Media and Cultural Studies MA

at University of Sussex

MODULES

Full-time and part-time study
Choose to study this course full time or part time, to fit around your work and personal life. Modules for the full-time course are listed below.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2022/23. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

We’ll do our best to provide as much optional choice as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below.
 

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
 

All year

• Dissertation (Media & Cultural Studies)

Autumn teaching

• Media Theory and Research

Spring teaching

• Media, Culture and Communication

Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.

While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
 

Autumn teaching

• Film Analysis: Theories and Methods
• Gender and Representation
• Gender, Sexuality and Digital Culture
• Researching Cultural and Creative Industries
• Space, Place and Screen Media

Spring teaching

• Cinematic Bodies
• Global News Industries A
• New Developments in Digital Media
• Queering Popular Culture
• Race, Culture and the Media
   

UK requirements
 

• Degree requirements    
  
  You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. 

• Subject-specific requirements 
     
  Your qualification should be in media and communication studies or a relevant social sciences or humanities subject. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.
   

International requirements
 

English language requirements

IELTS (Academic)
Standard level (6.0 overall, including at least 5.5 in each component).

Home students: £9,500 per year for full-time students

Channel Islands and Isle of Man students: £9,500 per year for full-time
 

International students: £18,975 per year for full-time students

If you study part time over two years, you’ll be charged 50% of the equivalent full-time fee in each year of study. Your second-year fee – if you continue your studies without a break – will be subject to a 3% increase (subject to rounding).

Our graduates are well prepared for further study and careers in:
 

• media and cultural industries
• publishing
• research
• teaching
• journalism
• PR
• development work.

Graduate destinations

Recent Media and Cultural Studies MA graduates have gone on to jobs including:
 

• booking agent, Museum of London
• market researcher, Ipsos Mori
• communications executive assistant, John Lewis.