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Programme Academic Structure for 2024 - 2025, Master of Arts

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Full-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM01Research Thesis - Year 1180P01001
TP600Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities5Semester 201002
TP602Research Ethics5Semester 101001

Year 1 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM5002Understanding Social Media10Semester 101001
CM5028Climate Change and the Media10Semester 101001
CM5032Strat. Comm. for STEM, Envirn. & Healthcare10Semester 201001
CM5033Data Communication10Semester 201001
CM534Science and Health in the Media10Semester 201001
CM536Media Audiences and Consumption10Semester 201001
CM548Political Communication 1: Concepts & Issues10Semester 101001
CM5630Social Media, Journalism and Democracy10Semester 101001
CM569Media and Politics in Ireland10Semester 101001
CM602Engaged Research10Semester 101001
CM603Research Methods Communications10Year long01001
GS601Intellectual Property and Commercialisation5701002
GS602Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice5Semester 101001
GS602APostgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice5Semester 201001
GTEHSSGraduate Training Elements (Humanities)P001
HR610Personal and Professional Development5Year long01002
LC600English for Academic Purposes5Autumn Semester01001
LC604Navigating the Academic Publishing Landscape5Year long01001
LG602Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences 15Semester 201001
MT610Qualitative Research Methods5701002
MT611Quantitative Research Methods5701002
NS5055Qualitative Research Summer School5701001
UM405Uaneen Non-Contributing Module5Year long01001

Year 2 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM02Research Thesis - Year 2180P01001

Year 3 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM03Research Thesis - Year 3180P01001

Year 4 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM04Research Thesis - Year 4180P01001

Year 5 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM05Research Thesis - Year 5180P01001

Year 6 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM06Research Thesis - Year 6180P01001

Year 7 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM07Research Thesis - Year 7180P01001

Year 8 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM08Research Thesis - Year 8180P10001

Year 9 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM09Research Thesis - Year 9180P01001

Part-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM01Research Thesis - Year 1180P01001
TP600Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities5Semester 201002
TP602Research Ethics5Semester 101001

Year 1 Optional Modules,

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM5002Understanding Social Media10Semester 101001
CM5028Climate Change and the Media10Semester 101001
CM5032Strat. Comm. for STEM, Envirn. & Healthcare10Semester 101001
CM5033Data Communication10Semester 201001
CM534Science and Health in the Media10Semester 201001
CM536Media Audiences and Consumption10Semester 201001
CM548Political Communication 1: Concepts & Issues10Semester 101001
CM5630Social Media, Journalism and Democracy10Semester 101001
CM569Media and Politics in Ireland10Semester 101001
CM602Engaged Research10Semester 101001
CM603Research Methods Communications10Year long01001
GS601Intellectual Property and Commercialisation5701002
GS602Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice5Semester 101001
GS602APostgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice5Semester 201001
GTEHSSGraduate Training Elements (Humanities)P001
HR610Personal and Professional Development5Year long01002
LC600English for Academic Purposes5Autumn Semester01001
MT610Qualitative Research Methods5701002
MT611Quantitative Research Methods5701002
NS5055Qualitative Research Summer School5701001
UM405Uaneen Non-Contributing Module5Year long01001

Year 2 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM02Research Thesis - Year 2180P01001

Year 3 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM03Research Thesis - Year 3180P01001

Year 4 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM04Research Thesis - Year 4180P01001

Year 5 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM05Research Thesis - Year 5180P01001

Year 6 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM06Research Thesis - Year 6180P01001

Year 7 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM07Research Thesis - Year 7180P01001

Year 8 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM08Research Thesis - Year 8180P10001

Year 9 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
RSPM09Research Thesis - Year 9180P01001

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