Bachelor of Arts in Media and Culture
Utrecht University
Key Information
Campus location
Utrecht, Netherlands
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 2,209 / per year *
Application deadline
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* EU/EEA, Surinam or Swiss students; €11,000: International students
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Introduction
The Media and Culture program studies different types of media in a wider context and in relation to one another. It focuses on the role that digital media, data, films, television series, theatre, and dance performances, games, and cultural interventions play in shaping our understanding of the world around us, but also how these phenomena intervene in that world and transform it.
You learn about the history, theory, and larger social and technological contexts in which different media function and interact. What is the effect of mediatization, digitalization, datafication, and participation on how media are produced, distributed, and used? How do media and culture reflect on, but also participate in, issues of democracy, sustainability, public space, migration, or gender?
You will develop the academic skills you require in order to understand and analyze media as aesthetic objects, as industries and institutions, as well as active agents in our society.
Eye for the Professional Field
Media and Culture provides opportunities for you to meet a diverse range of professionals in the field, such as programmers, curators, producers, and policymakers (for example, people responsible for city marketing). The interaction between students and professionals is further underscored by the possibility of doing an internship in the third year of the Bachelor’s program. An internship can be good preparation for, or even the actual start of, a professional career.
After the Bachelor's Program
After finishing the Bachelor’s program in Media and Culture, many alumni end up working in television or film production, the cultural sector (e.g. theatres, cultural centers), or in promotion and marketing. A significant amount of students choose to continue their studies in a Master’s program; for instance, the Master's in Media, Art, and Performance Studies or the Master's in New Media & Digital Culture.
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Career Opportunities
Cultural Sector
After a Bachelor's most students go on to take a follow-on Master’s program. A Master’s allows you to work in various fields of employment. It all depends on the direction you followed in your specialization.
Media and Culture Studies graduates include cultural policy advisors, teachers, dramaturges, editors, managers of theatre companies, film festival organizers and critics.