Cultural and Creative Industries, BA (Hons)

Course summary

How do cultural and creative industries operate? How are they shaped by the world around them? Whether your interest lies in the arts, music, performance, gaming, marketing, or more, you’ll have the opportunity to pursue your passion in depth.Creativity and culture play a vital role in our daily lives. This course will allow you to deep-dive into the production, distribution, promotion and reception of content and experiences from across the full range of cultural and creative sectors. Learning from experts across the sector, you’ll discover how the content, strategies and practices of these industries are interconnected and shaped by technology, politics, economics and socio-cultural dynamics.Here you’ll interrogate the wider concepts of creativity, culture, and innovation, and explore their key role in how the cultural and creative industries are perceived by the wider world. Why choose this course?• Cross-sector education that acknowledges the broad reach of the cultural and creative industries• Apply theoretical knowledge to real-world situations, preparing you for a career in the sector• Freedom to explore - Deepen your knowledge of your favourite topics and explore new ones• industries’ and is responsive to industrial and technological change.• Internships - opportunities in US and UK creative sectors• Award winning NSTV - get involved with our multi-award winning, student-run TV station• International environment - a diverse student and teaching body combined with a transnational curriculum broadens your horizons and challenges your assumptions

In year one, you will engage in multidisciplinary activity in addition to core studies in cultural and creative industries, global media and culture, media institutions and practices and methods for critical debate of media, art and screen culture. Year two develops your understanding of key critical and theoretical approaches in the study of social and cultural relationships with media, historical development of media technologies and a group research project. For year three you will devise and complete an independent research project of your own choosing. Optional modules across all three years covers topics such as creativity and creative labour, narrative locations, public culture and creative communication, protest, dissent and civil society, and the professional practice of festivals. You may also spend time overseas through the University of Nottingham Study Abroad programme. Placement and volunteering opportunities are available in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, as well as via the Nottingham Advantage Award. Language modules can be taken for credit with our Language Centre. This course is also available with a Foundation Year.