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Course selection and videos

On 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.

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Course Selection Overview

How to select courses:

  • Watch the recent course selection webinar we held with offer holders: Watch here!
  • 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 21 September until Thursday 25 September.
  • Course selection for postgraduate students will open at 10am on Thursday 24 September. The Department will begin making offers for optional courses at 10am on Friday 25 September.
  • Course selection will close at 5pm on Friday 9 October.
  • Students will be able to make changes to Winter Term half unit courses from 10am on Monday 18 January until 5pm on Friday 29 January.

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.

MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit) / Global Media and Communications (All Media and Communications Programme Students/Gender, Media and Culture optional course)
About this course | Watch the video

MC404 Political Communiaction in Democracies (Half Unit) / Politics and Communication
About this course | Watch the video

MC411 Media and Globalisation (Half Unit) / Global Media and Communications (LSE/USC or Fudan)
About this course | Watch the video

MC418 Communication: Culture and Approaches (Half Unit) / Media and Communications
About this course | Watch the video

MC420 Media and Communication Governance (Half Unit) / Media and Communications (Communication, Culture and Global Cities)
About this course | Watch the video

MC421 Critical Approaches to Media, Communication and Development (Half Unit) / Media, Communication and Development
About this course | Watch the video

MC424 Media and Communication Governance (Half Unit) / Media and Communications (Governance)
About this course | Watch the video

MC430 Data in Communication and Society (Half Unit) / Media and Communications (Data and Society)
About this course | Watch the video

MC431 Critical Approaches to Strategic Communications (Half Unit) / Strategic Communications and Society
About this course | Watch the video

MC4M1/7 Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis) (Half Unit) / All Media and Communications Programme Students apart from Research Track
About MC4M1 | About MC4M7 | Watch the video

MC4M2 Advanced Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis) (Full Unit) / Media and Communications (Research)
About this course | Watch the video

MC499 Dissertation

About this course | Watch the video

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

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

The following courses will not be taught in the 2026/27 academic year.

The following courses have now been withdrawn and will not be taught as a unit course.

  • MC409 Media, Technology and Everyday Life (Half Unit)
  • MC437 Media, Data and Social Order (Half Unit)

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.

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.

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.