Master of Arts (Media and Communication) Adv.Seminar & Shorter Thesis

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• Academic title
  Master of Arts (Media and Communication) (Advanced Seminar & Shorter Thesis)
• Course description
  
  The MA (Advanced Seminar & Shorter Thesis) provides students with an opportunity to undertake advanced study of media and communications by advanced seminars and a shorter thesis. Students will study an advanced course in media and communications theory and method before undertaking supervised research in an approved area of research.
  
  Objectives:    
  
  Students who complete the masters will:
  
      * demonstrate an informed awareness of the changing international and global contexts of media communication and how these are currently being researched and studied;
      * demonstrate understanding of major positions of theory and debate informing the study of global media communication and be able to critically engage with these;
      * deploy methods and selected methodology in sustained media and communication research;
      * demonstrate specialist knowledge in the area of their research and present research findings and argument in a suitably structured and sequenced thesis that conforms to protocols of academic presentation and research practice;
      * demonstrate an adequate understanding of, and commitment to, research ethics in their research practice.
  
  Course Structure & Available Subjects:    
  
      * Thesis 20,000-22,000 (75 points)
      * 2 elective advanced seminar subjects (25 points)
  

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