Changes to Digital Media and Culture BA

We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2022/23 for Digital Media and Culture BA.

You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Sussex, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk

Course changes for the BA in Digital Media and Culture

Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below.

Year 1

SemesterOld structureNew structureComment
1

Digital Environment (core)

Digital Environment (core)

No change

Questioning the Media B (core)

Questioning the Media B (core)

No change

Digital Media and Culture (core)

Digital Media and Culture (core)

No change
2

Design and Digital Imaging (core)

Communication Design (core)

New core module

Creative Audio Visual Coding (core)

Creative Audio Visual Coding (core)

No change

Digital Histories, Objects and Processes (core)

Digital Histories, Objects and Processes (core)

Changing from 30 to 15 credits

Year 2

SemesterOld structureNew structureComment
1

Questioning the Digital B (core)

Questioning the Digital B (core)

No change

Creative Systems and Computational Art (core)

Creative Systems and Computational Art (core)

No change

Professional Practice (option)

 

Professional Practice (option)

No change

Sound, Culture and Society B (option)

Sound, Culture and Society B (option)

No change

Creative Media: Interative Design (option)

Interative Design (option)

Module title change

Media, Memory, History (option)

Media, Memory, History (option)

No change
2

Playable Media (core)

Playable Media (core)

No change

AI, Culture and Society (option)

AI, Culture and Society (option)

No change

Digital Cultures B (option)

Digital Cultures B (option)

No change

Zombie Media and Arts Practice (option)

Zombie Media and Arts Practice (option)

No change

Industry Projects (option)

Industry Projects (option)

No change

Culture, Race and Ethnicity (option)

Culture, Race and Ethnicity (option)

No change

Year 3

SemesterOld structureNew structureComment
1

Digital Media Project Preparation (core)

Digital Media Project Preparation (core)

No change

Digital Arts Practice (option)

Digital Arts Practice (option)

No change

Social Media and Critical Practice B (option)

Social Media and Critical Practice B (option)

No change

Cities, Capital, Culture (option)

 

Module option suspended

Feminism and Digital

 

Module option changing from Semester 1 to Semester 2
2

Dissertation (Digital Media and Culture) (option)

Dissertation (Digital Media and Culture) (option)

No change

Final Creative Project (option)

Final Creative Project (option)

No change

Digital Methods Project (option)

Digital Methods Project (option)

No change

Computational Aesthetics (option)

Computational Aesthetics (option)

No change

Sound for Interactive Media (option)

Sound for Interactive Media (option)

No change

Everyday Life and Technology (option)

Feminism and Digital culture (option)

Module suspended and replaced

Digital Industries and Internet Cultures (option)

 

Module suspended

Year 1, Semester 1

Old structureNew structureComment

Digital Environment (core)

Digital Environment (core)

No change

Questioning the Media B (core)

Questioning the Media B (core)

No change

Digital Media and Culture (core)

Digital Media and Culture (core)

No change

Year 1, Semester 2

Old structureNew structureComment

Design and Digital Imaging (core)

Communication Design (core)

New core module

Creative Audio Visual Coding (core)

Creative Audio Visual Coding (core)

No change

Digital Histories, Objects and Processes (core)

Digital Histories, Objects and Processes (core)

Changing from 30 to 15 credits

Year 2, Semester 1

Old structureNew structureComment

Questioning the Digital B (core)

Questioning the Digital B (core)

No change

Creative Systems and Computational Art (core)

Creative Systems and Computational Art (core)

No change

Professional Practice (option)

 

Professional Practice (option)

No change

Sound, Culture and Society B (option)

Sound, Culture and Society B (option)

No change

Creative Media: Interative Design (option)

Interative Design (option)

Module title change

Media, Memory, History (option)

Media, Memory, History (option)

No change

Year 2, Semester 2

Old structureNew structureComment

Playable Media (core)

Playable Media (core)

No change

AI, Culture and Society (option)

AI, Culture and Society (option)

No change

Digital Cultures B (option)

Digital Cultures B (option)

No change

Zombie Media and Arts Practice (option)

Zombie Media and Arts Practice (option)

No change

Industry Projects (option)

Industry Projects (option)

No change

Culture, Race and Ethnicity (option)

Culture, Race and Ethnicity (option)

No change

Year 3, Semester 1

Old structureNew structureComment

Digital Media Project Preparation (core)

Digital Media Project Preparation (core)

No change

Digital Arts Practice (option)

Digital Arts Practice (option)

No change

Social Media and Critical Practice B (option)

Social Media and Critical Practice B (option)

No change

Cities, Capital, Culture (option)

 

Module option suspended

Feminism and Digital

 

Module option changing from Semester 1 to Semester 2

Year 3, Semester 2

Old structureNew structureComment

Dissertation (Digital Media and Culture) (option)

Dissertation (Digital Media and Culture) (option)

No change

Final Creative Project (option)

Final Creative Project (option)

No change

Digital Methods Project (option)

Digital Methods Project (option)

No change

Computational Aesthetics (option)

Computational Aesthetics (option)

No change

Sound for Interactive Media (option)

Sound for Interactive Media (option)

No change

Everyday Life and Technology (option)

Feminism and Digital culture (option)

Module suspended and replaced

Digital Industries and Internet Cultures (option)

 

Module suspended