2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA International Communication (Part-Time)
Programme code: | MA-INTCOMM-P | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 24 Months | Method of Attendance: | Part Time |
Programme manager: | Chris Paterson | Contact address: | C.Paterson@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:
This programme will enable students to develop a thorough understanding of international communication. They will research the processes and impact of the global transfer of information, news, data and cultural products as well as other forms of trans-border communication between nation states within the wider context of globalization. Students will acquire and develop research skills necessary to produce high level postgraduate research in the field of international communications.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
COMM5200M | Communication and International Affairs | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMM5310M | Media, Culture and Globalisation | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules in either Year 1 or Year 2, or may take 30 credits of Discovery modules, 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 in either Year 1 or Year 2, or may take 30 credits of Discovery modules, 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:
Year2 - 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) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules in either Year 1 or Year 2, or may take 30 credits of Discovery modules, 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 in either Year 1 or Year 2, or may take 30 credits of Discovery modules, 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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