What will I learn?
The world's biggest challenges - from designing AI technologies that put people and nature first to addressing digital inequalities and injustice - don't fit neatly inside one discipline. Neither should your degree.BASc Digital Futures, Artificial Intelligence and Society is built around a simple idea: the people best equipped to shape our digital future are those who can think across boundaries. In the first year, you'll acquire a critical foundation in interdisciplinarity - learning how to bring different methods and frameworks from across the arts, social sciences and the sciences into productive conversation. From there, you can choose one of two pathways: Media & Culture or Artificial Intelligence & Data gaining in-depth specialist knowledge and skills. In your final year, you will pull everything together, design strategies for real-world change across business, the third sector, policy and advocacy, and complete a major project on a topic of your choice, working with leading interdisciplinary academics and tutors actively researching in these areas.You will have the opportunity to undertake an optional placement year between the second and the final year of your study. Through this placement you will be able to gain real-world experience with a range of non-academic partners such as industry organisations, public sector bodies or charities. This year in practice allows you to apply your academic knowledge in professional contexts, develop key transferable skills, and build networks that enhance future career prospects. You will then be able to reflect on your experiences and integrate practical insights into your final year of study.**During your studies you will:*** Draw on multiple disciplines to frame and tackle complex, real-world problems at the intersection of digital, data, society and technologies such as AI* Develop and combine computational, qualitative and creative approaches to design and carry out mixed-methods research* Critically assess the governance and ethical dimensions of AI, data systems and digital media* Communicate complex ideas clearly to different audiences - whether technical, professional or public* Build on your experience of being part of an interdisciplinary academic environment and cohort and develop your unique perspectives and values as a foundation for lifelong learning**Why employers value this degree:**Organisations across tech, media, government, consultancy and the third sector are looking for graduates who can do more than one thing well. They need people who understand the digital world, can creatively engage with digital technologies and think critically about its social implications. People who can move between technical and strategic roles, translate across teams, and navigate the ethical questions that increasingly define responsible innovation. This degree is designed to produce exactly that kind of person: someone technically literate, socially aware, ethically informed, and able to communicate across contexts. Graduates are well positioned for roles in data strategy, digital policy, UX research, platform governance, responsible AI, media analysis, and consultancy - as well as further study at Master's or doctoral level.
