MA in Political Communications

Further information

You take course modules to the value of 180 credits. You must take two 30 credit core modules taught in the Department of Media and Communications (60 credits in total). You also take a research skills module and produce a dissertation to the value of 60 credits. 30 credits' worth of modules (either one 30 credit or two 15 credit) are chosen from the Department of Politics. The final 30 credits' worth of modules (one 30 or two 15 credit) may be chosen from Media or Politics, or from the departments of Sociology, Anthropology, English and Comparative Literature, and the Centre for Cultural Studies.

Two Core Courses                      60 Credits

Dissertation/Research Skills        60 Credits

Politics Option Choice(s)             30 Credits (1 x 30 or 2 x 15)

Other Option Choice(s)               30 Credits (1 x 30 or 2 x 15)

Total                                         180 Credits

Two Core Courses

The Structure of Contemporary Political Communications (30 credits)
Critical Perspectives on Political Communications (30 credits)

See more detailed information about the core courses and option modules.

30 credits of option modules selected from the Department of Politics

Rhetoric and Political Speech (30 credits)
Global Political Cultures 1: Knowledge, Power and Culture (15 credits)
Theories of International Relations (15 credits)
Global Political Cultures 2: The Body, Gender and Politics (30 credits)
The Government, Politics and History of the EU (30 credits)
Political Economy of the European Union (30 credits)
Continental Political Theory (30 credits)
An(other) China: Postcolonial Theory, Postmodern Concerns (30 credits)
Risk in Contemporary Politics (30 credits)

Up to 30 credits of option modules selected from either the Department of Media and Communications, Department of Politics or from one of the following departments: Sociology, Anthropology, English and Comparative Literature, the Centre for Cultural Studies.

After New Media (15 and 30 credit modules)
Campaign Skills: Theory and Practice (15 credits) (practice option)
Media, Law and Ethics (15 and 30 credit modules) (practice-oriented option)
Media Landscapes (30 credits) (practice option)
Promotional Culture (15 and 30 credit modules)
Asking the Right Questions: Research and Practice (15 credits) (practice option)
Branding I: History, Contexts and Practices (30 credits)
Media Audiences and Media Geography (30 credits)
Contemporary Cultural Practice (30 credits)
Music as Communication and Creative Practice (30 credit modules)
Media, Ritual and Contemporary Public Cultures (15 and 30 credit modules)
Cinema and Society (30 credits)
Embodiment and Experience (30 credits)
Explorations in World Cinema (30 credits)
Media, Ethnicity and Nation (15 and 30 credit modules)
Screen Cultures (15 and 30 credit modules)
Chinese Cinema (30 credits)