Core modules
Module title	Module code	Credits
Putting Research into Practice I	MCT533	20 credits
Putting Research into Practice II	MCT534	20 credits
Understanding Digital Media	MCT544	20 credits
Citizen Journalism and Digital Publics	MCT545	20 credits
Debates and Concepts in Media and Communications	MCT565	20 credits
Project Based Dissertation	MCT444	60 credits
Optional modules
Module title	Module code	Credits
Media Law	MCT467	10 credits
Reporting Business, Finance & Economics	MCT481	10 credits
Reporting the Middle East	MCT485	10 credits
Insurgency into the 21st Century	MCT488	10 credits
Citizen Media	MCT490	10 credits
Global Crisis Reporting	MCT494	10 credits
In The Editor's Chair	MCT497	10 credits
Reporting Health and Science	MCT498	10 credits
Electoral Behaviour, Public Opinion and the Media	MCT535	10 credits
Social Media and Politics	MCT540	10 credits
Governing the Internet: Digital Freedoms and Restrictions	MCT541	10 credits
Big Data, Society and Everyday Life	MCT562	10 credits
Media and Political Understanding	MCT566	10 credits
Public Relations, Offline and Online	MCT567	10 credits
Digital Economy, Digital Labour	MCT568	10 credits