Option Modules
In all years of the course you have the opportunity to select 15-30 credits (dependent upon year level) of optional modules from within Media and Creative Industries or from cognate Warwick departments such as Sociology, Creative Writing, Theatre and Performance, Film and Television and the Institute of Advanced Teaching and Learning. For example, modules on media histories, screenwriting, cultural studies, gender, race, audiences, marketing, animation, eco-cinema, media ecologies, entrepreneurship, climate change are the kinds of learning opportunities available.
The option modules open to students will be wide and varied, determined on a yearly basis, and will be chosen in collaboration with the other department dependent upon space available and the student's interests. For example, the following modules are indicative of the options available from departments outside of the Centre but are subject to availability in that year of selection, and subject to caps in student numbers. Modules in bold are run by the Centre and priority is given to MCI students.
Year One (15 credits)
Screenwriting in a Digital Age
Life of Media: Past, Present and Future
Sociology of Gender
Living with Water
Researching Society and Culture
Sociology of Race
Foundations of Accounting
Year Two (15 credits)
Globalisation and Media (coming 2023/24)
Queer Screens
Design Change
Digital Business
Audience Development and Marketing
Principles of Entrepreneurship
Audio-visual Avant-Gardes
Commercial Cultures in Global Capitalism
Media, Audiences and Social Change
Challenges of Climate Change
Entrepreneurship: A Critical Perspective
Introduction to Design Thinking Theory and Practice
Screenwriting II
Year Three (30 credits)
Mediated Self Project
Media and Love (tbc)
Transnational Media Ecologies
Experimental Documentary Practices
Social Movements and Political Action
Film Cultures
Eco-Cinema
Sound Walks, Site and Landscape
Theatre and Creative Industries
Decolonizing Music: Popular, World and Folk Forums
Achieving Sustainability
Screenwriting III
The BA (Hons) Media and Creative Industries has been designed in consultation with our contacts in industry, our alumni, with experts in the field and through listening to over 200 prospective students.
All have told us that a defined route of managed choice is the preferred structure for this kind of course.
Therefore, the Core Modules define the route through the course, interweaving the theory, practice and industry strands.
However, we know that students like to have some choice because they have a wide variety of interests, there are many learning opportunities at Warwick and students would like to try out new things during their time with us.
We work with other departments across Warwick to offer students these choices.