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MSc in Media and Communications (Research)

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Programme Code: TMMECRE

Department: Media and Communications

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations


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

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Paper 1

MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5) #

Paper 2

A

MC4M2 Advanced Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis) (1.0) #

Paper 3

B

Courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s) from the following:

MC402 The Audience in Media and Communications (0.5) #

MC407 International Media and The Global South (0.5) #

MC409 Media, Technology and Everyday Life (0.5) #

MC416 Representation in the Age of Globalisation (0.5) #

MC418 Communication: Cultures and Approaches (0.5) #

MC422 Critical Studies in Media and Journalism (0.5) #

MC423 Global Media Industries (0.5) #

MC425 Interpersonal Mediated Communication (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

MC426 Film Theory and World Cinema (0.5) #

MC427 Digital Media Futures (0.5) #

MC432 Brands and Identities (0.5) #

MC434 Digital Platforms and Media Infrastructures (0.5) #

MC436 Mediating the Past (0.5) #

MC437 Media, Data and Social Order (0.5) #

MC439 Media, Technology, and the Body (0.5) #

MC440 Children, Youth and Media (0.5) #

Paper 4

C

MC499 Dissertation: Media and Communications (1.0)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Paper 2, MC4M2: Passing either MC4M2 or MC4M8 is a requirement for passing the programme.

B: Paper 3: Any other MSc level course which is offered in the School, subject to the consent of the candidate's programme director.

C: Paper 4, MC499: Passing this course is a requirement for passing the programme.

Students can take no more than one full unit of courses from outside the Department of Media and Communications (non MC-prefixed courses).

Note for prospective students:
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