MSc in Strategic Communications

Programme Code: TMSTRCOM

Department: Media & Communications

This information is for the 2017/18 session.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take four compulsory courses, courses to the value of one unit and a dissertation as shown below.

Paper

Course number and title

1

MC408

Theories and Concepts in Media and Communication I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (H)

MC4M1

Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis) (H)

2

MC431

Critical Approaches to Strategic Communications (H)

MC432

Strategic Communications in Practice: Professional Perspectives (H)

3

Courses to the value of one unit from the following:

MC402

The Audience in Media and Communications (H)

MC404

Political Communication (H)

MC425

Interpersonal Mediated Communication  (H) (not available 2017/18)

MC429

Humanitarian Communication: vulnerability, discourse and power (H) (not available 2017/18)

MC434

Digital Platforms and Media Infrastructures: Societal Issues (H)

MG479

Information Systems for the Public Sector: Digital Government and Service Innovation (H)

MG4B3

International Marketing: A Strategic Approach (H)

MG4F2

Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands (H)

MG4F3

New Media Marketing: Managing Online and Social Media (H)

PS404

Organisational Social Psychology (H)

PS438

Corporate Communications (H)

PS445

Organisational and Social Decision Marking (H)

Any other course which is offered in the School at master's level, subject to the consent of the candidate's programme director.

4

MC499

Dissertation: Media and Communications

 

 

 

Note: 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:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.