Media and Cultural Studies

Entry requirements

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

Your qualification should be in media and communication studies or a relevant social sciences or humanities subject. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Take an interdisciplinary cultural studies approach to understand the media in all their complexity as institutions, texts and systems of representation in local, national and global contexts.

Taught by experts, you’ll engage with current theoretical debates to explore and critique the media’s political, social and cultural power in everyday life and the public sphere. You’ll:

• develop a skills portfolio in critical analysis, creative thinking, research methods, academic writing and presentation
• choose from a wide variety of options, allowing you to set your own intellectual agenda
• gain methodological knowledge to research a wide range of media.

At Sussex, we have a thriving research culture in media theory and cultural studies. This Masters offers you an opportunity to understand and question forms of communication and culture in the contemporary world.