Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Media and Philosophy

The joint honours degree in Media and Philosophy will develop students skills as reflective and independent communicator who is conceptually aware, intellectually confident, and media savvy. This fully interdisciplinary programme will furnish student with the critical and creative thinking skills needed to analyse, understand, and evaluate the major problems of contemporary global society, its sources of power and influence, as well as the problem solving and teamworking skills needed to thrive within the graduate workplace. Student will be able to study modules in media theory and practice, alongside modules in applied ethics, political philosophy, the philosophy film and media, global philosophy and the philosophy of language and communication. The course has been designed for those who want to explore the deeper and more fundamental dimensions of our mediated lives in ways that position them to emerge as the critical professionals of the future, capable of challenging the present in order to open up possibilities for change. They will have the opportunity to work with some of the leading practitioners and thinkers in these fields in ways that will challenge you to think differently about the world in which we live.