The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2024. For students who entered the programme before September 2024, you can find the details of your programme:
BA Cultural and Media Studies
This programme located within a School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies, and jointly delivered with the School of Media and Communications, cultivates a distinctive critical space. Drawing from the traditions of continental, critical and philosophical theory on language, mediation, and communication, this programme integrating Cultural and Media Studies within a Russell Group university, provides students with an intellectually stimulating interdisciplinary programme and simultaneously propels the field of cultural and media studies forward. We invite students interested in an interdisciplinary approach toward studying literature, philosophy, history, arts, film, or contemporary social and cultural experiences, which are influenced by various forms media and mediation and emerging from diverse informal, formal, and institutional contexts.
Building upon the latest scholarship and discussions in advanced critical and cultural theory and grounded in the critique of established and normative concepts of 'New Media' and 'Media Studies,' our Cultural and Media Studies degree builds upon the foundational goals of British Cultural Studies, focusing on expanding education, fostering broader participation, and enriching the scope of subjects open to rigorous intellectual analysis. We propel interdisciplinary studies as a significant and relevant method, especially suited for the current challenges that students face in the second and third decades of the twenty-first century. The programme is distinctive in the combination of humanistic Cultural Studies (drawing together theoretical, textual, aesthetic, and historical approaches to major formations of culture since the period of the European Enlightenment to globalized and postcolonial presents) and in its fostering of disciplinary awareness and the plurality of methodological approaches across all the levels of the programme.
Through a structured and research-oriented curriculum, the programme aims to cultivate research, writing, and presentation skills while exploring major critical traditions and core concepts. The unique characteristics of this program emerge from the fusion of humanistic Cultural Studies, which integrates theoretical, textual, aesthetic, and historical perspectives on significant cultural formations spanning from the European Enlightenment to present-day globalized and postcolonial contexts. This is coupled with a theoretical and analytical exploration of media concepts, intricately connected to an in-depth historical and theoretical examination of mediation and medialization.
Through an examination of various cultural forms and mediated cultural practices, students will explore gender and sexual differences, postcolonial perspectives, and migratory and diasporic experiences within analogue, digital and artificial intelligence-mediated platforms, alongside reflecting on the aesthetics, trauma, and value of cultural memory within a global context of historical conflict and climate catastrophes. The programme specifically aims to address and actively incorporate the priorities established for all degrees offered by the University of Leeds: ethics and responsibility, international perspectives, and awareness of the implications of globalization, research-led studies, and employability.
(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
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You will be required to study ALL the following compulsory modules.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF1003 | Introduction to Cultural Analysis 1 | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF1004 | Introduction to Cultural Analysis II | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF1052 | Networks, Environments and Cultures | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM1960 | Studying Media | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
You are required to take a minimum of 20 credits and may take up to 40 credits from the following optional modules.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF1055 | Race Matters | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM1210 | The History of Communication | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM1970 | Introduction to Media and Communication Theory | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
You may take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules.
(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for years 2 and 3 are not yet available. Before you enter years 2 and 3 details of modules for those years will be provided.
You will be required to study the following compulsory modules.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2127 | Keywords | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
You will be required to study ONE of the following modules.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMM2125 | Visual Communication | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM2725 | Digital Cultures | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
If you chose COMM2125 Visual Communication, you MUST choose only one option from either basket 1 or basket 2. You are then required to choose ONE option from basket 3 and ONE option from Basket 4.
If you chose COMM2725 Digital Cultures, you MUST choose two options from Baskets 1 and 2. You are then required to choose only ONE option from either Basket 3 or Basket 4.
Basket 1.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2044 | Cinema and Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF2064 | Live Issues and Contemporary Art Practice | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF2210 | Absence, Representation, Violence | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 2.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2049 | The State of Utopia | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF2051 | Seeing in Asia | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM2375 | Issues in Journalism | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 3.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2047 | Image, Music, Text: Reading Roland Barthes | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF2052 | Showing Asia | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF2059 | The Grand Tour: travels, excavations, collections | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF2061 | Encountering Contemporary Art in a Global Context | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF2111 | Bodies of Difference: Gender, Power and the Visual Arts | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI2903 | From the Printing Press to AI: a Global History of the Cultural and Creative Industries | 20 | Not running in 202425 |
Basket 4.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF2052 | Showing Asia | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF2059 | The Grand Tour: travels, excavations, collections | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF2074 | African Art I: Context Representation Signification | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM2950 | Media, Power and Social Justice | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM2960 | Videogames: Identities in Play | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| CSER2206 | Developing Your Professional Identity: Preparing for a Career in Within The Arts, Heritage and Creative Industries | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
You may take up to 20 credits of Discovery modules instead of one of these choices.
(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)
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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Full module details for year 3 are not yet available. Before you enter year 3 full details of modules for that year will be provided.
You will be required to study ONE of the following compulsory modules.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF3060 | Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| ARTF3170 | Dissertation | 60 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
You will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits and up to 40 credits from any of the following optional modules in Basket 1. (The module list is indicative and may vary each year depending on staff availability)
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMM3130 | The Documentary and Reality | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM3250 | Feminism, Identity and Media | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM3260 | Understanding the Audience | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM3925 | War and Media | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM3960 | Creative Work in the Cultural Industries | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
You will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits and up to 40 credits from any of the following optional modules in Basket 2. (The module list is indicative and may vary each year depending on staff availability)
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF3003 | Deconstruction Reading Politics | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3034 | From Trauma to Cultural Memory: The Unfinished Business of Representation and the Holocaust | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3063 | Postcolonial Feminisms | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3077 | Humanity, Animality and Globality | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARTF3211 | The Cultural Politics of Artificial Intelligence | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
You will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits and up to 40 credits from any of the following optional modules in Basket 3. (The module list is indicative and may vary each year depending on staff availability)
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTF3042 | Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF3058 | Reading Sexual Difference | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF3111 | Art of the Silk Roads | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARTF3173 | Movies, Migrants and Diasporas | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 01/07/2024 15:02:56
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