Digital Media
BA (Hons)
Key information
Key information for 2026-27
Key information for 2027-28
Course Overview
From social media influencers and AI algorithms to wearable tech and digital activism, this BA Digital Media gives you the chance to explore how digital technologies are transforming society, culture and identity.
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Why choose this course?
- It combines academic rigour with creative practice and career-focused training to equip you with the critical insight, practical skills and professional experience you need to thrive in today’s fast-changing digital landscape.
- You can build your degree around your goals, studying towards the core BA Digital Media, or tailoring your studies through our specialised pathways in creative practice, marketing or business analytics.
- You will learn from expert academics and industry professionals who blend cutting-edge media theory with real-world insight into digital platforms, AI, social media and cultural change.
- It includes portfolio-building, guest lectures from digital media practitioners and industry placements to help prepare you for careers in media, design, tech and beyond.
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What will I learn?
You will explore the impact of digital technologies on culture and society by blending critical thinking with hands-on creative practice in areas such as video production, web design, digital storytelling and online research methods.
Through studying cutting-edge topics like AI, algorithmic bias and social media, you will learn a range of valuable skills including in SEO, analytics, visualisation and platform engagement strategies, alongside creative and technical skills in content creation.You can study towards a BA Digital Media, or specialise on a pathway of particular modules to gain the:
- BA Digital Media and Creative Practice, which combines digital media studies with professional development and applied creative practice, for example in social media, digital design, video editing or journalistic writing
- BA Digital Media with Business Analytics, which combines digital media studies with selected business analytics modules
- BA Digital Media with Marketing, which combines digital media studies with selected marketing modules
- BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies, which combines digital media studies with modules on the environment and environmental law.
By the end of your studies, you will be equipped to work across a range of professional and creative settings where knowledge of digital media is in high demand.
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How will I learn?
Taught via interactive lectures, workshops, seminars, field visits and self-guided learning, this course encourages creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and personal growth.
It is available to study full- or part-time with classes taking place in the evening.
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How often will I attend classes?
Full-time: Two to three evenings a week, October to July.
Part-time: One to two evenings a week, October to July.
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Foundation Year
If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study during an additional year (full-time) or two years (part-time) of supported study. This option is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.
Once you successfully complete your Foundation Year studies, you will automatically advance onto the main full-time degree.
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Course disclaimer
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.
Most of our courses are taught in the evenings, however some of our courses offer a daytime timetable. Where there is an option to attend daytime teaching sessions, this is stated in the How will I learn? section.
More Highlights
- This course offers an Environmental Studies pathway.
- You will acquire up-to-date skills and knowledge from experienced industry practitioners at the heart of London's global media, including leading academic researchers such as: Scott Rodgers, Joel McKim, Robert Topinka and Professor Tim Markham.
- You will be able to hone your skills using industry-standard software such as the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, as well as specialised tools such as the 4CAT online data analysis toolkit.
- You can attend our dynamic programme of seminars, events and guest lectures organised by affiliated research centres and networks such as Birkbeck Interdisciplinary Research in Media and Culture, the Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image and the Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology.
- Our Bloomsbury campus includes facilities such as our new Immersive Learning Centre, the award-winning Birkbeck Cinema, the Peltz Gallery, and access to audiovisual equipment such as digital video cameras, lighting, 3D imaging and podcasting kits.
- Ranked as one of the top four universities in the UK for its Art and Design research in the most recent 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Birkbeck provides internationally respected teaching across digital media, journalism, media and cultural theory, creative industries, film and television studies, creative marketing and business analytics.
Modules and Teaching
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Starting in October 2026
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Three years full-time, on campus
Course structure
For each pathway you must complete modules worth a total of 360 credits.
BA Digital Media
- Year 1: a core module, two compulsory modules and a Level 4 option from any of the lists below
- Year 2: two compulsory modules, a Level 5 option from list A or B and one from any of the lists below
- Year 3: two Level 6 options from list A or B and one from any of the lists below, and a final-year project
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice
- Year 1: a core module, two compulsory modules and one Level 4 option from list B
- Year 2: three compulsory modules and one Level 5 option from list B
- Year 3: one compulsory module, one Level 6 option from list A or B and one from any of the lists below, and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics
- Year 1: a core module, two compulsory modules and two Level 4 options from list D
- Year 2: two compulsory modules, and one Level 5 option from list A or B and two from list D
- Year 3: a compulsory module, two Level 6 options from list A or B and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Marketing
- Year 1: a core module and four compulsory modules
- Year 2: three compulsory modules, and one Level 5 option from list A or B and one from list C
- Year 3: two compulsory modules, two Level 6 options from list A or B and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies
- Year 1: a core module, two compulsory modules and one Level 4 option from list E
- Year 2: two compulsory modules, and one Level 5 option from list A or B and one from list E
- Year 3: two Level 6 options from list A or B, one from list E and a final-year project
Please note: the Level 5 options Micro-placement and Your Career Development in list B must be taken together and will therefore count as one module.
All pathways: core module - Year 1
BA Digital Media: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory module - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory module - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory modules - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 1
- Business Information Systems
- Media Studies: Key Thinkers and Approaches
- Principles of Marketing (Undergraduate)
- Working with Digital Media
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory modules - Year 2
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list B
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list C
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list D
- Business Data Analysis
- Business Information Systems
- Data Modelling and Analysis
- Introduction to Programming
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list E
- Climate Change Communication: Feeling, Thinking, Acting
- Dynamic Environments
- Humans and the Environment
- Introduction to Environmental Science
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list B
- Designing Digitally
- Journalism Formats and Specialisations
- Micro-placement
- Screenwriting - The Thirty-Minute Script
- Working in the Creative and Cultural Sector
- Working with Film Sound
- Your Career Development
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list C
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Analytics
- Research Methods (Undergraduate)
- Responsible Marketing Communications
- Services Marketing
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list D
- Advanced Data Modelling and Analysis
- Business Analytics and Decision-Making
- Data Visualization and Communication (Undergraduate)
- Marketing Analytics (Undergraduate)
- Operations Analytics
- Statistical Inference
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list E
- Archaeology of the Everyday
- Beginnings: The Archaeology of Prehistory
- Culture, Space and the Environment in Brazil (Level 5)
- Environmental Law (Level 5, 15 credits)
- Future Food Systems and Sustainability
- Global Environmental Histories
- Managing Environments
- The Arts of Adaptation: Creative Climates
- The Ethics of Life and Death: Humans, Animals and the Environment (Level 5)
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list B
- Communicating Digitally
- Industry Placement/Career Development Report
- Principles of Digital Video and Editing
- Principles of Layout and Design
- Script Development and Script Editing
- Working with Found Footage
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list C
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list D
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list E
- Archaeological Landscapes
- Climate and Society: past, present and future
- Culture, Space and the Environment in Brazil (Level 6)
- Environmental Law (level 6, 15 credits)
- Geological Hazards
- Global Nature Conservation Level 6
- Performing Environments
- Race, Environment and International Development
- The Archaeology of Human Evolution
BA Digital Media project
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Four years part-time, on campus
Course structure
For each pathway you must complete modules worth a total of 360 credits.
BA Digital Media
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: one compulsory module, and a Level 4 and Level 5 option from any of the lists below
- Year 3: one compulsory module, and a Level 5 and Level 6 option from list A or B
- Year 4: two Level 6 options - one from list A or B and one from any of the lists below - and a final-year project
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: two compulsory modules and a Level 4 option from list B
- Year 3: two compulsory modules and a Level 5 option from list B
- Year 4: two Level 6 options - one from list A or B and one from any of the lists below - and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: one compulsory module, two Level 4 options from list D and a Level 5 option from list A or B
- Year 3: one compulsory module, two Level 5 options from list D and a Level 6 option from list A or B
- Year 4: one compulsory module, a Level 6 option from list A or B and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Marketing
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: three compulsory modules and a Level 5 option from list A or B
- Year 3: two compulsory modules, a Level 5 option from list C and a Level 6 option from list A or B
- Year 4: two compulsory modules, a Level 6 option from list A or B and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: one compulsory module, and one Level 5 option from list A or B and one from list E
- Year 3: one compulsory module, and one Level 5 option from list E and one Level 6 option from list A or B
- Year 4: one Level 6 option from list A or B and one from list E and a final-year project
Please note: the Level 5 options Micro-placement and Your Career Development in list B must be taken together and will therefore count as one module.
All pathways: core module - Year 1
BA Digital Media: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media: compulsory module - Year 2
BA Digital Media: compulsory module - Year 3
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory module - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory module - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory module - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory module - Year 4
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 4
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory module - Year 3
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list B
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list C
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list D
- Business Data Analysis
- Business Information Systems
- Data Modelling and Analysis
- Introduction to Programming
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list E
- Climate Change Communication: Feeling, Thinking, Acting
- Dynamic Environments
- Humans and the Environment
- Introduction to Environmental Science
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list B
- Designing Digitally
- Journalism Formats and Specialisations
- Micro-placement
- Screenwriting - The Thirty-Minute Script
- Working in the Creative and Cultural Sector
- Working with Film Sound
- Your Career Development
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list C
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Analytics
- Research Methods (Undergraduate)
- Responsible Marketing Communications
- Services Marketing
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list D
- Advanced Data Modelling and Analysis
- Business Analytics and Decision-Making
- Data Visualization and Communication (Undergraduate)
- Marketing Analytics (Undergraduate)
- Operations Analytics
- Statistical Inference
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list E
- Archaeology of the Everyday
- Beginnings: The Archaeology of Prehistory
- Culture, Space and the Environment in Brazil (Level 5)
- Environmental Law (Level 5, 15 credits)
- Future Food Systems and Sustainability
- Managing Environments
- The Arts of Adaptation: Creative Climates
- The Ethics of Life and Death: Humans, Animals and the Environment (Level 5)
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list B
- Communicating Digitally
- Industry Placement/Career Development Report
- Principles of Digital Video and Editing
- Principles of Layout and Design
- Script Development and Script Editing
- Working with Found Footage
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list C
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list D
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list E
- Archaeological Landscapes
- Climate and Society: past, present and future
- Culture, Space and the Environment in Brazil (Level 6)
- Environmental Law (level 6, 15 credits)
- Geological Hazards
- Global Nature Conservation Level 6
- Performing Environments
- Race, Environment and International Development
- The Archaeology of Human Evolution
BA Digital Media project
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Four years full-time, on campus, with Foundation Year
Course structure
For the Foundation Year, you undertake three core modules and choose one option module: either The Arts: Questioning the Contemporary World or a language module.
If you successfully complete these modules, you will automatically advance on to our three-year, full-time, evening study BA Digital Media.
Foundation Year core modules
Foundation Year option modules
- Chinese 1 (Level 4)
- French 1
- French 2
- French 3 (Level 4)
- French 4 (Level 4)
- German 1
- German 2
- German 3 (Level 4)
- German 4 (Level 4)
- Italian 1
- Italian 2
- Italian 3 (Level 4)
- Italian 4 (Level 4)
- Japanese 1 (Level 4)
- Japanese 2 (Level 4)
- Japanese 3 (Level 4)
- Japanese 4 (Level 4)
- Korean 1 (Level 4)
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- Spanish 3 (Level 4)
- Spanish 4 (Level 4)
- The Humanities and Social Sciences: Global Issues in Historical Perspective
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Six years part-time, on campus, with Foundation Year
Course structure
Our part-time Foundation Year degrees allow you to spread out your Foundation Year studies over two years. As the 'Foundation Year' is made up of 120 credits, as a part-time student you can take 60 credits in each of your first and second years before starting the main four-year BA Digital Media. This means that you can take six years to complete the part-time degree with Foundation Year.
In Foundation Year 1 you take two core modules and in Foundation Year 2 you take one core module and choose one option module.
If you successfully complete these modules, you will automatically advance on to our four-year, part-time, evening study BA Digital Media.
Foundation Year 1 core modules
Foundation Year 2 core module
Foundation Year 2 option modules
- Chinese 1 (Level 4)
- French 1
- French 2
- French 3 (Level 4)
- French 4 (Level 4)
- German 1
- German 2
- German 3 (Level 4)
- German 4 (Level 4)
- Italian 1
- Italian 2
- Italian 3 (Level 4)
- Italian 4 (Level 4)
- Japanese 1 (Level 4)
- Japanese 2 (Level 4)
- Japanese 3 (Level 4)
- Japanese 4 (Level 4)
- Korean 1 (Level 4)
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- Spanish 3 (Level 4)
- Spanish 4 (Level 4)
- The Humanities and Social Sciences: Global Issues in Historical Perspective
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Starting in October 2027
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Three years full-time, on campus
Course structure
For each pathway you must complete modules worth a total of 360 credits.
BA Digital Media
- Year 1: a core module, two compulsory modules and a Level 4 option from any of the lists below
- Year 2: two compulsory modules, a Level 5 option from list A or B and one from any of the lists below
- Year 3: two Level 6 options from list A or B and one from any of the lists below, and a final-year project
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice
- Year 1: a core module, two compulsory modules and one Level 4 option from list B
- Year 2: three compulsory modules and one Level 5 option from list B
- Year 3: one compulsory module, one Level 6 option from list A or B and one from any of the lists below, and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics
- Year 1: a core module, two compulsory modules and two Level 4 options from list D
- Year 2: two compulsory modules, and one Level 5 option from list A or B and two from list D
- Year 3: a compulsory module, two Level 6 options from list A or B and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Marketing
- Year 1: a core module and four compulsory modules
- Year 2: three compulsory modules, and one Level 5 option from list A or B and one from list C
- Year 3: two compulsory modules, two Level 6 options from list A or B and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies
- Year 1: a core module, two compulsory modules and one Level 4 option from list E
- Year 2: two compulsory modules, and one Level 5 option from list A or B and one from list E
- Year 3: two Level 6 options from list A or B, one from list E and a final-year project
Please note: the Level 5 options Micro-placement and Your Career Development in list B must be taken together and will therefore count as one module.
All pathways: core module - Year 1
BA Digital Media: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory module - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory module - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory modules - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 1
- Business Information Systems
- Media Studies: Key Thinkers and Approaches
- Principles of Marketing (Undergraduate)
- Working with Digital Media
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory modules - Year 2
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list B
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list C
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list D
- Business Data Analysis
- Business Information Systems
- Data Modelling and Analysis
- Introduction to Programming
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list E
- Climate Change Communication: Feeling, Thinking, Acting
- Dynamic Environments
- Humans and the Environment
- Introduction to Environmental Science
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list B
- Designing Digitally
- Journalism Formats and Specialisations
- Micro-placement
- Screenwriting - The Thirty-Minute Script
- Working in the Creative and Cultural Sector
- Working with Film Sound
- Your Career Development
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list C
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Analytics
- Research Methods (Undergraduate)
- Responsible Marketing Communications
- Services Marketing
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list D
- Advanced Data Modelling and Analysis
- Business Analytics and Decision-Making
- Data Visualization and Communication (Undergraduate)
- Marketing Analytics (Undergraduate)
- Operations Analytics
- Statistical Inference
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list E
- Archaeology of the Everyday
- Beginnings: The Archaeology of Prehistory
- Culture, Space and the Environment in Brazil (Level 5)
- Environmental Law (Level 5, 15 credits)
- Future Food Systems and Sustainability
- Managing Environments
- The Arts of Adaptation: Creative Climates
- The Ethics of Life and Death: Humans, Animals and the Environment (Level 5)
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list B
- Communicating Digitally
- Industry Placement/Career Development Report
- Principles of Digital Video and Editing
- Principles of Layout and Design
- Script Development and Script Editing
- Working with Found Footage
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list C
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list D
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list E
- Archaeological Landscapes
- Climate and Society: past, present and future
- Culture, Space and the Environment in Brazil (Level 6)
- Environmental Law (level 6, 15 credits)
- Geological Hazards
- Global Nature Conservation Level 6
- Performing Environments
- Race, Environment and International Development
- The Archaeology of Human Evolution
BA Digital Media project
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Four years part-time, on campus
Course structure
For each pathway you must complete modules worth a total of 360 credits.
BA Digital Media
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: one compulsory module, and a Level 4 and Level 5 option from any of the lists below
- Year 3: one compulsory module, and a Level 5 and Level 6 option from list A or B
- Year 4: two Level 6 options - one from list A or B and one from any of the lists below - and a final-year project
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: two compulsory modules and a Level 4 option from list B
- Year 3: two compulsory modules and a Level 5 option from list B
- Year 4: two Level 6 options - one from list A or B and one from any of the lists below - and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: one compulsory module, two Level 4 options from list D and a Level 5 option from list A or B
- Year 3: one compulsory module, two Level 5 options from list D and a Level 6 option from list A or B
- Year 4: one compulsory module, a Level 6 option from list A or B and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Marketing
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: three compulsory modules and a Level 5 option from list A or B
- Year 3: two compulsory modules, a Level 5 option from list C and a Level 6 option from list A or B
- Year 4: two compulsory modules, a Level 6 option from list A or B and a final-year project
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies
- Year 1: a core module and two compulsory modules
- Year 2: one compulsory module, and one Level 5 option from list A or B and one from list E
- Year 3: one compulsory module, and one Level 5 option from list E and one Level 6 option from list A or B
- Year 4: one Level 6 option from list A or B and one from list E and a final-year project
Please note: the Level 5 options Micro-placement and Your Career Development in list B must be taken together and will therefore count as one module.
All pathways: core module - Year 1
BA Digital Media: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media: compulsory module - Year 2
BA Digital Media: compulsory module - Year 3
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media and Creative Practice: compulsory module - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory module - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory module - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Business Analytics: compulsory module - Year 4
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 3
BA Digital Media with Marketing: compulsory modules - Year 4
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory modules - Year 1
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory modules - Year 2
BA Digital Media with Environmental Studies: compulsory module - Year 3
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list B
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list C
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list D
- Business Data Analysis
- Business Information Systems
- Data Modelling and Analysis
- Introduction to Programming
Indicative Level 4 option modules - list E
- Climate Change Communication: Feeling, Thinking, Acting
- Dynamic Environments
- Humans and the Environment
- Introduction to Environmental Science
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list B
- Designing Digitally
- Journalism Formats and Specialisations
- Micro-placement
- Screenwriting - The Thirty-Minute Script
- Working in the Creative and Cultural Sector
- Working with Film Sound
- Your Career Development
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list C
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Analytics
- Research Methods (Undergraduate)
- Responsible Marketing Communications
- Services Marketing
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list D
- Advanced Data Modelling and Analysis
- Business Analytics and Decision-Making
- Data Visualization and Communication (Undergraduate)
- Marketing Analytics (Undergraduate)
- Operations Analytics
- Statistical Inference
Indicative Level 5 option modules - list E
- Archaeology of the Everyday
- Beginnings: The Archaeology of Prehistory
- Culture, Space and the Environment in Brazil (Level 5)
- Environmental Law (Level 5, 15 credits)
- Future Food Systems and Sustainability
- Managing Environments
- The Arts of Adaptation: Creative Climates
- The Ethics of Life and Death: Humans, Animals and the Environment (Level 5)
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list A
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list B
- Communicating Digitally
- Industry Placement/Career Development Report
- Principles of Digital Video and Editing
- Principles of Layout and Design
- Script Development and Script Editing
- Working with Found Footage
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list C
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list D
Indicative Level 6 option modules - list E
- Archaeological Landscapes
- Climate and Society: past, present and future
- Culture, Space and the Environment in Brazil (Level 6)
- Environmental Law (level 6, 15 credits)
- Geological Hazards
- Global Nature Conservation Level 6
- Performing Environments
- Race, Environment and International Development
- The Archaeology of Human Evolution
BA Digital Media project
-
Four years full-time, on campus, with Foundation Year
Course structure
For the Foundation Year, you undertake three core modules and choose one option module: either The Arts: Questioning the Contemporary World or a language module.
If you successfully complete these modules, you will automatically advance on to our three-year, full-time, evening study BA Digital Media.
Foundation Year core modules
Foundation Year option modules
- Chinese 1 (Level 4)
- French 1
- French 2
- French 3 (Level 4)
- French 4 (Level 4)
- German 1
- German 2
- German 3 (Level 4)
- German 4 (Level 4)
- Italian 1
- Italian 2
- Italian 3 (Level 4)
- Italian 4 (Level 4)
- Japanese 1 (Level 4)
- Japanese 2 (Level 4)
- Japanese 3 (Level 4)
- Japanese 4 (Level 4)
- Korean 1 (Level 4)
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- Spanish 3 (Level 4)
- Spanish 4 (Level 4)
- The Humanities and Social Sciences: Global Issues in Historical Perspective
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Six years part-time, on campus, with Foundation Year
Course structure
Our part-time Foundation Year degrees allow you to spread out your Foundation Year studies over two years. As the 'Foundation Year' is made up of 120 credits, as a part-time student you can take 60 credits in each of your first and second years before starting the main four-year BA Digital Media. This means that you can take six years to complete the part-time degree with Foundation Year.
In Foundation Year 1 you take two core modules and in Foundation Year 2 you take one core module and choose one option module.
If you successfully complete these modules, you will automatically advance on to our four-year, part-time, evening study BA Digital Media.
Foundation Year 1 core modules
Foundation Year 2 core module
Foundation Year 2 option modules
- Chinese 1 (Level 4)
- French 1
- French 2
- French 3 (Level 4)
- French 4 (Level 4)
- German 1
- German 2
- German 3 (Level 4)
- German 4 (Level 4)
- Italian 1
- Italian 2
- Italian 3 (Level 4)
- Italian 4 (Level 4)
- Japanese 1 (Level 4)
- Japanese 2 (Level 4)
- Japanese 3 (Level 4)
- Japanese 4 (Level 4)
- Korean 1 (Level 4)
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- Spanish 3 (Level 4)
- Spanish 4 (Level 4)
- The Humanities and Social Sciences: Global Issues in Historical Perspective
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Teaching
We encourage innovative and engaging ways of teaching to help ensure you have the best learning experience and provide a range of different modes of learning to help you juggle study with work and other commitments.
What are the methods of teaching?
Teaching is mainly via small, highly interactive classes, including lectures, seminars, small-group work, discussion groups, tutorials, creative workshops, practical demonstrations, training and experimentation, guest lectures and media-related tours and online platforms.
The Foundation Year is composed mainly of interactive lectures for large groups and tutorial-style classes that support the development of knowledge, skills, confidence and self-awareness.
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How will I be assessed?
Depending on the module, assessment includes essays, professional writing such as marketing plans and social media strategies, digital media design production and experimentation such as in videoing, blogging, podcasting and web design.
Please see individual modules for more details.
Find out more about assessment at Birkbeck, including guidance on assessment, feedback and our assessment offences policy.
Entry Requirements
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.
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Full-time study - how many UCAS points do I need?
UCAS tariff points
- Three years full-time: 112 points (e.g. A-levels BBC)
- Four years full-time with Foundation Year: 48 points
For full-time study on this course, you apply via UCAS. The UCAS tariff score applies if you have recently studied a qualification that has a UCAS tariff equivalence. UCAS provides a tariff calculator for you to work out what your qualification is worth.
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Part-time study
For part-time study our standard requirements are a minimum of two A-levels or equivalent.
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Alternative entry routes
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DMM
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What are the English language requirements?
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.
If you don't meet the minimum English language requirements, please contact us or see our international study skills page for more details about how we can help.
Visit the International section of our website to find out more about our English language entry requirements and relevant requirements by country.
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What are the visa and funding requirements?
If you are not from the UK and you do not already have residency here, you may need to apply for a visa.
The visa you apply for varies according to the length of your course:
- Courses of more than six months' duration: Student visa
- Courses of less than six months' duration: Standard Visitor visa
International students who require a Student visa should apply to study on our courses full-time as these qualify for Student visa sponsorship. If you are living in the UK on a Student visa, you will not be eligible to enrol to study part-time courses at Birkbeck (with the exception of some modules).
As a Student visa student, you should also apply to study on campus only, as online and flexible options of study (if they are available for your course) may affect the conditions of your visa.
For full information, read our visa information for international students page.
Please also visit the international section of our website to find out more about relevant visa and funding requirements by country.
Please note students receiving US Federal Aid are only able to apply for in-person, on-campus programmes which will have no elements of online study.
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Credits and accredited prior learning (APL)
If you have studied at university (or have an HND or Foundation Degree), you may have accumulated credits. It may be possible to transfer these from your previous study to Birkbeck or another institution.
Fees
Three years full-time, on campus
Academic year 2026-27, starting in October 2026
Full-time home students: £9,790 per year
Full-time international students: £18,500 per year
Academic year 2027-28, starting in October 2027
Full-time home students: £10,050 per year
Full-time international students: £19,320 per year
Four years part-time, on campus
Academic year 2026-27, starting in October 2026
Part-time home students: £7,335 per year
Part-time international students: £13,875 per year
Academic year 2027-28, starting in October 2027
Part-time home students: £7,530 per year
Part-time international students: £14,490 per year
Four years full-time with Foundation Year, on campus
Academic year 2026-27, starting in October 2026
Full-time home students, Year 1: £5,760 per year
Full-time international students, Year 1: £18,500 per year
Full-time home students, Year 2+: £9,790 per year
Full-time international students, Year 2+: £18,500 per year
Academic year 2027-28, starting in October 2027
Full-time home students, Year 1: £5,760 per year
Full-time international students, Year 1: £19,320 per year
Full-time home students, Year 2+: £10,050 per year
Full-time international students, Year 2+: £19,320 per year
Six years part-time with Foundation Year, on campus
Academic year 2026-27, starting in October 2026
Part-time home students, Year 1 and 2: £2,880 per year
Part-time international students, Year 1 and 2: £9,250 per year
Part-time home students, Year 3+: £7,335 per year
Part-time international students, Year 3+: £13,875 per year
Academic year 2027-28, starting in October 2027
Part-time home students, Year 1 and 2: £2,880 per year
Part-time international students, Year 1 and 2: £9,660 per year
Part-time home students, Year 3+: £7,530 per year
Part-time international students, Year 3+: £14,490 per year
Students are charged a tuition fee in each year of their course. Tuition fees for students continuing their course may be subject to annual inflationary increases. For more information, please see our Fees Policy.
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Birkbeck's Lifelong Learning Guarantee
If you've studied at Birkbeck before and successfully completed an award with us, take advantage of our Lifelong Learning Guarantee to gain a reduction on the tuition fee of this course.
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Tuition fees and maintenance loans
Eligible full-time and part-time students from the UK don't have to pay any tuition fees upfront, as government loans are available to cover them.
Maintenance loans are also available for eligible full-time and part-time UK students, to help cover living costs, such as accommodation, food, travel, books and study materials. The amount you receive is means-tested and depends on where you live and study and your household income.
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Can I apply for an international scholarship?
We provide a range of scholarships for eligible international students, including our Global Future Scholarship. View Birkbeck's available scholarships.
Birkbeck's campus is located in the historic and vibrant Bloomsbury area of central London - named one of the best places to live in London 2025 by The Times.
Careers and employability
On successfully completing this BA Digital Media, you will have gained an array of valuable transferable skills including in:
- critical-thinking and research skills
- written and verbal communication
- collaboration and teamwork
- self-management and project planning.
Studying this course will prepare you for career paths in a range of fields and professions including in:
- media and creative industries, for example in content creation, social media, UX/UI or journalism
- digital marketing and communications
- research or policy
- data and analytics roles in the cultural, public or business sectors.
We also provide first-rate preparation for those students interested in postgraduate academic study, such as on our MA Digital Media Culture, MA Digital Media Design or MA Digital Media Management.
We offer a comprehensive careers service - Careers and Enterprise - your career partner during your time at Birkbeck and beyond. At every stage of your career journey, we empower you to take ownership of your future, helping you to make the connection between your experience, education and future ambitions.
Student Support
Birkbeck offers study, learning and wellbeing support to undergraduate and postgraduate students to help them succeed.
Our Learning Development Service provides a lively programme of free weekly workshops building essential academic skills - from writing and critical thinking to maths and referencing - offering flexible sessions, practical tips, and online resources to boost your skills and confidence.
Our Disability and Mental Health Service can support you if you have disabilities, specific learning differences, mental health conditions or neurodivergence, by providing practical support to help you achieve your academic potential.
Our Counselling Service aims to support you with any emotional and psychological difficulties that are affecting your experience and engagement with your studies at university. It is a free, non-judgemental and confidential service which consists of a consultation process followed by time limited counselling contact.
Find out more about the full range of student services we offer at Birkbeck.
How to Apply
You apply via UCAS for our full-time undergraduate courses or directly to Birkbeck for our part-time undergraduate courses. For more detailed, step-by-step guidance on how to apply, visit our How to apply page.
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How do I apply to study full-time (UCAS entry)?
If you are applying for a full-time undergraduate course at Birkbeck you apply through UCAS. Use the Apply now button on this course page which will direct you to UCAS. There you will be prompted to sign in and create an account. You will have to give UCAS a few personal details, including your name, address and date of birth, and then you can start working on your application.
The first UCAS deadline is in January, and the majority of university applications through UCAS are made by then. Find the exact deadline date on the UCAS website. We welcome applications outside of the UCAS deadlines, so you can still apply through UCAS after the January deadline, depending on the availability of places. We also take late applications via the UCAS Clearing system in August.
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How do I apply to study part-time?
If you are applying for a part-time undergraduate course (usually four or six years), you apply directly to Birkbeck online by using the Apply now button. You will need to prove your identity when you apply.
Please note that online application opens in September.
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When should I apply?
You are strongly advised to apply now, to ensure there are still places left, and to give you enough time to complete the admissions process, to arrange funding and to enrol.
You don't need to complete your current programme of study before you apply - Birkbeck can offer you a place that is conditional on your results.
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How can I get help with my application?
Get all the information you need about the application, admission and enrolment process at Birkbeck.
Our online personal statement tool will guide you through every step of writing the personal statement part of your application.
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International agents
If you are an international agent applying to Birkbeck on behalf of an international student, please use Birkbeck's agent portal.
Related courses
Study routes for Digital Media (BA (Hons))
Please select a study route below to continue your application.
Please note that international students who require a Student visa to study in the UK can only apply for full-time, on campus routes.
Important: Applications to study part-time in 2027/28 will open in October 2026.
2026-27
Full-time
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Three years full-time, on campus starting in October 2026
Apply now via Clearing Digital Media (BA (Hons)) Three years full-time, on campus starting in October 2026 -
Four years full-time, on campus with Foundation Year starting in October 2026
Apply now via Clearing Digital Media (BA (Hons)) Four years full-time, on campus with Foundation Year starting in October 2026
Part-time
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Four years part-time, on campus starting in October 2026
Apply Now Digital Media (BA (Hons)) Four years part-time, on campus starting in October 2026 -
Six years part-time, on campus with Foundation Year starting in October 2026
Apply Now Digital Media (BA (Hons)) Six years part-time, on campus with Foundation Year starting in October 2026
2027-28
Full-time
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Three years full-time, on campus starting in October 2027
Apply now via UCAS Digital Media (BA (Hons)) Three years full-time, on campus starting in October 2027 -
Four years full-time, on campus with Foundation Year starting in October 2027
Apply now via UCAS Digital Media (BA (Hons)) Four years full-time, on campus with Foundation Year starting in October 2027