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Major

Media and Digital Cultures

Bachelors of Commerce / Arts
Overview Study details

Explore contemporary digital cultures around the globe and broaden your horizons with this major.

Focus on the ubiquity of digital media technologies in our lives, the role of media in cultural life, the emergence of digital media industries and technologies, and much more.

Learn about new forms of media consumption and cultural practice, digital media industries and technologies, and the cultural formations characteristic of media-dense digital societies.

Graduates often go on to careers in the events, marketing, media and communication fields.

Highlights

1 in Queensland for arts and humanities

QS World University Rankings 2024

Career possibilities

Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

  • Events and marketing coordinator
  • Media and communications officer
  • Content creator
  • Digital marketing coordinator
  • Digital media specialist
  • Digital media manager
  • Media buyer
Yeoni Baek

When I decided on the field of study I wanted to do – Media and Digital Cultures – I found out that UQ has one of the best curricula in this area. That intrigued me to enrol in UQ.

Yeoni Baek
Current student, Bachelor of Arts (Media and Digital Cultures/Art History)
Yeoni Baek

When I decided on the field of study I wanted to do – Media and Digital Cultures – I found out that UQ has one of the best curricula in this area. That intrigued me to enrol in UQ.

Yeoni Baek
Current student, Bachelor of Arts (Media and Digital Cultures/Art History)

How you'll learn

Your learning experiences are designed to best suit the learning outcomes of the courses you choose.

  • Lectures
  • Tutorials
  • Overseas study
  • Seminars

What you'll study

At UQ, subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study:

  • Media and Society
  • Introduction to Film & Television Studies
  • Media and Identity
  • Communication for Social Change

See courses and program structure

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