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Undergraduate Course Maps 2012/13

Mass Communications (BA) - Single Honours Full Time - Course Map

For current students who started their course in 2012/13 academic year and later.
  • Course Code: MCODG
  • Course Leader: Tracy Symonds
  • Senior Tutor(s):
Each module taken by a student has a credit value (measured in Credit Accumulation and Transfer [CAT] points). Approximately 10 hours of total study time is required per CAT credit. A full-time year is equivalent to 120 CATs for students on an Undergraduate course. To achieve an undergraduate award a student must accumulate a particular number of CATs at Level 4, 5 or 6 as illustrated below: Bachelors Degree without Honours: 300 CATs Bachelors Degree with Honours: 360 CATs (or 480 with year-long placement)

Level 6

Module CATs
To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules:
MCC326: Professionalism and Creativity 15
MD6933: Dissertation 30
VCM301: Communications Theory 15
To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 60 credits from the following:
FL307: Celluloid Jukebox : Film, Television and Popular Music
Prerequisites: MCC233 or any three FL or TVP modules
15
MCC314: Investigative Study 15
MCC324: Mycasting : Celebrity Culture and Everyday Life 15
MCC328: Subcultures 15
MD6201: Global Issues in Music and Media
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with MUM301
15
MD6934: Work Placement 15
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