Media & Communications, MA

​During Welcome Week, you’ll be introduced to the core teaching team, meet fellow students on your course and other creative arts courses, and learn the key information that will help you get started with your studies at CCCU. ​

You will have an introductory conversation with your Personal Academic Tutor, who is there to support you throughout your degree.

There will also be a variety of activities happening on campus that you can get involved with.

It is very important that you attend the Welcome Week sessions so that you can be up to speed by the time you start your classes.

​​After Welcome Week, you will start your classes. In Trimester 1, you will be studying the following two modules:

​Content Design and Production: In this module, you will advance your content creation skills, designing and producing materials across a variety of media and platforms for different professional settings and purposes.

Increase your proficiency in crafting effective and engaging content in your chosen area or specialism, including social media, audio, video, animation, copywriting or another creative field.

By the end of this module, you will have enhanced your digital and project management skills and produced creative outputs to bolster your professional portfolio.

​Creative Collaborations: This module will equip you with the skills and insights to explore how different sectors of the creative industries intersect, working on a live or simulated project with peers, external partners or across disciplines.

You’ll apply your area of expertise in a collaborative project to tackle a real-world issue or challenge.

By the end of the module, you’ll be equipped with cross-disciplinary understanding, a collaborative mindset and professional skills essential for success in today’s creative industries.

​Your teaching will include a mixture of interactive lectures, practical workshops and group/1-1 tutorials.

All classes will be in person and each module will have its own Blackboard where we share lecture slides, session materials and additional resources.

Before you start your course, it is a good idea to take a look at the module handbooks which are available on each Blackboard site.​ You will be able to access Blackboard once you have created your Computing account and completed your registration.

​​There is no compulsory reading you need to do before you join the course, but try to familiarise yourself with the key issues and debates around contemporary media and communications. To help you to do that here are some suggested sources:

• ​Media and Communication journal 
• ​The Guardian Media
• ​PR Week
• ​The Drum
• ​Social Media Today

​It is useful to note that the University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September.