Media & Film Studies and Sociology BA (Hons)

What makes Media & Film Studies and Sociology at Worcester special?

Studying these subjects in combination allows you to increase your awareness surrounding significant social issues and their portrayal in the media. The course offers a dynamic focus on contemporary sociological perspectives, research, and challenges, combined with the study of how our culture affects peoples’ understanding and engagement with the media and film.

You will investigate industry advances and technology in research-inspired lectures, seminars and workshops and explore representation and ideology through a variety of media forms and film genres. Both subjects offer a research-focused team of academic staff who seek to enhance your understanding of the contemporary social world.

Overview

Key Features

Dynamic curriculum informed by the very latest research innovations on the media and film industries and associated contemporary sociological cultural issues. Our lecturing team frequently publish their research and your learning is informed by this expertise
Interactive, investigative learning environments where critical understanding is developed through debate and evaluating your own opinions and identity
An interactive and responsive curriculum with study abroad options that includes the classic elements of Sociology but with primary focus on new and developing perspectives, offering a diverse and dynamic curriculum driven by contemporary sociological concerns
We create a safe space for students to share and analyse their own diverse cultural experiences and backgrounds; our course community is very important to us
A personalised learner journey tailored around your own interests which includes close tutor support in helping you to develop personal, academic, and graduate skills with a focus on long term career planning
Emphasis on transferable skills, digital citizenship, graduate employability, and work-based learning opportunities

Entry requirements

104

UCAS tariff points

Entry requirements

104 UCAS tariff points (for example, BCC at A Level)

For international entry, please contact our Admissions team, admissions@worc.ac.uk

Other information

If your qualifications are not listed, please contact the Admissions Office for advice on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk for advice.

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Course content

Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice. The most up-to-date information will be available to you once you have accepted a place and registered for the course. If there are insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, this might not be offered, but we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative.

Year 1	Mandatory Studying Media & Film Identity, Representation & Diversity New Waves & Popular Cinemas Sociology in Practice Visual Sociology Sociology: Approaching the Crisis
Year 2	Mandatory Sociology: from Origins to Present Screen Cultures	Optional Practical Research in Sociology Sociology of Crime Sociology of “Race”: Global Perspectives Digital Sociology Environmental Sociology Work Project Development and Change in the Global South Researching Media & Film: Theories & Methods Contemporary British Cultures Digital Campaigns Festivals & Celebrations Audio Cultures Authors and Authorship Beyond the Mainstream Work Project Philosophies of Gender & Sexuality
Year 3	Optional Dissertation Writing Reviews in Media & Film Studies War, Democracy & the Media Immersive Media Local Cultures Film & Folk Literature Making Monsters Literature and Culture Sociology of Religion Education and the Sociological Imagination Constructing Emotions Global Power: Sociological Perspectives Pornography and Modern Culture History of Sexuality Sociology of the Body Sociology Extension Module

Year 1

Mandatory

Studying Media & Film
Identity, Representation & Diversity
New Waves & Popular Cinemas
Sociology in Practice
Visual Sociology
Sociology: Approaching the Crisis

Year 2

Mandatory

Sociology: from Origins to Present
Screen Cultures

Optional

Practical Research in Sociology
Sociology of Crime
Sociology of “Race”: Global Perspectives
Digital Sociology
Environmental Sociology
Work Project
Development and Change in the Global South
Researching Media & Film: Theories & Methods
Contemporary British Cultures
Digital Campaigns
Festivals & Celebrations
Audio Cultures
Authors and Authorship
Beyond the Mainstream
Work Project
Philosophies of Gender & Sexuality

Year 3

Optional

Dissertation
Writing Reviews in Media & Film Studies
War, Democracy & the Media
Immersive Media
Local Cultures
Film & Folk Literature
Making Monsters
Literature and Culture
Sociology of Religion
Education and the Sociological Imagination
Constructing Emotions
Global Power: Sociological Perspectives
Pornography and Modern Culture
History of Sexuality
Sociology of the Body
Sociology Extension Module

Teaching and assessment

For more information about teaching, learning and assessment on this course, please see the single honours course pages for Media & Film and Sociology.

Programme specification

For comprehensive details on the aims and intended learning outcomes of the course, and the means by which these are achieved through learning, teaching and assessment, please download the latest programme specification documents for and

Meet the team

You will be taught by a teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course. Every member of the team has a wealth of industry experience, including academics with specialist areas and those who combine teaching with professional practice. There are also demonstrators and technicians.

Teaching is informed by research and consultancy and all permanent staff on the team are Fellows of HEA and have the post grad teaching qualification.

Katy Wareham Morris

Katy leads the BA Hons in Media & Film Studies, a dynamic course which responds to innovations in media forms and applications as well as contemporary cultural issues. Katy is particularly interested in how digital technologies have changed media industries and the way audiences respond to them; and, media futures including immersive media. Katy interrogates media representations created by and representing identities and cultures which have been historically marginalised and challenge the white, middle class, patriarchal tradition. Katy is a proud working class, disabled, female academic and, a published poet.

Dr Luke Devine

Luke is currently Course Leader for Sociology

Dr Simon Hardy

Simon has lectured at Worcester in Sociology and Media & Cultural Studies since 1995, with specialisms in the history of sexuality, the sociology of pornography and contemporary media coverage of warfare.

Dr Jenny Lewin-Jones

Jenny teaches in Sociology, with particular interests in environmental and digital sociology, education, and emotions. Her research focuses on the role of language in social change.

Jenny runs our Sociology Course Twitter account .

Dr Mikel Koven

Dr Mikel J Koven is a senior lecturer in Media & Film Studies. His teaching areas include World cinema; genre; Hollywood cinema; horror cinema; film & folklore; and cult & exploitation cinema.

His research areas include Film & Folklore (fairy tales, myths, and legends); Exploitation cinema (with a focus on Italian horror film); Jewish cinema (representations, stereotypes, and the Holocaust); and “Cult” TV.

Holly Barnes-Bennetts

Holly completed a her BA Hons Media with Cultural Studies at Southampton Solent University in 2006. After finishing her degree she gained employment ranging from running music and arts festivals, working in PR and charity fundraising. She then returned to teaching, securing a Diploma to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (University of Warwick) and completing a Masters by Research from Bournemouth University. Currently, Holly is working towards her PhD at the 蜜桃直播 titled: A Digital Interactionist, Praxis Study of Perception and Communication of Positive Sexual Consent.

Dr Barbara Mitra

Dr Barbara Mitra is a Principal Lecturer in Media & Film Studies. She has varied teaching and research interests and has published on issues relating to television, gender, advertising and children, and has become interested in social media, body image and eating disorders.

Barbara's teaching includes specialist modules on gender and commercial issues of social media and she is also interested in the use of technology in relation to learning and teaching. She has spoken on local radio and schools on issues related to gender and body image, Facebook and television advertising and children. She has also made a number of films on various academic topics.

Barbara welcomes PhD and MRes topics in relation to the broad areas of gender, social media, body images and digital cultures.

Careers

In completing your degree, you will develop digital literacy, independent research and data analysis skills, and communication skills through a range of written and oral assessments.

This course also provides an excellent foundation for postgraduate students. You may choose to complete a work project in the second year. In addition to gaining work experience and developing transferable skills, we regularly organise networking events and talks with our professional contacts.

Fees and funding

Full-time tuition fees	UK and EU students The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £9,535 per year. For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.	International students The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the 2025/26 academic year is £16,700 per year. For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.
Part-time tuition fees	UK and EU students The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the tuition fees for part-time UK and EU students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £1,190.83 per 15-credit module, £1,587.77 per 20-credit module, £2,381.66 per 30-credit module, £3,175.55 per 40-credit module, £3,572.50 per 45-credit module and £4,763.32 per 60 credit module. For more details on course pages, please visit our course fees page.
Additional costs	Every course has day-to-day costs for basic books, stationery, printing and photocopying. The amounts vary between courses. If your course offers a placement opportunity, you may need to pay for an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Accommodation	Finding the right accommodation is paramount to your university experience. Our halls of residence are home to friendly student communities, making them great places to live and study. We have over 1,000 rooms across our range of student halls. With rooms to suit every budget and need, from our 'Traditional Halls' at £131 per week to 'Ensuite Premium Halls' at £228 per week (2025/26 prices). For full details visit our accommodation page.

Full-time tuition fees

UK and EU students

The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £9,535 per year.

For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.

International students

The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the 2025/26 academic year is £16,700 per year.

For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.

Part-time tuition fees

UK and EU students

The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the tuition fees for part-time UK and EU students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £1,190.83 per 15-credit module, £1,587.77 per 20-credit module, £2,381.66 per 30-credit module, £3,175.55 per 40-credit module, £3,572.50 per 45-credit module and £4,763.32 per 60 credit module.

For more details on course pages, please visit our course fees page.

Additional costs

Every course has day-to-day costs for basic books, stationery, printing and photocopying. The amounts vary between courses.

If your course offers a placement opportunity, you may need to pay for an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Accommodation

Finding the right accommodation is paramount to your university experience. Our halls of residence are home to friendly student communities, making them great places to live and study.

We have over 1,000 rooms across our range of student halls. With rooms to suit every budget and need, from our 'Traditional Halls' at £131 per week to 'Ensuite Premium Halls' at £228 per week (2025/26 prices).

For full details visit our accommodation page.

How to apply

is the central organisation through which applications are processed for entry onto full-time undergraduate courses in Higher Education in the UK.

Read our How to apply pages for more information on applying and to find out what happens to your application.

UCAS Code

LP34

Get in touch

Katy Wareham Morris

Admissions Tutor

k.wareham.morris@worc.ac.uk

01905 855433

Admissions Office

admissions@worc.ac.uk

01905 855111

Holly Barnes-Bennetts

Admissions Tutor

h.barnesbennetts@worc.ac.uk