3. Programme Learning Outcomes
3.1 Knowledge and Understanding
On successful completion of the programme, students should be able to explain in a systematic, comprehensive and critical way:
K1. The major traditions, theories and frameworks of inquiry relevant to the analysis of media and creative industries and their social, political, economic and cultural contexts.
K2. The major arguments and issues in contemporary debates about the social, economic, political and historical character of the media and creative industries;
K3. The global development and operation of media and creative industries.
K4. The major arguments and issues in contemporary debates about the impact of the digital age on the creative industries;
K5. The historical expansion of communications media, the institutionalisation of media systems, various audiences’ uses of the media, and the implications of new media for cultural life.
K6. The range of relevant research methods employed in the analysis of media and creative industries;
K7 Critically evaluate the ways in which study of a complementary subject deepens knowledge and understanding of the influence and operation of the Media and Creative Industries.
3.2 Skills and other attributes
a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
P1. Engage with major thinkers, debates and intellectual paradigms within the fields of media, communication and culture, critiquing and synthesising the insights gained in their own analytical work;
P2. Demonstrate their capacity to design and carry out appropriate research strategies to address the issues they have selected for sustained investigation in self-chosen projects;
P3. Analyse new and emerging trends and interrogate both common sense understanding and received wisdom in relevant areas of inquiry;
P4. Discuss and evaluate historical transformations in media and creative industries and their social, political, economic and cultural contexts and wield this understanding in appraising current patterns of development, such as cultural globalisation and media convergence.
P5. Discuss their self-designed research and the issues it raises reflexively.
b. Subject-specific practical skills:
On successful completion of this programme students should be able, with reference to media communication and culture, to:
C1. Generate research data according to set procedures and methods;
C2. Independently organise, classify and critically evaluate information gathered in the course of their projects and assignments;
C3. Apply advanced concepts and theorises drawn from media and communications studies and associated disciplines to empirical evidence relevant to media and creative industries.
C4. Locate and interpret industry practices, data and policy documents
c. Key transferable skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
T1. Critically evaluate a range of academic and industry sources;
T2. Communicate effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences;
T3. Deploy qualitative and quantitative research techniques
T4. Plan, organise and manage, with appropriate supervision, a significant self-directed project;
T5. Work flexibly, creatively and independently, displaying a high degree of self-direction and initiative;
4. Programme structure
Semester 1, 2020/21 (January 2021)
Code
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Title
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Modular Weight
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N/A
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Induction
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N/A
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Semester 2, 2020/21 (February to June 2021)
Compulsory Modules (30 credits)
Code
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Title
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Modular Weight
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LLP008
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Collaborative Project
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15
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LLP403
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Researching Media Industries
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15
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Optional Modules (students should select 30 credits)
Code
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Title
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Modular Weight
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LLP411
|
Global Cities, Media and Communication
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15
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LLP407
|
Media Audiences and Users
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15
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LLP405
|
Contemporary Issues in Heritage Industries
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15
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LLP410
|
Media and Social Movements
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15
|
BSP291
|
International Marketing
|
15
|
LLP002
|
Design Thinking
|
15
|
LLP314
|
Sport Marketing
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15
|
LLP237
|
The BRICS and the Changing World Order
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15
|
Semester 3, 2020/21 (June to September 2021)
Compulsory Module (60 credits)
Code
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Title
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Modular Weight
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LLP504
|
Dissertation
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60
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Semester 1, 2021/22 (October 2021 to January 2022)
Compulsory Modules (30 credits)
Code
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Title
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Modular Weight
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LLP401
|
Media and Creative Industries: Critical Perspectives
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15
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LLP402
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Media and Creative Industries: Contexts and Practices
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15
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Optional Modules (students should select 30 credits)
Code
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Title
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Modular Weight
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LLP004
|
Meaning Making in Design
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15
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LLP408
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Gender and Labour in Media and Creative Industries
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15
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LLP409
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Social Identities and Media
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15
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LLP239
|
International Negotiations
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15
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5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award
In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XXI.
All modules available in the Special Assessment Period (SAP) unless specified in the Module Specification.
6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification
Not Applicable.