Location:

Swansea, United Kingdom

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Sociology

Program Overview

Program Description:

This programme is taught in collaboration with the Department of Media & Communication Studies and is aimed at current and prospective journalists, campaigners and media professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of, and practical skills in, international development issues and in media and communications. It offers an international and multi-disciplinary approach and provides students with a core curriculum that integrates theory and practice in development, media and communications. It allows students to deepen their knowledge of development policy and associated debates at national and international level and the role of the mass media and journalism in the process of development. The programme is flexible and allows students to choose between a significant range of optional modules and to specialise in particular issues or regions.

Additional Program Information

Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges