Graduate Diploma in Arts - Media Studies

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Media Studies) will give you the equivalent of an undergraduate major in media studies without completing a second bachelor’s degree.

Interested in television and popular culture? Social media and the blogosphere? Film and cultural theory? Media studies can help you unlock your creative potential and develop practical skills to excel in your career.

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Media Studies) is a bridging tool for graduates in other subjects to get the equivalent of a major in media studies.

Get sought-after media skills
Media studies analyses the production, consumption and content of a range of media including film, social media, television, popular music and smartphones.

Shape the future of the media world
We consider different aspects of the media and their relationships to the historical, social and cultural contexts in which they occur. You’ll be encouraged to use lateral-thinking skills to understand the media world and participate in shaping its future.

Be challenged
During this programme you will:

• explore the ways in which media texts, audiences and users create and circulate meanings
• analyse the relationships between media, culture and society and how they influence our views of the world
• communicate your findings effectively in speech and writing
• tackle open-ended questions where there are no simple right or wrong answers
• develop creative and critical approaches to producing media.