Module information
All of your core modules will automatically be added to your student record. As part of your registration you will need to select additional modules to give you the full 180 credits that you need to study for your course.
- MA Digital Media & Society
Core modules
SPIR401 Academic Skills and Literacy (Full year)
SPR415 Dissertation in Digital Media (Full year)
Autumn
SPR421 Perspectives on Digital Society
SPR424 Researching Society
SPR434 Digital Methods
Spring
SPR422 Digital Media in a Datafied Society
Optional modules (up to four)
Autumn
SPR433 Platforms, Identities, Algorithms
SPR423 Digital Cultures and Visual Methods
Spring
SPR418 Creative media and communications
SPR425 Mobile Media and Digital Futures
SPR427 Sociology of Genders, Sexualities and the Bodies
SPR432 Digital Health
IJC420 Information Governance & Ethics
You may also take up to one module from another School
Autumn
LAS497 Media, State and Society in China
HPH446 Wikipedia and History
Spring
LAS456 Media, Culture and Society in East Asia
GPL469 Managing Climate Change
HPH428 Digital Cultural Heritage: Theory and Practice
IJC426 Transnational Feminist Approaches to the Media
ICJ456 Critical Incidents in International Journalism
IJC473 The Use (and Abuse) of Radio and Digital Technologies in Conflict-Affected Areas
IJC486 Big Brother: Communicating conspiracy theories
Full module descriptions can be found on the Directory.
- MA International Relations
Core modules
SPR412 Politics Dissertation (Full year)
Autumn
SPR420 Understanding Politics
SPR453 Debating International Relations
Spring
SPR419 Research and Dissertation Preparation
Optional modules
Autumn
SPR407 Contemporary Global Security
SPR410 Policy-Making in the Real World
SPR449 Development and the State
Spring
SPR408 Democratic Governance in the 21st Century: Problems, Innovations and Solutions
SPR411 Political Economy of Global Environmental change
SPR448 Capitalism and Crisis
SPR450 Freedom
SPR451 Terrorism and Political Violence
SPR452 The Governance and Politics of the European Union
Full module descriptions can be found on the Directory.
- MA Politics, Governance and Public Policy
Core modules
SPR412 Politics Dissertation (Full year)
Autumn
SPR420 Understanding Politics
SPR405 Analysing the Policy Process
Spring
SPR419 Research and Dissertation Preparation
Optional modules
Autumn
SPR407 Contemporary Global Security
SPR410 Policy-Making in the Real World
SPR449 Development and the State
Spring
SPR408 Democratic Governance in the 21st Century: Problems, Innovations and Solutions
SPR411 Political Economy of Global Environmental change
SPR448 Capitalism and Crisis
SPR450 Freedom
SPR451 Terrorism and Political Violence
SPR452 The Governance and Politics of the European Union
Full module descriptions can be found on the Directory.
- MA International Political Economy
Core modules
SPR412 Politics Dissertation (Full year)
Autumn
SPR420 Understanding Politics
SPR406 Approaches to Political Economy
Spring
SPR419 Research and Dissertation Preparation
Optional modules
Autumn
SPR407 Contemporary Global Security
SPR410 Policy-Making in the Real World
SPR449 Development and the State
Spring
SPR408 Democratic Governance in the 21st Century: Problems, Innovations and Solutions
SPR411 Political Economy of Global Environmental change
SPR448 Capitalism and Crisis
SPR450 Freedom
SPR451 Terrorism and Political Violence
SPR452 The Governance and Politics of the European Union
Full module descriptions can be found on the Directory.