Creative Industries programmes at Birmingham
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Do you want to pursue your passion and forge a career in the creative industries? The College of Arts and Law has a wide range of exciting opportunities at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including our brand new MA Digital Media and Creative Industries programme, which will enhance your professional skills in the digital and creative field.
BA Cultural and Creative Industries
Combine theory and practice as you learn from and work with industry and academic experts across theatre, film, creative writing, arts, curation, production, digital media, and more. You'll also tackle the legal, business, leadership, and management aspects of these industries.
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Develop aspects of your own creative practice, ensuring that you understand the demands of producing cultural work with an ability to deliver a variety of projects in areas such as performance, curation and film.
BA Digital Media and Creative Industries
Studying on our BA Digital Media and Communications undergraduate degree allows you to engage critically with multiple forms of communication – from face-to-face conversation, the news, social media, TV, AI and beyond – and to explore how media shapes communication globally.
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By offering you a balance of classroom-based study and practical, hands-on creative learning in our state-of-the-art facilities, including language labs, studio spaces and editing suites, this programme will get you graduate-ready for roles in sectors as varied as advocacy, the creative arts, journalism, media, marketing, publishing and many more.
MA Digital Media and Creative Industries
On the postgraduate MA Digital Media and Creative Industries, you will engage with experienced creative practitioners and gain practical insights into essential areas such as law, marketing, and freelancing - elevating your skills with experts who know the ins and outs of the creative sector.
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This course builds on the success of our two innovative undergraduate programmes in Digital Media: BA Digital Media and Communications and BA English Literature Digital Media and Communications, where we explore the key principles in digital cultures, media studies and professional communication through a range of exciting modules.
Explore our other opportunities in Creative Industries education
- In Music, Performing, and Visual Arts we have some of the best facilities for music study and practice in the country, our own theatre space where industry professionals come to work with us on the Drama campus, and an exclusive collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company at our world-leading Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon Avon.
- In Film and TV we partner with industry experts – including filmmakers, camera operators, screenwriters, film editors and film writers – to offer you placement, networking and workshop opportunities. You can hone your filmmaking skills by entering our One Minute Film competitions and access our specialist facilities, such as cameras and an editing suite.
- We are the home of published authors, including award-winning poets, novelists and writers for stage and screen. Enhance your craft with practical insights from professionals about the skills needed for a successful career.
- Our campus is home to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts gallery and a wide range of art, sculpture, and heritage collections including the Edwardian Winterbourne House and Gardens. As well as Art History and Curating, our Heritage programmes get you working with professionals and our partners from heritage organisations around the world.
Some of our creative departments
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