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Full-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM548	Political Communication 1: Concepts & Issues	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM563	Social Media, Journalism and Democracy	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM569	Media and Politics in Ireland	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5700	Introduction to Research	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5962	Political Communication 2: Campaigns & Strat	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5963	Information, Manipulation and Democracy	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5965	Political Communication: Intra Placement	5	Autumn Semester	0	100	2
CM5966	MAP Dissertation	25	Autumn Semester	0	100	2
CM5992	Research Methodologies	5	Semester 2	0	100	1

Year 1 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM5033	Data Communication	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5360	Media Audiences and Consumption	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM587	Gender and Sexuality in Digital Culture	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5964	Communicative Democrative Innovations: Partic	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5970	Public Relations: Issues and Principles	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5991	Political Economy of the Environment	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	0	100	1

Part-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM548	Political Communication 1: Concepts & Issues	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM563	Social Media, Journalism and Democracy	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5962	Political Communication 2: Campaigns & Strat	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5963	Information, Manipulation and Democracy	5	Semester 2	0	100	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM569	Media and Politics in Ireland	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5700	Introduction to Research	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5965	Political Communication: Intra Placement	5	Autumn Semester	0	100	2
CM5966	MAP Dissertation	25	Autumn Semester	0	100	2
CM5992	Research Methodologies	5	Semester 2	0	100	1

Year 2 Optional Modules,

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM5033	Data Communication	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5360	Media Audiences and Consumption	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM587	Gender and Sexuality in Digital Culture	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5964	Communicative Democrative Innovations: Partic	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5970	Public Relations: Issues and Principles	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5991	Political Economy of the Environment	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
UM405	Uaneen Non-Contributing Module	5	Year long	0	100	1