BA (Hons) Communication, Media and Popular Music at University of Liverpool

Whether you want to work in Communication, Media or Popular Music, research their impact or simply understand more about our relationship with these areas, this programme provides a thorough introduction with plenty of opportunities to develop specialist skills. There is scope for specialisation within a coherent and integrated framework that ensures academic progression, allows for increasing specialisation year on year, and emphasises synergies between the disciplines. Study in a department currently ranked within the world top 75 and 5 th in the UK for Communication (Shanghai Global Rankings of Academic Subjects 2025).

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students must take 60 credits from Communication and Media and 60 credits from Popular Music. Normally, they will take 30 credits from each subject per semester, unless they opt to take MUSI104, which is year-long. Compulsory modules in year one include Introduction to Communication and Media Studies B, Media Industries and Institutions B, Introduction to Popular Music History, Communication, Culture, and Media Analysis B, Digital and Social Media.

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