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How to select courses:

• Watch the recent course selection webinar we held with offer holders: .
• Read our PowerPoint presentation about selecting courses. Read the presentation.
• Further instructions and guidance on how to find and select courses on ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ for You is available .

When to select courses:

Each MSc degree programme in the Department consists of courses to the value of 4 units. 2.5 of these are 'core' courses (which are compulsory), and 1.5 are 'optional' courses (which you can choose). The only exception is the MSc in Media and Communications (Research), which consists of 3 units of core courses and 1 unit of optional course/s.

View your own degree programme and its constituent courses below. 

MSc in Media and Communications

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC418 Communication: Cultures and Approaches (Half Unit)
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• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 |
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications. 

MSc in Media and Communications (Research)

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• Either MC4M2 Advanced Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Full Unit) or MC4M8 Advanced Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Full Unit)
  About MC4M2 | About MCM48 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1 unit. See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications. 

MSc in Global Media and Communications (with USC, Fudan and UCT)

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC411 Media and Globalisation (Half Unit)
  About this course | 
  *Course will be convened by Prof Terhi Rantanen
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications. 

MSc in Media and Communications (Data and Society)

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC430 Data in Communication and Society (Half Unit)
  

  About this course | 
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications. 

MSc in Media and Communications (Governance)

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC424 Media and Communication Governance (Half Unit)
  About this course |  
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications.

MSc in Media, Development and Communication

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC421 Critical Approaches to Media, Communication and Development (Half Unit)
  About this course | 
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications.

MSc in Politics and Communication

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC404 Political Communication in Democracies (Half Unit)
  About this course | 
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications.

MSc in Strategic Communications

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC431 Critical Approaches to Strategic Communications (Half Unit)
  About this course | 
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications.

Browse optional courses taught by the Department of Media and Communications below. You can browse optional courses taught by other Departments on the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Course Guides webpage

• MC401 Mediated Resistance and Activism (Half Unit)
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• MC402 The Audience in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC403 Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Policy (Half Unit)
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  *Note this course will be convened by Dr Asif Akhtar 
• MC409 Media, Technology and Everyday Life (Half Unit)
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• MC416 Representation in the Age of Globalisation (Half Unit)
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• MC418 Communication: Cultures and Approaches (Half Unit)
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• MC419 Modern Campaigning Politics (Half Unit)
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• MC420 Identity, Transnationalism and the Media (Half Unit)
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• MC422 Critical Studies in Media and Journalism (Half Unit)
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• MC423 Global Media Industries (Half Unit)
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  *Note this course will be convened by Dr Jungmo Youn
• MC425 Interpersonal Mediated Communication (Half Unit)
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• MC426 Film Theory and World Cinema (Half Unit)
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• MC427 Digital Media Futures (Half Unit)
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• MC429 Humanitarian Communication: Realities, Challenges and Critiques (Half Unit)
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  *Note this course will be convened by Dr Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris
• MC432 Strategic Communication in Practice: Professional Perspectives (Half Unit)
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  *Note this course will be convened by Dr César Jiménez-Martínez
• MC433 Technology and Justice (Half Unit)
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• MC434 Digital Platforms and Media Infrastructures (Half Unit)
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• MC436 Mediating the Past (Half Unit)
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• MC437 Media, Data and Social Order (Half Unit)
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• MC438 Mediated Feminisms (Half Unit)
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• MC439 Media, Technology, and the Body (Half Unit)
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• MC440 Children, Youth and Media (Half Unit)
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The following courses will not be taught in the 2024/25 academic year.

• MC401 Mediated Resistance and Activism (Half Unit)
  About this course
• MC420 Identity, Transnationalism and the Media (Half Unit)
  About this course
• MC433 Technology and Justice (Half Unit)
  About this course
• MC439 Media, Technology and the Body (Half Unit)
  About this course

Students can review course content, reading lists and lecture recordings on the Moodle pages for each of these courses. The teachers will also be available during the academic year to discuss the content with students.

For a list of all suspended courses across ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ this academic year, please see the following webpage.

At ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, 'auditing' a course means that you can attend the lectures for that course (without credit) and you can access the lecture recordings, course readings and Moodle page, but you cannot attend seminars or submit assessed work for that course. Audited courses do not appear on your final transcript and your attendance is not recorded for any course you audit.

In order to audit a course, you must contact the course convenor directly for permission.

Lecture & Seminar Timetables can be viewed by course code. Student personal timetables will be published on Student Hub after course selections and seminar allocations have been finalised.

See the  page for more information.