Not available in 2023/24
PB420      Half Unit
Current Communication Research

This information is for the 2023/24 session.

Teacher responsible

Prof Bradley Franks QUE.3.05

Availability

This course is available on the MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology, MSc in Psychology of Economic Life, MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology and MSc in Social and Public Communication. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Students on degrees without a psychology or communications component may only attend subject to numbers, their own degree regulations and at the discretion of the teacher responsible.

Pre-requisites

None

Course content

The course content changes every year. It can either be a full thematic course or a collection of current research topics, and will involve contributions of staff members from the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science and of visiting academics to the Department. The course provides research-led teaching on communication, using  a range of theoretical approaches and addressing a wide variety of practical issues. 

Teaching

10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of seminars in the WT.

Formative coursework

Students will be expected to produce 3 presentations and 1 other piece of coursework in the WT.

Formative assessment involves:

i. ONE written plan for an answer to an essay question, selected from a range of topics

ii. THREE group presentations on core readings

Indicative reading

The reading list varies according to the particular contents taught in each year.

Indicative readings will be made available during MT


The reading list varies according to the particular contents taught in each year.

Indicative readings will be made available during MT

Assessment

Essay (100%, 3000 words) in the WT.

Summative assessment for this course comprises a 3000 word essay, submitted at the end of LT

Key facts

Department: Psychological and Behavioural Science

Total students 2022/23: Unavailable

Average class size 2022/23: Unavailable

Controlled access 2022/23: No

Value: Half Unit

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Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Communication
  • Application of numeracy skills