Program Overview

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Culture, Media & Creative Industries BA

Overview

This Culture, Media and Creative Industries BA will give you an unrivalled insight into how culture and media are produced, distributed and consumed across various sectors and industries, from fashion and computer games to arts management and contemporary art. You’ll learn to apply concepts to real-world examples, hear from industry practitioners and experts, work on industry-facing live briefs and explore media and arts management and cultural policy.

Course Aims

• Our BA centres around three main areas: Media and Communications, Cultural Studies, and Creative/Media Industries and Institutions. Your optional modules will allow you to shape the degree around the areas that interest you most – you can either specialise in a topic or experience a broad range of themes.
• This is a three-year course that comprises of modules totalling 360 credits. Your core modules provide a foundation for the degree and the diverse optional modules on offer will appeal to a wide range of creative subjects as well as giving you the opportunity to discover new areas of study.
• Modules cover varied topics such as creativity, diversity, fashion, gender, intersectionality, memory, music, publishing, work in the cultural industries, and visual culture amongst others. The course also gives you the opportunity to put theory in to practice via project-based modules in years 2 and 3 which will involve organising and participating in public-facing events.
• With a strong focus on professional development, this degree is perfect if you are looking for careers in the cultural, creative and media industries or work in various roles that cover arts management, communications, publishing, public relations, advertising, policy or marketing.

Base Campus

• Strand Campus: Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

Special Features

• Optional study abroad: On this programme, you will have the opportunity to apply to study abroad, supported by the Study Abroad Tutor in your department and King’s Global Mobility Office.
• Optional internships: Students will be supported through innovative digital education tools to discover meaningful work experience for themselves, including internships, insight programmes, which you can undertake alongside your studies.

Awarding Institutions

• King's College London and Affiliates

Regulating Bodies

• King's is regulated by the Office for Students

Entry Requirements

Subject Requirements

• Required subjects: Applicants must be studying an essay-based or creative-based subject.
• Preferred subjects: No preferred subjects.

A-Levels

• Required grades: AAA
• Notes: If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects.

Contextual A-Level Information

• ABB
• Notes: If you are taking linear A-levels in England, you will be required to pass the practical endorsement in all Science subjects.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

• 36 points overall or an aggregate score of 18 from three Higher Levels.
• Note: The total point score of 36 includes TOK/EE.

Contextual International Baccalaureate Information

• 33 points overall or an aggregate score of 16 from three Higher Levels.
• Note: The total point score of 33 includes TOK/EE.

Alternative Accepted Qualifications

• Access to HE Diploma
• BTEC Nationals/CTECs
• Cambridge Pre-U
• European Baccalaureate
• Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers

English Language Requirements

• English language band: B
• Please note that nationals of Majority English Speaking Countries (as defined by UKVI) who have successfully completed high school in the respective country, are not required to complete an English language test.

Selection Process

• Contextual consideration: We make contextual offers for this programme, which can be found in the entry requirements.
• Deferrals: Applications can be submitted for deferred entry by choosing the appropriate year of entry on the UCAS application.
• Foundation courses: Applicants studying Foundation Year programmes in the UK are welcome to apply for this programme.
• Graduates: Our general entry requirements are based on A-level or equivalent.
• Personal Statement: Your personal statement is one of the many factors in the overall assessment of your application.
• Resits: We are able to consider applicants who have retaken or are retaking their qualifications.
• Transfers: Transfers into this programme are not permitted.

Teaching Methods

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Group Tutorials
• Independent Study
• Personal Tutor

Assessment

• Coursework
• Essays
• Presentations
• Portfolios

Structure

• This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.

Year 1

• Required modules:
  • Media 1.0 – Histories, Theories and Analysis (15 credits)
  • Media 2.0 – Audiences, Industries and Convergence (15 credits)
  • Culture and Identity: Key Concepts and Debates (15 credits)
  • Cultural Production in a Changing World (15 credits)
  • Creative Institutions and Industries: Policy and Politics (15 credits)
  • Creative Institutions and Industries: Practice and Management (15 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Museums & Heritage: The Basics (15 credits)
  • Mediating Memory (15 credits)
  • Representation in the Creative Industries (15 credits)
  • Media Production Cultures (15 credits)
  • Stars, Celebrity and Fandom (15 credits)
  • Music, Culture and Society (15 credits)

Year 2

• Required modules:
  • Diversity and Inclusion in Creative Industries (15 credits)
  • Understanding Creativity (15 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Economic Dynamics and Principles of Varying Creative Industries (15 credits)
  • Gender and Media (15 credits)
  • Performing Cultures (15 credits)
  • Cultural Policy and Governance (15 credits)
  • Culture and Activism (15 credits)
  • Managing Cultural Projects (15 credits)

Year 3

• Required modules:
  • Group Project (15 credits)
  • Dissertation (30 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Managing Arts and Culture (15 credits)
  • Social and Cultural Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
  • The Music Business (15 credits)
  • Global Film Industries (15 credits)
  • Creative Citizenship (15 credits)
  • Memory, Politics and Commemoration (15 credits)
  • Cities, Creativity and Culture (15 credits)
  • Communicating and Writing about Culture (15 credits)
  • Sustainability, Care and Culture (15 credits)

Employability

• This Culture, Media and Creative Industries BA is a fantastic springboard for careers across the cultural sector.
• You’ll graduate with transferable skills that will prepare you to work in the cultural, creative, media and digital industries.
• Culture, media, and creative industries degree graduates go on to work in a range of professions such as arts management and marketing, curation, heritage and museums, media making in film, television, digital media, gaming, and more.

Destinations

• Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:
  • Business developer, Videoplugger
  • Events executive, High Society
  • Project manager, Creatus Worldwide Ltd
  • Operations assistant, Fifth Season
  • FOH assistant, V&A Museum
  • Trusts & Foundations officer, Children of Mekong

Tuition Fees

• Full time tuition fees UK: £9,535 per year
• Full time tuition fees International: £27,100 per year
• All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2000 against their first year's tuition fee.

Funding

• To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section.