MSc in Politics and Communication

Programme code: TMPOCOM

Department: Media & Communications

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

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

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Paper

Course number and title

1
2

MC404

Political Communication (H)

MC408

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

3
4

MC417

Democracy and the Media (H) 

MC4M1

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

5

Options to the value of one unit:
Media and Communications:

 

MC401

Mediated Resistance and Citizens (H)

MC402

The Audience in Media and Communications (H)

MC403

Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Regulation (H)

MC407

International Media and The Global South (H) (n/a 16/17)

MC413

Information, Communication and Knowledge Systems (H)

 

MC419

Modern Campaigning Politics (H)

MC422

Critical Studies in Media and Journalism (H)

MC423

Global Media Industries (H) (n/a 16/17)

MC424

Media and Communication Governance (H)

MC425

Interpersonal Mediated Communication (H)

MC426

Film Theory and World Cinema (H)

MC428

Media Culture and Neoliberalism in the Global South (H)

MC433

Technology and Justice (H)

 

Government:

 

GV479

Nationalism *

GV4A2

Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections, Public Opinion and Identity (H) *


 

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

6

MC499

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

Notes

* Subject to overall numbers
**Passing this course is a requirement for passing the programme