MSc in Strategic Communications
Programme Code: TMSTRCOM
Department: Media & Communications
For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students must take four compulsory courses, courses to the value of one unit and a dissertation as shown below.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Paper 1 |
MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (0.5) and MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis) (0.5) | |
Paper 2 |
MC431 Critical Approaches to Strategic Communications (0.5) and MC432 Strategic Communication in Practice: Professional Perspectives (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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MC402 The Audience in Media and Communications (0.5) | |
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MC404 Political Communication in Democracies (0.5) | |
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MC425 Interpersonal Mediated Communication (0.5) | |
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MC429 Humanitarian Communication: vulnerability, discourse and power (0.5) | |
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MG479 Information Systems for the Public Sector: Digital Government and Service Innovation (0.5) | |
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MG4B3 International Marketing: A Strategic Approach (0.5) | |
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MG4F2 Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands (0.5) | |
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PB402 Organisational Social Psychology (1.0) | |
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PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5) | |
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PB427 Organisational and Social Decision Making (0.5) (not available 2019/20) | |
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Any other course which is offered in the School at master's level, subject to the consent of the candidate's programme director. | |
Paper 4 |
MC499 Dissertation: Media and Communications (1.0) | |
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
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 . Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the .
