Media and Communication Mphil - Visual Cultures

University of Leicester

The School of Arts, Media, and Communication comprises English and Media and Communication. It is part of the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.We offer undergraduate degrees in a variety of single honours and joint variants. We have a vibrant postgraduate community at MA and PhD level that reflects our internationally-recognised research strengths.We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in Media and Communication in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:Media PracticesPublic CommunicationVisual CulturesTo be awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy, the research student must satisfy the examiners by means of a thesis which demonstrates a satisfactory record of research, a broad knowledge and understanding of the field of study and associated research techniques, and shows that these have been successfully applied. The thesis must present evidence of a critical survey of knowledge in the discipline but does not need to make a distinct and original contribution to knowledge of their discipline or to be of publishable quality. For research students registered for the degree of MPhil and who will submit a practice-based thesis, both the critical/reflective component and the practice component of the thesis must form a coherent whole which meets the requirements for the award of the degree.

School of Media, Communication and Sociology