入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：Applicants should possess a higher education degree of at least lower second class honours (2:2), or a non-UK qualification recognised by the University as being equivalent to this.
英语要求： IELTS score of at least 7.0, or an equivalent English language qualification
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £10,700.00
课程特征 Course Features：
Teaching will be by means of lectures, seminars, tutorials and small-group work. It will involve a number of different kinds of oral, written, individual and group forms of assessment. The taught component of the course amounts to 120 credits. Students complete this across two semesters (Autumn and Spring) from the end of September to the beginning of June. Students are then required to submit a dissertation at the end of August. The dissertation carries 60 credits.
You will study the following areas:
Political Communication
Mediatised Conflict: The Politics of Conflict Reporting
Putting Research into Practice
International Communications and Journalism
Introduction to Political Communication
课程内容 Course Content ：
Core Modules
Mediatised Conflicts: The Politics of Conflict Reporting
Introduction to Political Communication
International Communication and Journalism
Putting Research into Practice
Political Communications
Optional modules include:
Media Law; New Media & Politics; Reporting Business, Finance & Economics; Insurgency into the 21stCentury; Global Crisis Reporting; In the Editor’s Chair, International Relations for Journalists; Reporting Health and Science; Development Communications.
Dissertation
The dissertation may involve a 15 - 20,000 word scholarly study of a topic in political communication. Alternatively, a student may conduct a piece of independent and reflexive practically based work in the area of political communications. This might involve, for example, the planning and design of a political campaign, accompanied by a reflexive assessment of the project.
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评估 Assessment：
Students are required to produce written work, essays, assignments and a dissertation, throughout the academic year. These pieces of work will relate to the modules taken by students in their year of study. All coursework is marked and graded by a system of continuous assessment.