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Academic Structures

Programme Academic Structure for 2023 - 2024, MPhil (Communications)

This information is provisional & subject to change.

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Full-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
NS5055	Qualitative Research Summer School	5	7	0	100	1
RSPM01	Research Thesis - Year 1	180	P	0	100	1

Year 1 Optional Modules -

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM5002	Understanding Social Media	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5028	Climate Change and the Media	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5032	Strat. Comm. for STEM, Envirn. & Healthcare	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM5033	Data Communication	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM534	Science and Health in the Media	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM536	Media Audiences and Consumption	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
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
CM570	Research Methods	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM602	Engaged Research	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS601	Intellectual Property and Commercialisation	5	7	0	100	2
GS602	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS608BS	Strategies for Academic Writing	5	7	0	100	2
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Elements (Humanities)		P	0	0	1
LG602	Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences 1	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
LG608	Research Methods	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP600	Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities	5	Semester 2	0	100	2
TP602	Research Ethics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM02	Research Thesis - Year 2	180	P	0	100	1

Year 3 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM03	Research Thesis - Year 3	180	P	0	100	1

Year 4 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM04	Research Thesis - Year 4	180	P	0	100	1

Year 5 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM05	Research Thesis - Year 5	180	P	0	100	1

Year 6 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM06	Research Thesis - Year 6	180	P	0	100	1

Year 7 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM07	Research Thesis - Year 7	180	P	0	100	1

Part-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
NS5055	Qualitative Research Summer School	5	7	0	100	1
RSPM01	Research Thesis - Year 1	180	P	0	100	1

Year 1 Optional Modules,

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
CM5002	Understanding Social Media	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5028	Climate Change and the Media	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5032	Strat. Comm. for STEM, Envirn. & Healthcare	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM5033	Data Communication	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM534	Science and Health in the Media	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
CM536	Media Audiences and Consumption	10	Semester 2	0	100	1
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
CM570	Research Methods	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
CM602	Engaged Research	10	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS601	Intellectual Property and Commercialisation	5	7	0	100	2
GS602	Postgraduate Tutoring Principles and Practice	5	Semester 1	0	100	1
GS608BS	Strategies for Academic Writing	5	7	0	100	2
GTEHSS	Graduate Training Elements (Humanities)		P	0	0	1
LG608	Research Methods	5	Semester 2	0	100	1
TP600	Advanced Academic Writing in the Humanities	5	Semester 2	0	100	2
TP602	Research Ethics	5	Semester 1	0	100	1

Year 2 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM02	Research Thesis - Year 2	180	P	0	100	1

Year 3 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM03	Research Thesis - Year 3	180	P	0	100	1

Year 4 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM04	Research Thesis - Year 4	180	P	0	100	1

Year 5 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM05	Research Thesis - Year 5	180	P	0	100	1

Year 6 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM06	Research Thesis - Year 6	180	P	0	100	1

Year 7 Core Modules:

Code	Title	Credit	Semester	Exam %	CA %	Resit Category
RSPM07	Research Thesis - Year 7	180	P	0	100	1

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