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Programme Academic Structure for 2024 - 2025, MA in Social Media Communications

This information is provisional & subject to change.

Full-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM5002Understanding Social Media10Semester 101001
CM5003Social Media:Structure, Practices&Application10Semester 201001
CM5033Data Communication10Semester 201001
CM5630Social Media, Journalism and Democracy10Semester 101001
CM5700Introduction to Research5Semester 101001
CM5992Research Methodologies5Semester 201001
CM5993Digital Media Campaigns5Semester 101001
CM5994Dissertation / Major Project (by practice)25Autumn Semester01002

Year 1 Optional Modules -

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM5360Media Audiences and Consumption5Semester 201001
CM587Gender and Sexuality in Digital Culture5Semester 201001
CM5963Information, Manipulation and Democracy5Semester 201001
CM5970Public Relations: Issues and Principles5Semester 201001
UM405Uaneen Non-Contributing Module5Year long01001

Part-time Programme Structure

Year 1 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM5002Understanding Social Media10Semester 101001
CM5003Social Media:Structure, Practices&Application10Semester 201001
CM5630Social Media, Journalism and Democracy10Semester 101001

Year 1 Optional Modules,

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM5360Media Audiences and Consumption5Semester 201001
CM587Gender and Sexuality in Digital Culture5Semester 201001
CM5963Information, Manipulation and Democracy5Semester 201001
CM5970Public Relations: Issues and Principles5Semester 201001

Year 2 Core Modules:

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
CM5033Data Communication10Semester 201001
CM5700Introduction to Research5Semester 101001
CM5992Research Methodologies5Semester 201001
CM5993Digital Media Campaigns5Semester 101001
CM5994ADissertation / Major Project (by practice)25Autumn Semester01002

Year 2 Optional Modules,

CodeTitleCreditSemesterExam %CA %Resit Category
UM405Uaneen Non-Contributing Module5Year long01001

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