2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Digital Media
| Programme code: | MA-COMM/DM | UCAS code: | |
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| Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Allison Cavanagh | Contact address: | A.E.Cavanagh@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Media and Communication
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Programme specification:
The MA Digital Media will provide students with a unique blend of new media theory and practice, equipping them with the necessary skills for future work or research in the field of new media. The programme aims to develop critical thinking, creative and technical skills in relation to new media. The programme offers the combination of an in-depth understanding of new media and its role in social, cultural and economic life with the further development of existing, practical new media design and production skills (such as visual, web or interaction design, animation, gaming or advanced database design).
On the MA Digital Media, students will:
- Understand and critique new media as a socio-cultural phenomenon
- Develop understanding of key contemporary issues and debates in relation to new media
- Develop practical production skills in planning, designing, developing and implementing new media systems and solutions
- Have an opportunity to further develop and expand their existing new media portfolios
- Learn to position new media in the context of the creative / cultural industries, and consider the ways in which new media and these industries shape and are shaped by each other.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| COMM5600M | Dissertation and Research Methods | 60 credits | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | |
| COMM5780M | Digital Practices | 60 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules or may take a 30 credit Discovery module if timetabling allows:
| COMM5005M | Contemporary Debates in Media and Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5250M | Feminism, Identity and Media | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5260M | Understanding the Audience | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5705M | Identity and Culture | 30 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| COMM5801M | Urban Narratives | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules or may take a 30 credit Discovery module if timetabling allows:
| COMM5120M | Gender and Media Histories: Feminist Methods | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5160M | Critical Studies in Visual Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5550M | Popular Music and Society | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5630M | Communication and Public Opinion | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5796M | Climate Communication | 30 credits | Not running in 202425 | |
| COMM5866M | Global migration, ‘race’ and media | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Elective modules:
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