Courses
Diploma
Diploma in Graphic and Multimedia Design
Our Diploma in Graphic and Multimedia Design aims to provide graduates with a broad-based education that’s industry oriented. The programme also helps develop advanced skills while encouraging entrepreneurship as well as driving creativity and innovation among our students.
Diploma in Music
Our innovative Diploma in Music stands apart with its unique “Musicpreneurship†approach, going beyond traditional boundaries to prepare you not just as a musician, but as a complete music professional. By integrating six essential areas of modern musicianship, we equip you with the skills needed to succeed in today’s dynamic music industry while…
Diploma in Interior Design
This programme allows you to explore the art and science of enhancing interior spaces to make them aesthetically pleasing to the end user. Interior spaces no longer just meet functional and practical requirements, they are crucial to how we experience life, work and play.
Diploma in Performing Arts
Our Diploma in Performing Arts interdisciplinary curriculum covers two major disciplines: theatre and film. Over two years, students rigorously develop their knowledge and hone their fundamental skills in relation to both disciplines: onstage, backstage, in front of the camera, and behind the scenes. Students are supported by a diverse,…Undergraduate
BA (Hons) in Communication
This exciting and high-impact communication programme is designed to produce employable industry-ready graduates in Corporate Communication and Public Relations. This innovative, holistic, and creative programme works closely with industry practitioners to reinforce knowledge learnt in the classroom in project-based learning.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Advertising and Branding
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Advertising and Branding degree programme aims to nurture creative thinkers with the skills and knowledge to investigate, analyse, conceptualise and present visual information and creative ideas. Students will acquire the necessary depth and breadth of specialised and contextual knowledge to address a range of…
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Theatre Production
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Theatre Production is a rigorous programme covering contemporary theatre-making's dynamic practice. Students can expect to hone and sharpen their craft in performance, directing, devising design, and production management. This practice is supported by critical studies of history, context, and theory.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Contemporary Music (Audio Technology)
This programme aims to train versatile musicians and music producers. It is both a technical and creative degree programme, providing you with solid music theory and academic knowledge, while developing your skills in audio technology through studio practice and interdisciplinary collaborative projects. Subjects and areas covered include…
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Design Communication
The 21st century communication designer is one who not only develops a message content for printed or electronic media, with emphasis on aesthetics in media, but also has the ability to create new media channels to ensure the message reaches its target audience.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Digital Film Production
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Digital Film Production explores the creative and professional aspects of film production including short film and documentary, scriptwriting, sound design, acting, transmedia content creation, post-production, entrepreneurship and internship with the widest and most value-added applications.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Interior Architecture
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Interior Architecture is an exciting programme designed for students who seek to become innovative interior architecture professionals of the 21st century. Spanning a period of 3 and 1/2 years, you will engage in various aspects of design for interior environments and develop skills which enable you to contribute…
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Music Performance
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Music Performance is focused on Western art music, with training in practical musicianship, music theory, and academic knowledge. It is a practice-based, creative degree programme in which you would be expected to practice individually, rehearse in ensembles, and perform in both contexts. During your studies, you…Postgraduate
Master of Arts in Creative Arts and Media
The Master of Arts in Creative Arts and Media provides students with an opportunity to carry out interdisciplinary research and contribute new understanding and insights to disciplines aligned with the School of Arts.
Master of Arts in Visual Communication and Media Studies
Communications and Media are an ever growing and changing part of the world we live in. Be it Netflix, Facebook, Instagram, your favourite online game, or an interactive installation you just saw in a museum, media messaging is a part of your life. Today, these messages are formulated around narratives. In all forms of media, we see the shaping of…
Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Arts and Media
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Creative Arts and Media provides students with an opportunity to carry out interdisciplinary research at an advanced level. Graduates of this programme will be well-positioned to become leading figures in fields related to the School of Arts.Xplorer Hub
Basic Narrative Analysis
The course explores the historical and contemporary narrative theories of drama and cinema. Students will learn the concepts and terms most commonly used in film analysis, and how to use these concepts and terms in writing their own analysis of a film or group of films.
Celebrity Culture
The subject explores the various facets of celebrity culture. It encompasses the analysis of cultural approaches to celebrity, ranging from the historical development, the relationships between celebrity and related media, and the study of specific celebrity case studies.
On completing the course, students will be able to:
Ceramic Art
This subject is designed to expose students to process of working with clay. This course will include an examination of clay, and decoration methods.
Creative Thinking
This course is designed to equip communication students with the knowledge and skills to develop and implement creative ideas in their field. Through a combination of theory, exercises, and case studies, students will learn how to generate and evaluate ideas, identify and overcome creative barriers, and communicate their ideas effectively.
Film Studies
Film Studies introduces students to film art and film form, with a particular emphasis on narrative filmmaking. Students will be exposed to the fundamentals and key concepts in film form and film style in order for them to develop the ability to evaluate and articulate filmic works.
Global Classroom (Media)
The Global Media Classroom is designed to offer an innovative, low-carbon approach to internationalisation and cultural exchange across Lancaster University and its international partner institutions (ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University, LU Ghana, BJTU, and LU Leipzig).
Global Theatre
This course introduces students to global theatre practices and traditions across different cultural, historical and performance context.
History of Art and Design
This course is a comprehensive survey of the history of art and design, examining the aesthetic and cultural significance of artworks and designed objects from ancient civilizations to the contemporary era.
International Cultural Experience
This course offers an in-depth exploration of the cultural, social, and political dimensions that shape communities and influence business and social development. Students will engage with both academic teachings and hands-on experiences that will help them understand and address the challenges faced by modern-day communities.
Investor Relations
This subject approaches Investor relations (IR) from a multidisciplinary perspective. It is a corporate communication activity, which combines the disciplines of communication and finance, along with other related areas, in an effort to maximise shareholders’ wealth.
Music Cultures of the World
This subject introduces students to the classical, folk and popular music of selected communities in Asia, Africa, and America. Elements of the musical system or style, such as scale, melody, meter, rhythm, timbre, form, texture and the musical concepts of different cultures are compared.
Political Communication
This course introduces students to political communication with the primary focus on the roles media and media professionals play in the planning, crafting, and disseminating of persuasive campaign messages targeted to different audiences or constituencies.
On completing the course, students will be able to:
Principles of Mass Communication
This subject takes a comprehensive and balanced look at the changing world of mass media. Through the different topics studied, the students will gain a global perception of the history and evolution of the mass media and will obtain a general understanding in the usage and effect of different media.
World Cinema
In this subject, students will be introduced to films and cinematic traditions beyond the Hollywood film industry by focusing on films made in Asia (South Asian, Southeast Asian, East Asian and West Asian), Africa, South America and Europe.