PgCert Visual and Popular Cultures (Online)

University of Aberdeen

Earn a postgraduate qualification in visual and cultural studies, 100% online.

Join us online to investigate how comics, cinema, music, popular culture, and subcultures shape societies, express identities, and respond to global crises.

In this flexible postgraduate certificate (PgCert), you’ll explore visual and popular cultures from a uniquely international perspective.

You’ll join experts from across disciplines to:

• learn about important concepts in the fields of media studies and cultural studies
• apply these concepts to global visual media, music, cultures, and subcultures, and
• develop your skills in comparative visual and cultural analysis.

You’ll also become a more confident communicator, learning to engage diverse audiences through effective and dynamic written and oral communication.

If you’re interested in exploring diverse popular cultures, subcultures, music, visual media, and cultural analysis, this PgCert is designed for you.

The knowledge and skills you’ll gain are particularly valuable for career progression within education, broadcasting, journalism and the media, as well as preparing you for further postgraduate study.