Digital Media

This MA is associated with the acclaimed Centre for Material Digital Culture.

The course offers an exciting opportunity to combine theoretical and practical work to give you an excellent working knowledge of the field of digital media. The MA is designed to offer advanced study of digital media, aimed at graduates who wish to further their study and at professionals who wish to consider
developments in the field. While it is not a vocational course, it may also be of interest to those seeking to enter digital media industries.

Teaching is through lectures, seminars and hands-on workshops in small groups. This MA locates digital media within the theoretical contexts of media and cultural studies. You gain experience of designing and developing digital media products, using industry-standard equipment and authoring tools, and work
on a longer summer project, which may be theoretical, practical or based on a work placement.

The Department of Media and Film at Sussex:

• offers exceptional opportunities for graduate study, with innovative taught MA courses and a range of supervision for MPhil and PhD research in theory and practice
• has a thriving research culture in media theory and practice, with around 50 research students working alongside faculty each year
• is ranked 7th in the UK for research impact in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF)
• is ranked in the top 15 in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2017.

Core modules

• New Developments in Digital Media 1a
• Theory and Practice of Interactive Media

Options

• Activist Media Practice
• Expanded Media: Forms and Practices
• First Person Film (MA)
• Gender, Sexuality and Digital Culture
• Global Cinemas
• Global News Industries A
• Independent Chinese Documentary: From the Margins to the Masses
• Interactive Project Development
• Media Histories and Cultural Change
• Media Theory and Research
• Media, Culture and Communication
• Music and the Media of Performance (Practice)
• Music and the Media of Performance (Theory)
• Photography: Documentary, Landscape, Politics
• Queering Popular Culture
• Race, Culture and the Media
• Researching Cultural and Creative Industries
• The Cinematic Body
• The Politics of Promotional Culture
• Working in the Creative Industries: Critical frameworks
• Writing for the Screen

Requirements

• Magistr or Specialist Diploma with a minimum average mark of at least 4
• A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree in an appropriate discipline. We also welcome applicants who do not have this academic qualification who are able to demonstrate in their application that they have relevant professional/creative skills and experience
• IELTS 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each section.
• Reference
• Transcript
• A personal statement
• The application fee is £13 if you’re applying to just one course

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Scholarships

• Sussex Graduate Scholarship