Based within the award winning Department of Social Sciences, the course takes course content from a number of our well established and respected degrees to offer a different perspective on these fields of social science. Its flexible approach ensures that you are able to tailor the course completely to your strengths and preferences, through the use of optional modules. Fundamentally the course covers the following areas: global, social and cultural change; inequalities and identity; research methods; broadcasting; the press; digital media; classical social theories; cultural theory; communications and media theory.

Career Prospects As a graduate of this course a wide range of careers are available to you. Possible careers include: marketing, public relations, advertising, human resources, non-governmental organisations, public administration, social work, charity sector. The broad nature of the course also supports a large number of other careers where there appears to be no direct relationship to media, culture or society, for example the financial services.