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The compulsory module Critical and Creative Media Research, lays the foundation for the programme in Semester One, building key skills for developing a research project. This is followed by a second compulsory module Media Theory in second semester which provides the theoretical spine that underpins the subject. Taken in the first year of the programme, these modules together set students up for the final dissertation or project. All other modules during semesters one and two are elective. Students have the freedom to choose individual routes through the programme by selecting from our range of modules or by following one of our 3 pathways: Creative Media; Society and Justice; and History and Culture. Students may also take a number of media related modules from across a range of other subjects available at MU. The MA programme culminates with a supervised individual project taken in the second year that may assume a variety of forms, from a scholarly essay to an empirical study to a practice-based project, where creative outcomes are contextualised and framed theoretically. A Postgraduate Diploma is available to students who do not wish to complete the final dissertation/project. Duration: 2-year programme part-time
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The modules below are indicative of the content associated with this course of study. The modules are subject to change as the curriculum is revised and reviewed annually. Please check periodically for updates.
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Year 1
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This two-year (part-time) MA advances practical, research, and analytical thinking skills while deepening creative and theoretical engagement with media of all kinds. The programme combines critical thinking and cutting-edge creative practice to tackle the challenging environment of contemporary media industries. It develops a wide range of theoretical and practical approaches across several media forms, including film, interactive media, print, broadcast TV, and radio. It situates these media in their historic and social contexts, examining how people engage with them, their economic infrastructures, and technological forms, alongside hands-on practical engagement with media tools. The programme’s flexible structure also allows you to build a degree that suits you. Students can follow one of our 3 pathways: Creative Media; Society and Justice; or History and Culture, or a programme of their own design. The programme also allows students to pursue their own interests by taking related modules from across a range of subjects available at MU. Finally, students can choose between a final dissertation or creative project based on where they want the MA to take them.
Note re. registration - Students should choose up to 40 credits from the following Media Studies modules across the two years of the programme: MD624, MD630, MD631, MD632, MD636.
- Students can choose up to 20 credits from cross-listed modules offered outside the department.
MDCP6
- CRITICAL AND CREATIVE MEDIA
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Credits: 30
Not compulsory:
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Year 2
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This two-year (part-time) MA advances practical, research, and analytical thinking skills while deepening creative and theoretical engagement with media of all kinds. The programme combines critical thinking and cutting-edge creative practice to tackle the challenging environment of contemporary media industries. It develops a wide range of theoretical and practical approaches across several media forms, including film, interactive media, print, broadcast TV, and radio. It situates these media in their historic and social contexts, examining how people engage with them, their economic infrastructures, and technological forms, alongside hands-on practical engagement with media tools. The programme’s flexible structure also allows you to build a degree that suits you. Students can follow one of our 3 pathways: Creative Media; Society and Justice; or History and Culture, or a programme of their own design. The programme also allows students to pursue their own interests by taking related modules from across a range of subjects available at MU. Finally, students can choose between a final dissertation or creative project based on where they want the MA to take them.
Note re. registration - Students should choose up to 40 credits from the following Media Studies modules across the two years of the programme: MD624, MD630, MD631, MD632, MD636.
- Students can choose up to 20 credits from cross-listed modules offered outside the department.
MDCP62
- CRITICAL AND CREATIVE MEDIA
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Credits: 60
Not compulsory:
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