Undergraduate students looking at art work in the Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham City Centre - November 2021.Lily Pearce (braids) and Fearne Darbyshire (blonde curly hair)

Cultural and Creative Industries BA Hons

University Park Campus, Nottingham, UK

Course overview

How do cultural and creative industries operate?

How are they shaped by the world around them?

Whether your interest lies in the arts, music, performance, gaming, marketing, or more, you’ll have the opportunity to pursue your passion in depth.

Learning from experts across the sector, you’ll discover how the content, strategies and practices of these industries are interconnected and shaped by technology, politics, economics and socio-cultural dynamics.

Explore their key role in how the cultural and creative industries are perceived by the wider world.

Indicative modules

Mandatory

Year 1

Introduction to Cultural and Creative Industries

Mandatory

Year 1

Studio project 1A

Mandatory

Year 1

Studio project 1B

Mandatory

Year 1

Ways of Seeing, Hearing and Reading

Mandatory

Year 1

Institutions and Practices

Mandatory

Year 1

Global Media and Cultural Flows

Optional

Year 1

Sustainability 1a

Optional

Year 1

Sustainability 1b

Mandatory

Year 2

Studio project 2A

Mandatory

Year 2

Studio project 2B

Mandatory

Year 2

Encountering Culture: Media, Art and Screen Experiences

Mandatory

Year 2

Objects and Technologies

Optional

Year 2

Creativity and Creative Labour

Optional

Year 2

Immersive Experiences

Optional

Year 2

British Empire and its Cultural Legacy

Optional

Year 2

Cultures of Collecting and Collections

Optional

Year 2

Travelling Stories - Narrative Locations

Optional

Year 2

Emotions, Affect and the Senses

Optional

Year 2

Arts Work Placement Module

Mandatory

Year 3

Studio Project - Level 3

Optional

Year 3

Cultural and Creative Leadership

Optional

Year 3

Public Culture and Creative Communication

Optional

Year 3

The Cultural Sector Now

Optional

Year 3

Professional Practice: Festivals

Optional

Year 3

Censoring Stories

Optional

Year 3

African and Afro-Diasporic Visual Cultures: 1900s to the present

Optional

Year 3

Playful Experiences

Optional

Year 3

Protest, Dissent and Civil Society

Optional

Year 3

The Outmoded

Optional

Year 3

Sound and Everyday Life

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About modules

The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer, but is not intended to be construed or relied on as a definitive list of what might be available in any given year. This content was last updated on Wednesday 8 January 2025. Due to timetabling availability, there may be restrictions on some module combinations.

Teaching and learning

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Cultural and Creative Industries at University of Nottingham, the

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