Over view of Global Media as a Minor Subject (15 cr)
Programme overview
| Year One | ||||
| Major Subject (20 ECTS) | Minor 1 (20 ECTS)* | Minor 2 (20 ECTS) | ||
| Year Two | ||||
| Major Subject (30 ECTS) | Minor 1 (15 ECTS)* | Minor 2 (15 ECTS) | ||
| Year Three – you follow the conditions of your Major subject | ||||
| Year Four | ||||
| Major Subject (30 ECTS) | Minor 1 (15 ECTS)* | Minor 2 (15 ECTS) | ||
*Where Global Media is one of your minor subjects
Module Diet
Year One
In year one, students undertake four modules – two core modules in each semester – to make up 20 credits. The module diet is as follows:
| Module Title | ECTS | Semester | Core / Optional | Module Code |
| Digital Literacy Essentials | 5 | 1 | Core | AJ1104 |
| History of Media | 5 | 1 | Core | AJ1100 |
| Introduction to Media and Communication | 5 | 2 | Core | AJ1102 |
| Pop Culture Media and Society | 5 | 2 | Elective | AJ1106 |
Year Two
In year two, students undertake two core modules, one in semester one and one in semester two, and choose a third module from a list of elective subject choices to make up 15 credits. The module diet is as follows:
| Module Title | ECTS | Semester | Core / Optional | Module Code |
| Power Without Responsibility | 5 | 1 | Core | AJ2102 |
| Online and Social Media: Theory and Practice | 5 | 2 | Core | AJ2100 |
| Understanding Media Audiences | 5 | 1 | Elective | AJ2109 |
| How Television Lobotomised the World | 5 | 2 | Elective | AJ2110 |
Year Three (where applicable)
In Year Three, students will follow the pathways set out in the BA programme for which they are registered.
Year Four
In year four, students undertake two core modules, one in semester one and one in semester two, and choose a third module from a list of elective subject choices to make up 15 credits. The module diet is as follows:
| Module Title | ECTS | Semester | Core / Optional | Module Code |
| Gender, Race and the Media? | 5 | 1 | Elective | AJ4115 |
| Media Law and Ethics | 5 | 2 | Elective | AJ4105 |
| Media Research Methods | 5 | 1 | Elective | AJ4106 |
| Global Political Economy of the Mass Media | 5 | 2 | Elective | AJ4102 |
| Crime, Criminals and the Media | 5 | 1 | Elective | AJ4116 |
| Rehabilitating Reality: Studies and Strategies to strengthen factual storytelling | 5 | 1 | Elective | AJ4117 |
| Bursting the Western Bubble: Alternative Media systems and the Global South | 5 | 1 | Elective | AJ4113 |
| Independent research Project | 10 | 2 | Elective | AJ4110 |
NB to apply for this course you must submit a proposal by December 2024, Semester One. *You cannot register for this module directly online*