Teaching & modules
Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
Required modules
- Introduction to Digital Asset & Media Management 1 (30 credits)
- Introduction to Digital Asset & Media Management 2 (30 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take four modules (totalling 60 credits) from a list of optional modules that may typically include:
- Artificial Intelligence & Society (15 credits)
- Music and Sound in Digital Societies (15 credits)
- Digital Storytelling (15 credits)
- Web Technologies (15 credits)
- Global Digital Audiences (15 credits)
- Digital Innovation (15 credits)
- Digital Publishing (15 credits)
- Data Journalism (15 credits)
- Social Media, Marketing and Platforms (15 credits)
- Management for Digital Content Industries (15 credits)
- Digital Media, Digital Marketing (15 credits)
- Curating & Preserving Digital Culture (15 credits)
Up to 30 credits from master’s modules offered in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, subject to approval.
If you are a part-time student, you will take Digital Asset & Media Management 1 in and Digital Asset & Media Management 2 your first year, and your dissertation in your second. You will divide your 60 optional credits between the two years.
Teaching methods - what to expect
We will provide you with 120 to 180 hours of teaching through lectures and seminars, and we will expect you to undertake 1,674 hours of independent study.
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Assessment
- Coursework
- Written/practical examinations
- Essays
- Projects
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Forms of assessment may typically include essays and projects. Coursework contributes approximately 100% to your final mark.
Application closing date guidance
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time / Part time
Duration:
One year full-time, two years part-time, September to September
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026