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How to select courses:

• Watch the recent course selection webinar we held with offer holders: .
• Read our PowerPoint presentation about selecting courses. Read the presentation.
• Further instructions and guidance on how to find and select courses on 杏吧论坛 for You is available .

When to select courses:

Each MSc degree programme in the Department consists of courses to the value of 4 units. 2.5 of these are 'core' courses (which are compulsory), and 1.5 are 'optional' courses (which you can choose). The only exception is the MSc in Media and Communications (Research), which consists of 3 units of core courses and 1 unit of optional course/s.

View your own degree programme and its constituent courses below. 

MSc in Media and Communications

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC418 Communication: Cultures and Approaches (Half Unit)
  About this course | 
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 |
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications. 

MSc in Media and Communications (Research)

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
  About this course | 
• Either MC4M2 Advanced Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Full Unit) or MC4M8 Advanced Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Full Unit)
  About MC4M2 | About MCM48 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1 unit. See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications. 

MSc in Global Media and Communications (with USC, Fudan and UCT)

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
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• MC411 Media and Globalisation (Half Unit)
  About this course | 
  *Course will be convened by Prof Terhi Rantanen
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications. 

MSc in Media and Communications (Data and Society)

• MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Half Unit)
  About this course | 

• MC430 Data in Communication and Society (Half Unit)
  

  About this course | 
• Either MC4M1 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit) or MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (Half Unit)
  About MC4M1 | About MCM47 | 
• MC499 Dissertation (Full Unit)
  About this course | 
• Optional Courses
  You can select optional courses to the value of 1.5 unit(s). See your own programme regulations for a full list of courses you can select. See the Optional courses section below for optional courses run by the Department of Media and Communications. 

MSc in Media and Communications (Governance)