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2023/24 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Digital Media (Part-Time)

Programme code:MA-COMM/DM-PUCAS code:
Duration:24 Months Method of Attendance: Part Time
Programme manager:Allison Cavanagh Contact address:A.E.Cavanagh@leeds.ac.uk

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Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Media and Communication

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Media and Communication

Programme specification:

Currently, there are a range of masters level programmes in the fields of new, digital and interactive media, but the vast majority of these are taught as practical degrees, with little reflection on new media in its socio-cultural, economic and political contexts. While such teaching is valuable in its own right, it does not equip students with the tools to evaluate the ways in which new media shapes and is shaped by the world around us. This degree, like a small minority of existing new media programmes at masters level, will provide an opportunity to exercise this reflection, alongside the development of practical skills in planning, designing, developing and implementing new media systems and solutions, and so allowing students to further develop and expand their existing new media portfolios. The degree will combine new ICS modules, developed specifically for this programme, existing ICS modules, and optional modules from the School of Design, as appropriate.

The MA New Media is distinctive due to:
1) Location within the ICS and fit to existing MA options and modules: This MA is designed to complement and extend existing offerings whilst maintaining the key balance between practice and theory that distinguishes the ICS from its competitors.
2) Unique combination of theory and practice that is taught through a critical lens: this MA is one of very few to combine theory and practice, and would be the only offering of this kind from a Russell group university.
3) Expertise in the field: the New Media team within the ICS are internationally recognised in their areas. The MA is designed around the core critical issues in new media, but is distinguished by the depth and breadth of knowledge provided by the researchers at Leeds.
4) Use of current research to complement and underpin teaching: This provides the students with an unique experience of research-led teaching, which uses live research and theoretically grounded contemporary empirical work.




Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules.

COMM5780MDigital Practices60 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 0 - 30 credits from the following optional modules for the Masters Degree.

COMM5160MCritical Studies in Visual Communication30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
COMM5200MCommunication and International Affairs30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM5250MFeminism, Identity and Media30 creditsNot running in 202324
COMM5260MUnderstanding the Audience30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM5615MKeywords in Political Communication30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM5705MIdentity and Culture30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM5801MUrban Narratives30 creditsNot running in 202324
COMM5866MGlobal migration, ‘race’ and media30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5014MRhetoric and Public Speaking15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5016MManaging Business Across Cultures15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5028MInternational Organisations: Context, Theory and Practice15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5050MWriting for Professional Purposes15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI5209MCritical Debates in Culture and Place30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI5214MCreativity and Innovation Management30 credits 
PECI5216MArts and Activism30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI5218MCultural Policy and the Politics of Culture30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI5406MNarrative Perspectives in Practice30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI5407MDigital and Intermedial Storytelling30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5240MRacism, Decoloniality and Migration30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5320MTheorising Gender30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP5355MInequalities: Exploring causes, Consequences and Interventions30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP5360MResearching Inequality in the Media30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5370MReality TV: Truth or Fiction?30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5380MVideogames and Society30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5414MDebates on Disability Theory and Research30 creditsNot running in 202324

Elective modules:

Candidates may study 0 - 30 credits of postgraduate level electives, or Discovery modules aimed at final year undergraduates. (Such modules have a 3 or a 5 as the first digit in the module code)


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates will be required to study 0 -30 credits from the following optional modules for the Masters Degree.

Compulsory modules:

COMM5600MDissertation and Research Methods60 credits1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 0 - 30 credits from the following optional modules for the Masters Degree.

COMM5160MCritical Studies in Visual Communication30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
COMM5170MTelevision Narrative30 creditsNot running in 202324
COMM5200MCommunication and International Affairs30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM5250MFeminism, Identity and Media30 creditsNot running in 202324
COMM5260MUnderstanding the Audience30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM5615MKeywords in Political Communication30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM5705MIdentity and Culture30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
COMM5801MUrban Narratives30 creditsNot running in 202324
COMM5866MGlobal migration, ‘race’ and media30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5014MRhetoric and Public Speaking15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5016MManaging Business Across Cultures15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5028MInternational Organisations: Context, Theory and Practice15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5050MWriting for Professional Purposes15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI5209MCritical Debates in Culture and Place30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI5214MCreativity and Innovation Management30 credits 
PECI5216MArts and Activism30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI5218MCultural Policy and the Politics of Culture30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
PECI5406MNarrative Perspectives in Practice30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
PECI5407MDigital and Intermedial Storytelling30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5240MRacism, Decoloniality and Migration30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5312MTheorising Gender 130 creditsNot running in 202324
SLSP5355MInequalities: Exploring causes, Consequences and Interventions30 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SLSP5360MResearching Inequality in the Media30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5370MReality TV: Truth or Fiction?30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5380MVideogames and Society30 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SLSP5414MDebates on Disability Theory and Research30 creditsNot running in 202324

Candidates whose new media production skills are not sufficiently advanced should select the following optional module. The module will be treated as a supernumerary module, which will appear in the student’s transcript but will not be used for classification purposes.

COMM5725MNew Media Production Skills10 creditsNot running in 202324

Candidates may not choose the same optional modules in year 2 that they studied in year 1.

Elective modules:

Candidates may study 0 - 30 credits of Discovery modules in either year 1 or year 2 but not both.

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