BA Anthropology, Media and Digital Practice
Goldsmiths, University of London
About this course
BA in Anthropology, combining anthropological study with digital media production. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Policy Analysis. Students receive hands-on training in Adobe Premiere and Audition, with free access to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. The final year requires a supervised dissertation and practical piece of work, assessed through a portfolio of creative outputs and a production essay.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 27 points overall with three HL subjects at 555
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What students say
Based on about 86 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 87%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 86%
- Organisation and management: 75%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 75%
- Left higher education: 25%
What graduates do next
Based on about 13 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 80%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 60%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 40%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 85 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 3%
- East of England: 8%
- London: 62%
- South East: 13%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 135 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 86%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Access course: 1%
- A degree: 2%
- Other HE qualification: 4%
- Other qualifications: 4%
- No formal qualifications: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Requires Improvement for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Introduction to Digital Research Practices
- Approaches to Contemporary Anthropology
- Anthropological Methods
- Ethnographic Film
- Academic Skills for Anthropology
- Anthropological Ideas Today
- Digital and Image-based Storytelling: (Counter) Cartographies
- Digital Ethnographic Filmmaking
- Critical Ecologies: black, indigenous, queer and transnational feminist approaches
- Anthropology and Political Economy
- Thinking Anthropologically
- Thinking Through Race
- The Goldsmiths Elective
- Anthropology and Public Policy
- Indigenous Cosmopolitics, Anthropology and Global Justice
- Anthropology of Religion
- The Goldsmiths Project
- Individual Studies with Practice
- Extended Individual Studies with Practice
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Anthropology, Media and Digital Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £25,000 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,500 and £36,000. The £30,500 median after five years is the same as the UK median for Anthropology.
What do graduates of BA Anthropology, Media and Digital Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Anthropology, Media and Digital Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Anthropology, Media and Digital Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 27 points in the IB. The average entrant had 110 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Anthropology, Media and Digital Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 25% left higher education.