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Course selection and videos

Browse and select the courses which are right for you

4_My_education_web_my_education_747x420On this page you can learn about how to select postgraduate courses and watch short videos to help you find out about which optional courses are right for you.

You will need to log into your LSE account to view the videos.

Course selection overview

How to select courses:

  • Watch the recent course selection webinar we held with offer holders: Coming Soon!
  • Read our PowerPoint presentation about selecting courses here.
  • Further instructions and guidance on how to find and select courses on LSE for You is available here.

When to select courses:

  • Postgraduate students will be able to browse (but not select) courses from Monday 22 September until Thursday 25 September.
  • Course selection for postgraduate students will open at 10am on Thursday 25 September. The Department will begin making offers for optional courses at 10am on Friday 26 September.
  • Course selection will close at 5pm on Friday 10 October.
  • Students will be able to make changes to Winter Term half unit courses from 10am on Monday 19 January until 5pm on Friday 30 January.

Core courses

Each MSc degree programme in the Department consists of courses to the value of 4 units. 2.5 of these are 'core' courses (which are compulsory), and 1.5 are 'optional' courses (which you can choose). The only exception is the MSc in Media and Communications (Research), which consists of 3 units of core courses and 1 unit of optional course/s.

You can find a breakdown of each Programme units and core courses on your Programme Regulation page. 

 

Optional courses

Browse optional courses taught by the Department of Media and Communications below. You can browse optional courses taught by other Departments on the LSE Course Guides webpage



Suspended courses

The following courses will not be taught in the 2025/26 academic year.


Students can review course content, reading lists and lecture recordings on the Moodle pages for each of these courses. The teachers will also be available during the academic year to discuss the content with students.

For a list of all suspended courses across LSE this academic year, please see the following webpage.

Auditing courses

At LSE, 'auditing' a course means that you can attend the lectures for that course (without credit) and you can access the lecture recordings, course readings and Moodle page, but you cannot attend seminars or submit assessed work for that course. Audited courses do not appear on your final transcript and your attendance is not recorded for any course you audit.

In order to audit a course, you must contact the course convenor directly for permission.

Timetables

Lecture & Seminar Timetables can be viewed by course code. Student personal timetables will be published on Student Hub after course selections and seminar allocations have been finalised.

See the Timetable publication information page for more information.

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