Core modules for year one
Module title	Module code	Credits
Introduction to Journalism Studies	MCT493	20 credits
Politics of Global Communication	MCT532	20 credits
Putting Research into Practice 1	MCT533	20 credits
Putting Research into Practice 2	MCT534	20 credits
Debates and Concepts in Media and Communications	MCT565	20 credits
Project Based Dissertation	MCT444	60 credits

 Optional modules for year one
Module title	Module code	Credits
Media Law	MCT467	10 credits
Global Crisis Reporting	MCT494	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
Media and Political Understanding	MCT566	10 credits
Public Relations, Offline and Online	MCT567	10 credits
In the Editor's Chair	MCT588	20 credits
Reporting Business, Finance and Economics	MCT589	20 credits
Citizen Media: Digital Storytelling	MCT590	20 credits
Communicating Causes	MCT591	20 credits
EMERGING JOURNALISM	MCT592	20 credits
East Meets West in Popular Culture	MCT602	10 credits
Civic Media	MCT603	10 credits