MSc in Social and Public Communication

Programme code: TMSOPUCO

Full year programme. Students are required to take two compulsory courses, optional courses to the value of 1 unit and a dissertation as shown.

Paper

Course number and title

1

PS429

The Social Psychology of Communication

2

PS4A5

Methods for Social Psychology Research: Fundamental Qualitative and Fundamental Quantitative Methods

3

Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following:

 

PS409

Political Psychology of Intercultural Relations (H) (n/a 15/16)

PS410

Social Representations (H)

PS411

Current Communication Research (H) (n/a 15/16)

PS415

The Social Psychology of Economic Life (H)

PS418

Health Communication (H) 

PS421

Issues in Social Psychology: Group Dynamics (H) 

PS428

Knowledge Processes in Organisations (H) 

PS438

Corporate Communications (H)

PS439

Science, Technology and Resistance (H) (n/a 15/16) 

PS445

Organisational and Social Decision Making (H) 

PS446

Issues in Organisational and Social Psychology: Organisational Life (H)

PS451

Cognition and Culture (H)

PS456

Consumer Psychology (H)

PS458

Creativity and Innovation (H)

PS460

Inter-cultural Relations and Racism (H) (n/a 15/16) 

PS462

Theory and Practice of Organisational Development (H)

PS464

Social Influence (H) (n/a 15/16)

 

Courses to the value of one half unit from another programme (subject to the approval of the candidate's Programme Director)

5

PS497

Dissertation*

Notes

* Failures in this course cannot be condoned. A bad fail is defined as a mark less than 29%.
Students who complete PS429 and PS438 can be granted exemption from up to two CIPR Diploma units. Further information is available from the  Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science website.