MSc Media and Communications (Media and Communications Governance)

MSc in Media and Communications (Media and Communication Governance)

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

Notes
1	MC408	Theories and Concepts in Media and Communication I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (H)
2	MC4M1	Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis) (H)
3	MC424	Media and Communication Governance (H)
4	Courses to the value of one full unit from the following:
	EU421	Policy-Making in the European Union (H)
	IS418	Social Computing, Data and Information Services (H)
	IS470	Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (H)
	IS581	Interpretations of Information (H)
	LL407	Media and Communications Regulation (H) (n/a 14/15)
	LL4H2	Media Law: Regulating Publications (H)
	LL4H3	Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering (H)
	LL4S1	Cyberlaw (H)
	MC403	Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Policy (H)
	MC405	Current Issues in Media and Communications: Policies for ICTs, Society and Development (H)
5	One of the following half unit courses:
	IS418	Social Computing, Data and Information Services (H)**
	IS581	Interpretations of Information (H)**
	MC401	Mediated Resistance and Citizens (H)
	MC402	The Audience in Media and Communications (H)
	MC404	Political Communication (H)
	MC405	Current Issues in Media and Communications (H)**
	MC407	International Media and The Global South (H)
	MC413	Information, Communication and Knowledge Systems (H)
	MC418	Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications II (Processes of communication in modern life)
	MC421	Critical Approaches to Media, Communication and Development (H)
	MC423	Global Media Industries (H)
	MC425	Interpersonal Mediated Communication (H)
	MC426	Film Theory and World Cinema (H)
	MC427	Digital Media Futures (H)
	MC428	Media Culture and Neoliberalism in the Global South (H)
	PS415	The Social Psychology of Economic Life (H)
	Any other half unit paper which is offered in the School at master's level, subject to the consent of the student's teachers
6	MC499	Dissertation (10,000-12,000 words)*

Passing this course is a requirement for passing the programme ‡ Students can take up to one full unit of courses outside the Media and Communications Department (non MC-prefixed courses) * If not taken under Paper 4