MSc in Media and Communications

Programme Code: TMMEC

Department: Media & Communications

This information is for the 2017/18 session.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown below.

Paper

Course number and title

1

MC408
 

Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (H)

 

MC418

Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications II (Processes of communication in modern life) (H)

2

MC4M1

Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis) (H)

3

Courses to the value of one and a half units from the following:

 

MC401

Mediated Resistance and Citizens (H) (not available 2017/18)

MC402

The Audience in Media and Communications (H) 

 

MC403

Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Policy (H)

MC404

Political Communication (H)

MC407

International Media and The Global South (H)

MC409

Media, Technology and Everyday Life (H)

MC416

Representation in the Age of Globalisation (H)

MC420

Identity, Transnationalism and the Media (H) (not available 2017/18)

MC423

Global Media Industries (H)

MC425

Interpersonal Mediated Communication (H) (not available 2017/18)

MC426

Film Theory and World Cinema (H)

MC427

Digital Media Futures (H) (not available 2017/18)

MC432

Strategic Communication in Practice: Professional Perspectives (H)

MC434

Comparison of MC434 Digital Platforms and Media Infrastructures: Societal Issues (H)

MC435

Disruptive Digital Worlds: Competing Economic and Political Economy Explanations (H)

 

Any other MSc level course which is offered in the School, subject to the consent of the candidate's programme director.

4

MC499

Dissertation (10,000-12,000 words) *

 

Notes

Students can take up to one full unit of courses outside the Department of Media and Communications Department (non MC-prefixed courses)

* Passing this course is a requirement for passing the programme

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.