Digital Media & Information Studies/Geography
Digital media and information studies combined with geography brings together two disciplines that are both, in their different ways, concerned with how knowledge about the world is produced, represented and used. Digital media and information studies explores the creation, use and impact of digital content and information in the arts, humanities and society at large, as the University of Glasgow's own description puts it, bringing a human perspective to the issues of the digital age: how data is collected and used, how digital content shapes culture and opinion, how libraries and archives adapt to new information environments and what the ethics of digital society look like. Geography analyses the spatial dimensions of the natural and human world, from physical environments to urban development, migration, inequality and the patterns of global economic life.
At the University of Glasgow, this part-time programme with a year abroad allows you to develop both disciplines over an extended period that accommodates other commitments. A year abroad gives you the opportunity to study at a partner institution in another country, broadening your perspective on both the digital information landscape and the geographical questions the degree addresses. The two subjects are not merely juxtaposed but can be genuinely integrated: geographic information systems, satellite data, location-based digital services and the digital representation of spatial knowledge all sit at their intersection.
The skills the combination develops, including data literacy, digital information analysis, spatial reasoning and the critical capacity to evaluate how knowledge is produced and represented, are valuable across many professional contexts.
Graduates go on to careers in geographic information systems, data management, libraries and archives, digital communications, urban planning, environmental management, research, journalism and policy. Further study in information science, geography, GIS or digital humanities is also a natural route.