Goldsmiths College

Course Details

BA (Hons) Anthropology & Media

Course Description

This interdisciplinary degree brings together anthropological theories and ethnographic studies with communication theories and media practice. This combination provides you with an in-depth understanding of cultural diversity and a critical knowledge of communication processes. It's taught in the departments of Anthropology and Media and Communications.

Course Duration

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3year

Career outcomes

Careers and employability Click on the 'Student profiles' tab to see what our former students have been doing since graduating. Skills This programme will equip you with a range of specialist and transferable skills. These include: communication skills (including public speaking, developing and presenting an argument, note taking, report writing) critical and analytical skills proficiency in assessing evidence and in expressing ideas clearly awareness of social, political and cultural processes ability to bring together insights from a range of subjects learning to think 'outside the box' IT skills communications skills journalistic and creative writing skills Careers These skills and attributes will provide a good foundation for a number of career paths. Our students have been successful in a range of areas, including: television and radio journalism publishing film-making museum curating and arts and administration advertising, marketing and public relations applied or advocacy work for NGOs and development agencies practice-based and public sector career paths web design business and industry European Union private sector management and personnel work postgraduate research and teaching in higher education




BA (Hons) Anthropology & Media Goldsmiths College