BA Digital Media, Culture and Society
About this course
BA Digital Media, Culture and Society is an undergraduate humanities degree examining how digital technology shapes contemporary culture and social structures. Core topics include Research Methods. The course offers an optional placement year and culminates in a final-year independent dissertation. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Researching in the Digital Age I, Thinking Digital Media, and Histories of Information, alongside options covering digital culture and activism. The second year advances analytical abilities with compulsory modules including Big Questions in the Digital World and Researching with Digital Methods, complemented by optional studies in feminist perspectives, race and digital technology, and archiving culture. The final year centres on compulsory independent work alongside Digital Futures, while offering optional modules like Digital Art, Spatial History: Mapping the Past, and Climate Change and Society.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB including one essay based subject
What students say
Based on about 38 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 98%
- Organisation and management: 90%
- Learning resources: 84%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Information Technology Professionals: 78%
- Engineering professionals: 4%
- Elementary occupations: 2%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals: 2%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 2%
- Find their work meaningful: 78%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 68%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 41%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 855 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 30%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 35%
- South East: 9%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 2%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 45 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 85%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Foundation course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Researching in the Digital Age I
- Researching in the Digital Age II
- Thinking Digital Media
- Histories of Information
- Decoding Inequality: Reimagining Digital Culture
- Digital Activism
- Fake Media
- Arts and Socio-economic Development
- Visualising Information: Uses and Abuses of Data
- Big Questions in the Digital World
- Researching with Digital Methods
- Feminist and Queer Perspectives on Digital Media
- Digital Manchester
- Race and Digital Technology
- Digital Ways of Seeing: Theory and Practice
- Archiving Culture
- Visualising Information: Uses and Abuses of Data
- Science, Technology and Democracy
- Dissertation
- Digital Futures
- Spatial History: Mapping the Past
- Living in the Mobile World
- Media Matters: Material and Environmental Consequences
- Digital Art
- Climate Change and Society
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Digital Media, Culture and Society at University of Manchester earn?
The median salary is £28,000 after 15 months, £27,000 after 3 years, £35,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £27,000 and £50,000. The £35,500 median after five years is £3,500 more than the UK median for Information technology.
What do graduates of BA Digital Media, Culture and Society at University of Manchester do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Digital Media, Culture and Society at University of Manchester?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Digital Media, Culture and Society at University of Manchester?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 160 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Digital Media, Culture and Society at University of Manchester?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.