Program Overview

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Communication, Media and Culture and Sociology (joint honours)

BA (Hons) or BSc (Hons)

International

Optional International Year Abroad. Study or work-based learning

Key facts

UCAS code

PL93

Start dates

September 2025 / September 2026

Location

Headington

Course length

Full time: 3 years

Part time: up to 6 years

School(s)

School of Law and Social Sciences

School of Education, Humanities and Languages

UCAS Tariff Points

104

Overview

Our joint honours course allows you to pursue your own areas of interest within Communication, Media and Culture and Sociology whilst also providing you with a solid foundation in the discipline and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for your future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable you to gradually develop your knowledge and skills and to become autonomous, effective and independent learners.

Communication, Media and Culture is about understanding interpersonal connections between individuals, groups and corporations who construct their identities by means of new media and social interaction, persuasion and propaganda, journalism and branding. Sociology is a wide-ranging subject concerned with analysing social relationships and social institutions and the ways in which they shape people’s lives.

We are Top 10 in the UK: Communication, Media and Culture and Sociology is ranked 8th in the Guardian Media and Film Studies subject league ranking 2025.

How to apply

Standard offer

UCAS Tariff Points: 104

A Level: BCC

IB Points: 29

BTEC: DMM

Contextual offer

What is a contextual offer?

UCAS Tariff Points: 88

A Level: CCD

IB Points: 27

BTEC: MMM

Further offer details

Applications are also welcomed for consideration from applicants with European qualifications, international qualifications or recognised foundation courses. For advice on eligibility please contact Admissions.

If you don’t achieve the required tariff points you can apply to join a foundation course.

Entry requirements

Specific entry requirements

Please also see the University's general entry requirements.

English language requirements

Please see the University's standard English language requirements.

International qualifications and equivalences

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English requirements for visas

If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Visas and Immigration minimum language requirements as well as the University's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.

Pathways courses for international and EU students

If you do not meet the entry requirements for this degree, or if you would like more preparation before you start, you can take an international foundation course. Once you enrol, you will have a guaranteed pathway to this degree if you pass your foundation course with the required grades.

If you only need to meet the language requirements, you can take our pre-sessional English course. You will develop key language and study skills for academic success and you will not need to take an external language test to progress to your degree.

Terms and conditions of enrolment

When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.

Credit transfer

Many of our courses consider applications for entry part-way through the course for students who have credit from previous learning or relevant professional experience.

Find out more about transferring to Brookes. If you'd like to talk through your options, please contact our Admissions team.

Application process

Full time Home (UK) applicants

Apply through UCAS

Part time Home (UK) applicants

Apply direct to the University

International applicants

Apply direct to the University

Full time international applicants can also apply through UCAS

Tuition fees

2025 / 26

• Home (UK) full time: £9,535
• Home (UK) part time: £1,190 per single module
• International full time: £16,750

2026 / 27

• Home (UK) full time: £9,535
• Home (UK) part time: £1,910 per single module
• International full time: £17,250

Learning and assessment

First year

You’ll gain a key understanding of communications, digital culture and the media. You’ll explore social processes such as gender socialisation, urbanisation and education from competing theoretical perspectives.

Second year

You’ll begin to specialise, following your own interests in power dynamics in society or gender and race in the media. You can develop practical expertise by building a website, or filming and broadcasting a news bulletin. You’ll learn about racism through the lens of housing, policing, migration and you’ll analyse different aspects of global social change and its varying consequences.

Final year

You’ll have the freedom to focus on what you care about most, including your dissertation subject. You’ll also be able to gain applicable experience in areas like branding, journalism and podcasting and consider topics such as the social impact of emergent technologies.

Learning and teaching

You’ll learn in a supportive and stimulating environment. You’ll be part of a close-knit programme where you’ll know everyone and get lots of support from both teaching staff and fellow students. Participation and discussion are important features of the course that promote individual creativity and effective collaborative learning.

Most modules combine lectures and seminar-style discussion based on weekly readings. We also use current news and developments as case studies. You'll have the chance to discuss and challenge a wide variety of critical views and perspectives as you explore contemporary issues in your seminars.

Assessment

Your assessments will be diverse, and will support different learning styles - you’ll have a real opportunity to showcase your strengths.

You might write a blog, create a video diary or give a presentation. You’ll be able to write essays, literature reviews or position papers. You will also have opportunities to produce short presentations and work in groups.

The assessments are designed to help you develop your confidence in using a wide range of skills, preparing you well for your future career.

After you graduate

Career prospects

As you study, you’ll develop highly transferable skills and competencies in the areas that employers care about.

These include:

• critical thinking
• creative problem solving
• written, spoken and visual communication, in a variety of media and styles
• intercultural and interpersonal understanding
• research and analysis
• working independently and collaboratively.

You’ll graduate able to analyse issues, express your ideas, inform and influence others, and respond to challenges – critical skills for the 21st century workplace.

Our graduates go on to work in diverse areas like:

• NGOs and charities
• Social work
• Publishing
• Public relations
• Marketing
• Teaching
• Media and journalism
• The civil service.

Many pursue postgraduate study, often here at Oxford Brookes.