PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will develop the industry awareness collaborative skills and reflective practice needed to work in the cultural and creative industries

The way that culture is produced distributed and consumed is changing Such developments are not new but the rate of change the pervasive nature of digital technology and the importance of cultural industries in our economies and societies mean that these changes are having very wide-ranging social effects Traditional questions of how culture is made by whom and under what conditions remain as does the question of who benefits - but they are being asked in a new environment

This programme will equip you with the skills to navigate this new environment by providing

A wide-ranging understanding of cultural forms and practices We draw on a range of cultural fields film television music theatre visual & material culture and digital media; and this familiarity with specific cultural forms the links between them and the way they are changing is a distinctive element of the programme
An overview of practice policy markets and industrial structure that enables you to see your particular passion in a wider social context
A focus on the ethics and politics of cultural production The cultural industries are one of the UK’s fastest growing sectors but they are marred by inequalities and exclusions This programme will give you both an awareness of these issues and the skills to change them
Practice-based and collaborative learning
An international approach rooted in a local context
The core course outline is as following

YEAR 1
Introduction to Creative Practice
Introduction to Creative Industries
YEAR 2
Cultural Analysis and Creative Practice
Working in the Creative Industries 1
In 1 and 2 you will also study other subjects see Flexible degrees

YEARS 3 AND 4
Applied Cultural Analysis
Working in the Creative Industries 2
Plus a range of options from across the School and College such as

Interdisciplinary Creative Practice
Practice at the Edge
Digital Art and Performance
Genders
Ethics and Activism
Creative Cities and Places
Festivals
In the final you will undertake independent research resulting in a written dissertation on a topic of your choice as part of a collaborative placement project or as an independent creative project