ranging sociological study of the contemporary media. From Year 2 you’ll have the opportunity to specialise in areas of particular interest to you. In your final year you can choose between a written dissertation and producing a short film with a written element.
Optional modules are indicative and available subject to numbers.
This course can be studied 3 years full-time or 4 years full-time with placement, starting in September.
An introduction to the study of culture and society that looks at contemporary theories in the social sciences, historical development, political dimensions, and significant debates.
Learn about the study methods used to research culture and society and their relationship to theoretical approaches.
An introduction to the core skills you will need for becoming an independent learner and successfully studying in a Higher Education environment, including critical reading and academic writing.
Discover the major ways social identities are explored, for example the ways in which the formation of identity and relations of power are interwoven.
In this module you will look closely at the methods of social research that can be applied to the study of identity and self, including the advantages and disadvantages of key approaches.
In this module you will discover the skills and approaches you can use to help you get the most out of your studies in identity and power.
This module provides an introduction to the main theories, approaches and concepts in media studies. It will introduce you to the critical canon, as well as drawing on case studies to illustrate key topics in media and research. Key Ideas in Media will provide you with a firm conceptual and methodological foundation in communication and media studies focusing on themes of power, identity and culture.
An advanced module that looks at the research theories and methods that are useful for sociological and media studies research including ethical and practical considerations.
Examine the ways in which the globalisation of communication has transformed social, political and economic relations as you consider contributing themes of economy, power, globalisation, nationalism, identity, digitalisation, culture and consumerism.
Explore social media in relation to broader changes in the media and cultural landscape, and how it impacts on identity, power and everyday life.
This module will introduce you to the development, production and post-production of fictional media production.
This module will introduce you to the workings of various media genres and how these relate to themes of power, identify and culture and wider societal contexts.
In this module you will explores how meaning is made through visual media by examining visual media in various forms, as well as relevant sociological and media debates and theories around visuality.
Understand, analyse and research fashion, trends, creative industries, and cultural innovation, especially in context of power, bodies and identities.
Discover the narratives and discourses of global issues like risk, uncertainty, globalisation, the environment, disease and capitalism, as you consider the public notions of crisis.
A module that explores the key issues and debates on bodies and society, especially those centred on the relationship between identity and representation of the body in society.
Approaches to consider in the practice of research towards a dissertation in communication and media studies including ethical considerations.
The opportunity to carry out a major research project in Media and Communications in a subject of your choice.
This module provides a serious critical consideration of the role of comedy in contemporary media and society. This role is explored in relation to comedy’s institutional, historical, social and textual conventions. The module also explores comedy as it exists in a broad range of texts and examines the role of comedy in the construction and transmission of social difference and issues of identity.
Examine the changing nature of audiences and their engagement with media through case studies and visual materials.
This module explores the concept, meaning and practices of racism. It identifies how racism has evolved over time, and expressed through dilemmas over national belonging, migration, ethnic and racial representation, diversity and difference.
An introduction to debates on digital culture and society, for example, how the shape of new media technologies such as iPhones has changed the basis of contemporary social life and culture.
Beyond Human looks at human relations with the ‘non-human’ in context of the building and maintaining of societies and cultures.
This module will introduce students to urban sociology, in particular the relationship between space, culture and social life in contemporary cities.
This module will introduce you to core ideas in feminism through key concepts of gender and sexuality to provide you with a better understandings of social structures, human cultures, economic inequalities and political relationships.
The University is just a 20-minute walk – or a short bus ride – from Uxbridge underground station, so it is a straightforward journey into central London. There is also a night bus that can bring you from central London to the edge of the campus. The town of Uxbridge itself, which still has buildings dating back to its time as a Georgian market town, is a thriving commercial and business centre. Its major shopping complexes, The Pavilions and the Chimes Centre, boast a wide range of shops, cafes and a nine-screen multiplex cinema.
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