MA-Postgraduate Diploma in Globalization and Communications
ObjectivesTo provide students with a comprehensive grounding in theories, perspectives and research related to Globalization and Communications. Core focus includes major political, economic and cultural developments in contemporary history and their impact on national and transnational media structures and mediated cultural flows. The role of technology in shaping societies, linking transnational communities and the changing dynamics of boundaries between them, will be examined, along with the influence of information and communication technologies in bringing together computing and communications capacities to shape the ‘knowledge society’. Training in the use of appropriate research methods and approaches incorporates web-based skills.
Entry requirementsEntry requirements At least a good second class honours degree in any discipline, though a Social Science degree would be particularly relevant, from an institution recognised by the University. Applicants who do not have a first degree, but who can demonstrate other relevant qualifications and/or experience may also be considered.
Academic titleMA/Postgraduate Diploma in Globalization and Communications
Course descriptionCourse modules
Core:
-Transnational Relations and Communications
-Theories of Globalization and New Media
-Graduate Seminar: Identities and Boundaries
-Research Methods and Management I
-Research Methods and Management II
-Dissertation
Option modules (two from the following):
-The International Context of Mass Communication
-News Management, Communication and Social Problems
-Advertising and Cultural Consumption
-Technology, Culture and Power: Global Perspectives
-Media, Celebrity and Fandom
-Film as Mass Communication
-The Digital Economy
-International Political Communication
-Global Cinema
Teaching and assessment methods
Teaching is by a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials. Assessment is by means of essays, research methods assignments, and a dissertation of 15,000-18,000 words