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Digital Media and Society, BA, University of Sheffield

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University of Sheffield

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BAFull-time3 yearsSeptemberGBP 9250 per year 0

About Digital Media and Society, BA - at University of Sheffield

What happens to the information we share on social media? How do apps, platforms and devices change our social world?

These are some of the issues that you will address on the BA Digital Media and Society course. This degree is unique in offering you the opportunity to develop a broad understanding of the ever-changing relationship between digital media and society. Using our specialist computing facilities, you'll also learn how to make digital media products, such as websites and animations, that focus on the needs of the user. We'll help you understand how to use digital methods to research digital media in society. 

You'll study the human consequences of digital media developments, the ways in which social factors shape these developments and the various domains in which digital media are developed, used and have an impact.

In your final year, there is an exciting opportunity to undertake a digital media work placement, allowing you to develop your enterprise and employability skills and apply your understanding of digital media and society to a live context.

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Entry requirements

The A Level entry requirements for this course are:

AAB

A Levels + additional qualifications: ABB + B in the EPQ
International Baccalaureate: 34
BTEC Extended Diploma: DDD in a relevant subject
BTEC Diploma: DD in a relevant subject + A at A Level
Scottish Highers: AAAAB
Welsh Baccalaureate + 2 A Levels: B + AA
Access to HE Diploma: Award of
Access to HE Diploma: in a relevant subject, with 45 credits a
T Level: 3, including 36 at Distinction and 9 at Merit

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