MSc in Social and Public Communication

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

One of the following courses (depending on the student's level of knowledge and experience with methods):

 

PS4A1

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

 

PS4A2

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

 

PS4A3

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

 

PS4A4

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

3

Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following:

 

PS409

Political Psychology of Intercultural Relations (H)

PS410

Social Representations (H)

PS411

Current Communication Research (H) (n/a 14/15)

PS415

The Social Psychology of Economic Life (H)

PS418

Health Communication (H) 

PS421

Issues in Social Psychology: Group Dynamics (H) (n/a 14/15)

PS428

Knowledge Processes in Organisations (H) (n/a 14/15)

PS438

Corporate Communications (H)

PS439

Science, Technology and Resistance (H) (n/a 14/15)

PS445

Organisational and Social Decision Making (H) 

PS446

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

PS447

Psychoanalysis and Communication (H) (n/a 14/15)

PS451

Cognition and Culture (H)

PS456

Consumer Psychology (H)

PS458

Creativity and Innovation (H)

PS460

Inter-cultural Relations and Racism (H) (n/a 14/15)

PS462

Theory and Practice of Organisational Development (H)

PS464

Social Influence (H)

 

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 Social Psychology website.