MA Global Media courses

Twinned MA degree in Global Media (LSE and UCT)

Full-time programme taken over two years. Students must take courses at LSE as shown below in Year One and follow the programme at UCT in Year Two.

MSc Global Media and Communications (LSE) and MA in Global Media (UCT).

Admission to the twinned degree will be in line with standard requirements for LSE and UCT degrees. You should submit your application online to the LSE Graduate Admissions Office. Before starting your application, please review the graduate application guidelines on both the LSE and UCT website. Please note that applications are reviewed by both institutions.

 

Students take a total of four units (up to seven courses), including compulsory and optional courses and the dissertation. Teaching typically involves a combination of lectures and seminars. Students will be assessed by coursework essays, written examinations, and the dissertation that must be submitted in mid-August. For a detailed overview of courses, please check the regulations of the LSE degree in MSc Global Media and Communications. For more general information, please check the LSE Global Media page.

Students are required to complete a minor dissertation research project or creative production, two compulsory taught courses and two elective taught courses of which no more than one can be at HEQF Level 8 (4000 level). 

Compulsory courses                                                               HEQF credits   HEQF level

FAM4011F/S   Media Internship                                                    24                    8

FAM5013F      Advanced Media Methodology

FAM5006W     Master’s Media Research Project                         96                     9

Or

FAM5012W     Master’s Media Creative Production                     96                     9

 

Elective courses

Students select one F elective and one S elective course from the list below. Not all electives may be offered every year and only one elective may be on HEQF Level 8 (4000 level):

FAM4007F           Narrative Literary Journalism                                                         

FAM4010F           Media Markets and Media Strategy                                                

FAM4013F           Political Communication

FAM4017F           Advanced Television Analysis                                                            

FAM4032F           Understanding Public Argumentation                              

FAM4033F           Screenwriting                                                                                        

FAM5039F           Approaches to African Cinema

FAM4004S           Avant-Garde Film   

FAM4014S           Political Journalism                                                                            

FAM4015S           Environmental Documentary

FAM4016S           Wildlife Documentary

FAM4031S           South African Public Rhetoric 

FAM4034S           Forms and Theories of Adaptation

FAM5011S           Media and the Public Domain        

FAM5016S           Creative Non-Fiction                                                                           

FAM5036S           Rhetoric of SA Social Memory

FAM5038S           Mobile Media and Communications 

FAM5040S           Conceptualising SA cinema

 

One of the two elective courses may be taken in another cognate UCT department such as the Centre for African Studies, Historical Studies, Political Studies, or Anthropology.

 

Students arrive in the fourth quarter of the UCT academic year. A more detailed overview is provided below:

Fourth quarter	FAM4011S Media Internship
First quarter	FAM5013F Advanced Media Methodology (compulsory) One elective F course worth 24 credits
Second quarter
Third quarter	FAM5006W Master’s Media Research Project of maximum 25 000 words OR FAM5012W Master’s Media Creative Production, equivalent to a dissertation component AND One elective S course worth 24 credits
Fourth quarter