Digital Media & Information Studies/History of Art

Digital media and information studies is a discipline that examines how digital technologies shape the creation, distribution, and use of information and cultural content, and what the consequences of those changes are for individuals, communities, and institutions. History of art brings a different but complementary set of concerns, asking how visual works are made, what they mean, how they are preserved and transmitted, and how our ways of seeing and interpreting images have changed across historical periods. Combining these two disciplines produces a perspective that is particularly well suited to the contemporary cultural landscape, where the digital and the visual are increasingly inseparable.

At Glasgow, this part-time programme explores the human dimensions of the digital age, examining how digital media reshapes cultural production, archiving, access, and interpretation, alongside a rigorous engagement with art history as a discipline. You will develop critical tools for analysing both digital information systems and visual artworks, understanding how each shapes and is shaped by the social and technological contexts in which they exist. A year abroad is built into the programme, providing the opportunity to study in a different cultural and academic environment and to encounter different approaches to digital culture and art history.

The part-time structure allows you to balance your studies with other commitments.

Graduates from this combination are well placed for work in museums and galleries navigating digital transformation, in cultural heritage organisations, in digital communications, in archives, and in educational settings. The ability to think critically about both digital information and visual culture is increasingly valuable across a wide range of contexts. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in digital humanities, art history, information studies, or cultural policy.