Program Overview

PGDip Digital Media – Theory

Overview

The Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Media – Theory is unique in its combination of theoretical approaches to contemporary media and technology. This programme is designed to help you understand digital transformations in media, culture, and society in the media and creative industries, and in further research. You will be equipped with skills that can be applied to current and future developments in digital media, social media, computing, and other aspects of technology.

Programme Details

Length

• 1 year full-time
• 2 years part-time

Entry Requirements

• Applicants will normally have or expect to gain a first degree of at least upper second class standard (or equivalent).
• Consideration may also be given to others, but please see Entry Requirements section below for more information.

Fees

• Home - full-time: £7500
• Home - part-time: £3750
• International - full-time: £14650

Department

• Media, Communications and Cultural Studies

What You'll Study

Compulsory Modules

• Digital Media: Critical Perspectives (30 credits)

Optional Modules

• Digital Culture: Critical Theory (30 credits)
• Software Studies (15 or 30 credits)
• Photography and After (15 credits)

How You'll Be Assessed

• Taught sessions and lectures provide overviews of themes, which students are encouraged to complement with intensive reading for presentation and discussion with peers at seminars.
• Assessments build on lectures and seminars so students are expected to attend all taught sessions to build knowledge and their own understanding of their chosen discipline.

Entry Requirements

• Applicants will normally have or expect to gain a first degree of at least upper second class standard (or equivalent).
• The programme is suitable for students from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds within the humanities and no prior knowledge of new or digital media studies is required.
• Consideration may also be given to students without an academic background in a relevant subject area if they have significant professional experience in the field of digital media and are able to demonstrate their ability and commitment to the pursuit of a programme of rigorous academic study.

International Qualifications

• We accept a wide range of international qualifications.
• If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.

Careers

• We provide graduates with skills that are cutting edge:
  • In the critical analysis and/or creative production of digital media
  • In the disciplinary knowledge and conceptual frameworks necessary for current and future forms of media and technology
  • In the awareness of how digital media and technologies are re-shaping society from the ways we communicate (through social media and web 2.0) to the increasingly ‘smart’ environments in which we live.