Media Studies Mary Immaculate College

Overview

All courses are taught by internationally acclaimed researchers with practical knowledge of the media industry and the small group sessions facilitate collaborative learning, both theoretical and practical. The programme enables graduate students to develop a deeper understanding of the field and provides the foundations for their own original research and career development.

Key Features

The Media Studies program from Mary Immaculate College is interdisciplinary, drawing on theories and applications from a range of academic fields, including sociology, history, cultural studies, audio studies, film studies, gender studies, digital media theory, literary theory and linguistics. It seeks to analyse the historical, social and cultural contexts in which the media have been produced; how meaning is generated through the interplay of image, word and sound in media texts; and how the media impact upon their audiences as well as being invested with significance by those audiences.

Teaching takes place on the MIC campus and the modules offered depend on student choices and the availability of lecturers in any given semester. The one-year MA is delivered over three semesters (but alternatively there is an option to complete it over two years on a part-time basis).

Career Opportunities

The programme aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to advance to doctoral degree studies and to enhance career opportunities in the media industry and other professional fields.

All students undertake six taught modules, split over two semesters (full-time) or four semesters (part-time), and the focus of the final, summer semester is upon individual research and dissertation preparation. Students complete a dissertation of 15,000-20,000 words on an approved topic.