入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： You should have at least an upper second class honours degree or its equivalent in a social science subject. We particularly welcome applications from those with professional experience in the media and communication fields and, in this case, we would accept a degree in other subjects. Exceptionally we may consider professional experience instead of a first degree.
英语要求：IELTS 7.0 or internet-based TOEFL 107.
学费 Tuition Fee：2012-13 £16,512
课程特征 Course Features：
This programme offers an intensive, year-long exploration of a wide range of contemporary issues in media, communications and development.
The main aim of this programme is to offer an advanced interdisciplinary education and training in contemporary theory and research in the field of media and communications and its application in low income country contexts
课程内容 Course Content ：
Compulsory courses
(* half unit)
•Critical Approaches to Media, Communication and Development*
•Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches)*
•Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis*
•Dissertation
Options
Choose to the value of one and a half units from the following:
•Mediated Resistance and Citizens*
•The Audience in Media and Communications*
•Political Communication*
•Current Issues in Media and Communications*
•International Media and The Global South*
•Information, Communication and Knowledge Systems*
•Media and Communication Governance*
•Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications II (Processes of communication in modern life)*
•Identity, Transnationalism and the Media*
•Global Media Industries*
•Media and Communication Governance*
•Interpersonal Mediated Communication*
•Global Political Economy of Development I*
•Global Political Economy of Development II*
•Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice*
•Gender and Media Representation*
•Globalising Sexualities*
•Cultural Constructions of the Body*
•Democracy in East and South Asia*
•The State and Political Institutions in Latin America*
•Democratisation and its Discontents in Southeast Asia*
•IT and Development
•Information Systems for the Public Sector*
•Aspects of IT and Socio-economic Development*
•Social Psychology of Health Communication*
•New Media, Development and Globalisation*
•Film Theory and World Cinema*
•Any other half unit paper which is offered in the School at master's level, subject to the consent of the student's teachers