Program Overview

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Offered by the

Centre for Creative Industries, Media and Screen Studies

, (CCIMSS) this programme is aimed at students who are interested in learning about the history, theory and practices of the cultural economy through a global lens.

Combining theoretical engagement with questions like the value of culture, the commodification of art and sustainability, diversity and precariarity in the cultural economy, with a focus on learning through making, that will enable students to undertake successful careers within the cultural economy.

Core and compulsory modules explore the history of debates over cultural value and the cultural market, with focused modules on the global film industry and the global music business. Students are encouraged to apply the theoretical perspectives they have learned to practice, to learn through making in skills-based courses in podcasting, sound recording, and curating.

The Directed Study in Industry module enables students to undertake work placements in relevant creative industries and/or to develop their own entrepreneurial projects. Access to the range of guided options in SOAS’s unique music, history of art and media modules means that students tailor their own course of study to suit their particular interests, skills and ambitions.

Why study MA Global Creative and Cultural Industries at SOAS?

We are ranked 15th in the UK for Arts and Humanities (QS World University Rankings 2023)

you will have access to the CCIMSS - an interdisciplinary research and teaching centre within the school of arts with expertise in film industries, popular music, digital media, animation and media theory

we partner with the British Council to offer a School of Arts student one fully funded residency at the annual Venice Architecture Biennale

make use of our range of audio production studios including a music recording studio, podcasting studio and voiceover studio

students can tailor their studies to focus on particular regions, art forms or themes, choosing from the wide array of modules that reflect the unique regional focus available at SOAS

gain access to world-leading experts on the music, culture and traditions of Africa, the Middle East and Asia

alongside critical analysis and regional expertise, choose from a number of practical hands-on modules, in sound recording, podcasting and broadcasting, that will enable you to enhance your skill-set