(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
On completion of the programme, students will have developed:
- an understanding of the social, cultural and political histories from which different media and cultural institutions, modes of communication, practices and structures have emerged.
- an understanding of the interconnectedness of texts and contexts, and of the shifting configurations of culture, media and art.
- an understanding of the historical evolution of particular genres, aesthetic traditions and forms, and of their current characteristics and possible future developments.
- an understanding of the ways in which identities are constructed and contested through engagements with culture and its mediations.
- an understanding of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge.
- an ability to initiate, develop and realise distinctive and creative work within various forms of writing (analytical, creative, aural, visual, electronic, digital etc).
- the ability to evaluate and draw upon the range of sources and the conceptual frameworks appropriate to research in the chosen area.
- The ability to draw upon and bring together ideas from different sources of knowledge and from different academic disciplines.
Competence Standards
1. Effectively communicate knowledge of concepts and theories relevant to cultural and media studies
2. Develop effective arguments about cultural and media studies
3. Effectively use cultural and critical analysis, with appropriate support as required
If the chosen pathway includes an industrial placement
4. Demonstrate ability to direct, monitor and evaluate their work, by seeking/accepting feedback, within a workplace context, using appropriate support as necessary.
5. Demonstrate an awareness of own strengths and development needs and the need for ongoing learning and proactive continuing professional development. If the chosen pathway includes an international placement -
6. Collaborate effectively with other people in a new environment and successfully completes a period of work or study in another country.
7. Demonstrate self-awareness relating to personal and academic/professional development through successfully completing a period of work or study in another country.
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