入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：Applicants should have a good first degree or a recognised equivalent qualification.
英语要求： IELTS 6.5
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £10,700.00
课程特征 Course Features：
The course is offered as a series of modules taught by staff based in the university and Techniquest, a science discovery centre based in Cardiff. All students take courses in Research Design, Science Technology and Society, Science in the Media, Visitor Studies and Reporting Science. Students also have the option of a highly participatory ‘Presenting Science’ module based in Techniques. After successfully completing this taught element, students complete the programme with a 20,000 word dissertation.
The course is offered as a series of modules taught by staff based in the university and Techniques. Students take a pair of ‘foundation’ modules that introduce the key ideas about science, technology and society that underpin the course and the main research methods needed for the dissertation. In addition, students take three ‘core’ modules in which the main elements of the scheme — Science in the Media; Visitor Studies and Reporting Science — are developed. The sixth module is optional, allowing students o pursue their own specialist interest. Optional modules vary but include a selection from social sciences, media studies and the participatory ‘Presenting Science’ based in Techniques. Assessment of these modules is by a combination of coursework tasks, presentations and class tests. The MSc is completed by a dissertation on a topic chosen by the student.
课程内容 Course Content ：
The course is based around three areas of research in which Cardiff University and Techniq uest have particular expertise: the nature of scientific research and knowledge - how is science organised; how are scientific controversies resolved; the role of citizens, experts, government and the media in these controversies the analysis of media processes and outputs - how journalists and their publics understand science; how people decide if predictions about scientific developments are ‘authoritative’ or ‘reasonable’; how to distinguish between reporting that is ‘balanced’ or‘fair’ and that which is ‘sensationalist’ the practical skills needed to report science - what scientists do; how journalists can report this when they have little direct experience of the science itself; how trust and confidence between scientists and journalists is developed and maintained the techniques of science communication - identifying audiences and what they want to know about science; evaluating how visitors to science museums and other events experience exhibits and what they learn from them; reflecting critically on practice to improve science communication
Optional modules will include topic such as presenting science, public relations, political communication, health care or advanced research methods.