International Students. Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies 2015 Guide by Staffordshire University

FACULTY OF ARTS AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

CONTENTS FACULTY OF ARTS AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

POSTGRADUATE COURSES

SCHOOL OF FILM, SOUND AND VISION

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

POSTGRADUATE COURSES

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, HUMANITIES AND

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UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

POSTGRADUATE COURSES

FROM DEAN OF FACULTY

Welcome to the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies 2015 guide for international students. We’re home to three Schools – the School of Art and Design, the School of Film, Sound and Vision and the School of Journalism, Humanities and Social Sciences – and we’ve gained a global reputation for delivering undergraduate and postgraduate courses that are innovative, flexible and current. Our courses are shaped by our industry partners: we know about the challenges they’re facing today and we make sure our curriculum addresses those issues. This means you can be sure that the skills and experience you gain here will be valued by employers when you leave. With extensive industry-standard facilities, highly experienced lecturers, big name partners and practical work opportunities, each School within our Faculty is committed to helping you develop the entrepreneurial skills you need for the world of work – in the UK and worldwide. Whether you’re hoping to study Animation, Music Technology or Broadcast Journalism, we’ll take care of you from the day you apply until the day you leave. We hope you’ll find the perfect course here at Staffordshire University and we look forward to welcoming you to the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies.

DR ASTRID HERHOFFER Dean

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Makim Mahamad, BA(Hons) Graphic Design

FACULTY OF ARTS AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES The Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies offers a range of exciting and innovative Courses in Arts, Media and Design.

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Within the Faculty, you will find the School of Art and Design, the School of Film, Sound and Vision and the School of Journalism, Humanities and Social Sciences. With extensive industry-standard facilities, and industry-experienced lecturers, each School is committed to equipping students with entrepreneurial skills and for the world of work.

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The School is home to more than 1,400 students studying everything from Advertising to Photography and Computer Games Design. Facilities within the School are extensive and include workshops for 3D Design, Animation, Ceramics, Computing, Photography and Surface Decoration. There are also extensive facilities for Computer Games Development.

School of Film, Sound and Vision The School is home to over 1,200 students studying everything from Drama to Music Technology. Facilities include a superbly equipped Drama Performance Centre, a Digital TV Studio with Vision, Audio and Lighting Galleries and a Digital SDI Green Screen Studio, a Media Centre complete with Broadcast Newsroom, and considerable Music Technology resources.

School of Journalism, Humanities and Social Sciences The School has a global outlook and encourages students to think critically and to question the world around them. An industry-standard experience awaits would-be print, sports and broadcast journalists, thanks to state-of-the-art newsrooms, broadcasting studios, and digital media facilities. For Humanities and Social Sciences students, the School has excellent library and electronic resources.

The Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies is also home to the Creative Communities Unit, which specialises in community engagement and regeneration activities, as well as two research centres:

• The Centre for Media, Arts and Technology

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Brings together creative design processes and the latest digital technologies in film, media, music, radio production technology and games development for the benefit of businesses, third sector organisations, communities and individuals.

• The Institute for Applied Creative Thinking Uses creative thought, creative and academic research to improve business performance and help give communities and third sector organisations a clear voice, purpose and presence.

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Specialist facilities

Expert teaching

Whether you’re here to study Fine Art, Animation or Photography, you’ll be joining an exciting and established multi-disciplinary, studio-based School with a proven track record of national and international graduate success.

Our courses are highly practical and we’re committed to helping you gain relevant insight and experience. We do this by delivering inspiring learning programmes that enable you to specialise in your particular area of interest. You’ll enhance your learning by meeting established professionals.

Our specialist facilities include: 3D, animation, ceramics, computing, photography and surface pattern workshops and computer games development resources. Through these facilities you’ll get to use professional equipment and processes such as digital printing, digital imaging, laser cutting, screen printing, fine metal and jewellery making, black and white photographic developing, ceramic glazing and firing, stop motion rigs and cameras and model armature development and making. Our facilities for Computer Games Design are world class. Staffordshire University and Epic Games - the company responsible for the bestselling “Unreal” series of games and the blockbuster “Gears of War - have entered a dynamic partnership to help bring game developers, the university and students closer together. At the heart of the project is the Epic Games Centre, a fully equipped space designed to nurture future industry developers studying on the university’s game design courses.

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All our lecturers have experience of working in their field. Many continue to work as artists, animators, cartoonists, designers, illustrators and photographers. They’ll be on hand to guide you through your studies and support you through research-led learning. You’ll also hear from guest speakers from companies such as Marvel, Aardman Animations, the Association of Illustrators, The Chase and Sky ARTS.

Big names You’ll find our graduates working around the globe for a wide range of companies. These include: • Aardman Animations • Wedgwood • Sony • Coley Porter Bell • BMW • Leyland Trucks • Watermark Publishers • Moscow Vogue • Edmac Europe • Design Work International New York

MEET THE LECTURERS Mr Mark Webster Head of School: Art and Design Mark Webster has worked in and with communities for 30 years. He spent his time immediately after University working as a community artist, developing a community recording and practice facility and fronting a band! He then completed his professional training in Youth and Community Work before starting his full-time position as a Community Arts Officer for Walsall Council. After six years there, Mark spent four years teaching English in Barcelona before returning to Walsall as Arts and Health Development Officer. He joined Staffordshire University in 2003 and is now Head of the School of Art and Design.

Stuart Messinger

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Course Leader: BA(Hons) Animation and BA(Hons) Stop Motion Animation and Puppet Making

Every year, students from the School of Art and Design get to show off their work at internal and external exhibitions. Many also enter competitions in the UK and overseas. This is a great way to showcase your talents, raise your profile and broaden your knowledge.

After graduating from The Surrey Institute of Art and Design, with a BA(Hons) in Animation, Stuart Messinger was a 2D animator on the CITV series, ‘Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids’. In 2002, Stuart participated in a professional exchange to La Poudriere ecole du film d’animation, in France where he produced and animated a one minute sting for French television. Stuart graduated from The Royal College of Art in 2003 (MA Animation) and went into Visuals Effects production management.

In addition, our industry links give you access to real-world briefs and projects to complete while you’re studying. Many of our students also complete work placements to further enhance their practical experience. Working on live projects can help you to develop your professional network before you’ve graduated – a head start for your creative career.

Stuart’s film credits include: ‘Valiant’, Tim Burton’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, Roland Emmerich’s ’10,000BC’, ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ and Aardman Animations stop motion feature film ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’ directed by Peter Lord.

Mr Mark Garner Academic Group Leader: Visual Communications Mark Garner graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and soon landed a Junior Art Director position with a leading advertising agency in the Midlands. After gaining experience with advertising agencies, design consultancies and marketing companies over several years, Mark established his own consultancy and ran a successful business for a decade, completing an MA in Media Arts during that time. He then lectured at Coventry University, teaching on the Design and Digital Media programme, and later became Associate Lecturer at Leeds College of Art and Design, where he helped to write, develop and successfully validate the new Graphic Design course. Mark has been a full-time Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University since 2006.

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UNDERGRADUATE COURSES The courses listed below are all on campus and full-time, for international students who would like to gain an undergraduate award. International students would apply for the 3 year non-sandwich course and then, if they gained a placement, they could extend their visa to 4 years. To find out more, visit www.staffs.co.uk/international

Art and Design 3D Design: Ceramics BA(Hons) 3D Design: Contemporary Jewellery and Fashion Accessories BA(Hons) 3D Design: Crafts BA(Hons) Advertising and Brand Management BA(Hons) Animation BA(Hons) Art with a Foundation Year (4 year degree) BA(Hons) Cartoon and Comic Arts BA(Hons) Design with a Foundation Year (4 year degree) BA(Hons) Fine Art BA(Hons) Graphic Design BA(Hons) Illustration BA(Hons) Photography BA(Hons) Photojournalism BA(Hons) Product Design BA(Hons) Stop-Motion Animation and Puppet-Making BA(Hons) Surface Pattern Design BA(Hons) Textile Surfaces BA(Hons) Transport Design BA(Hons)

Games Design and Technology Computer Games Design BSc(Hons) Computer Games Design BEng(Hons) Computer Games Design (4 year with foundation year) BSc(Hons) Computer Games Design and Programming BSc(Hons) Games Technical Art BSc(Hons) Computer Gameplay Design and Production BSc(Hons) Computer Gameplay Design and Production BEng(Hons)

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POSTGRADUATE COURSES 3D Computer Games Design MSc

Arts and Creative Technologies by Negotiated Study MA/MSc

Duration: 1 year full-time

Course outline:

The course has been designed along with our industry partners and delivers up-to-date content using industry standard software that meets current and future 3D games industry demands. It will allow you to develop and further your ability, building on knowledge and skills acquired in your first degree and expanding into areas related to computer games design.

It’s hard to describe this course, because it is different for every single student. You’re the one who decides what you want to do (as long as it’s at a postgraduate level of study). All you need to get started is a project that you want to tackle over the course. This could be a book or film project, a portfolio targeted for a specific job, work for an exhibition, or something you always wanted to find out more about. These are just a few examples.

It will enhance your abilities in research, problem-solving and management and you will apply knowledge and skills to solving complex design and 3D problems during your dissertation project. The course integrates current industry paradigms into both the assessment and research opportunities which aim to help you get into either the games industry or academia. Module overview: • Advanced Games Environment Design and Research • Advanced Character Prototyping • Advanced Vehicle and Weapon Prototyping • Mobile Games Development • Computer Games Design Dissertation Graduate destinations: Our MSc graduates work in professional roles at top studios like Microsoft, Rare, Rockstar, Codemasters and Travellers Tales. Our students also go on to form their own companies. We have students working on all sorts of games from indie kickstarter games like War for the Overworld to the latest Xbox One titles and massive hits like Grand Theft Auto 5. Career Prospects: Character artist, Environment modeller, Vehicle artist, Game Designer, Producer, User Interface Artist.

Armed with your proposal, we’ll find you a subject-specific mentor to help you put together a Learning Contract – your own bespoke course design that will allow you to complete your project. You can use your own experience and interests to explore a subject through workexperience. You can also use the resources of the faculty – from teaching and research expertise, to workshop facilities. You even pick your own title for the course. There are two shared core modules, where you’ll design your Learning Contract and learn about research methods. Everything else is up to you. Module overview: • Approaches to Flexible Learning • Research Methods Seminar • Negotiated Project 1 • Negotiated Project 2 • Negotiated Study Masters Project You’ll also be able to choose two options from our range of postgraduate courses. Graduate destinations: The course will qualify you to embark on further academic study at PhD level or move into a creative environment in the commercial sector, depending on your discipline.

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POSTGRADUATE COURSES Creative Futures Programme MA Creative Futures: 3D Design Creative Futures: Advertising and Brand Management Creative Futures: Animation Creative Futures: Applied Theatre Creative Futures: Contemporary Art Practice Creative Futures: Design Creative Futures: Graphic Design Creative Futures: Heritage and Culture Creative Futures: Illustration Creative Futures: Photography Creative Futures: Product Design Creative Futures: Surface Pattern Design Creative Futures: Textile Design Creative Futures: VFX Creative Futures: Writing Duration: 1 year of taught modules + masters project Course outline: Whether you’re a recent graduate or an established practitioner, Creative Futures offers you the chance to continue to develop your discipline at masters level. You’ll gain advanced creative, technical and business skills, a sophisticated understanding of the business environment and a formalised work experience placement. This will enhance your appeal in the job market and/or provide you with the tools needed to set up in freelance practice or to establish your own business. You’ll receive tuition in business skills that are designed and delivered specifically for creative practitioners as well as access to our extensive workshops and specialist facilities. The course is designed to provide maximum flexibility and you can study on a full-time or part-time basis. All modules have an extensive distance learning component, combined with intensive, full-day workshops.

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Module overview: • Creativity and Enterprise • Developing Knowledge, Creative, Technical, Digital and Business Skills • Creative Futures: Work Experience • Creative Futures: Masters Project You’ll also have the opportunity to choose from the following option modules: • The Marketing Context • Personal Branding • Design Management • Community Arts in a Global Perspective • Creativity and Innovation • New Media and Society • Culture and Identity

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Ceramic Design MA

Design Management MA

Duration:

1 year full-time

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline:

In Semester 1, you’ll complete two design studio based modules. In the first – Tools and Techniques – you’ll establish a common methodology and practice of ceramic design. You’ll do this through a prescribed project, gaining theoretical, technical and practical knowledge, and developing skills ranging from traditional craft, to new technologies via CADCAM. In the second module – Collaborative Brief – you’ll work with external clients.

If you want to work within the creative industries, as well as acquire the skills and knowledge to develop your career as creative project manager or become a more effective designer, this course could be for you. It promotes understanding, awareness and knowledge of the industry while encouraging creativity, innovation and ambition.

You’ll develop fundamental business and professional skills in Semester 1 in preparation for the February trade fair visits. These will include: Home at Earls Court, Spring Fair at the NEC, Maison & Objet in Paris and Ambiente in Frankfurt. You’ll engage in business and commercial dialogue to inform and drive your study in Semester 2. In Semester 2, you’ll negotiate your own programme of design research and practice through the Professional Pathways module. Building upon the foundation of Semester 1, you’ll either prepare for potential industrial placement opportunities in Semester 3 or formulate logical project proposals for alternative professional aspirations. You’ll also study a contextual, theoretical module – Creativity and Innovation – to help you consider a variety of business and enterprise activities for your creative design practice. You’ll gain the knowledge, acumen and enterprising skills related to your proposed career in professional design practice. Placement opportunity: Work placement opportunities can be found at many of the world class Ceramics companies in Stoke-on-Trent. Students have worked with Wedgwood, Portmeirion and Steelite. Other students have taken up placements in their countries, for example working for Alegre in Portugal

The course will let you consider how design is managed in the context of different organisations. You’ll look at how design relates to other business functions such as marketing, finance and production, particularly in the new product development process. You’ll also learn how organisational structure, culture and strategy can encourage design. Modules cover marketing, creativity and innovation, research methods and design futures. In the final major project, you’ll select a topic based on your personal interest or career aspirations. Module overview: • Design Management • The Marketing Context • Design Futures • Researching Culture, Media and Society • Creativity and Innovation • Masters Project in Design Management Graduate destinations: After completing this MA Award, you could enter a managerial role in communication, product, multimedia, fashion or environmental design. Or you could work in advertising, branding or marketing.

Graduate destinations: Graduates from this course work as freelance designers/ producers, consultants and entrepreneurs. Many work in commercial studio practice – in areas such as design, sales, marketing and buying. Some go into higher education/ lecturing.

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SCHOOL OF FILM, SOUND AND VISION Specialist facilities

Big names

Whether you’re here to study Digital Feature Film Production or Music Technology, your course within the School of Film, Sound and Vision will mirror the excitement, creativity and technical sophistication of the communications and entertainment industries.

The UK is recognised as a world leader due to the success of its local, national and global creative industries. Many graduates of our courses have found rewarding careers working with a wide range of companies worldwide. These include: • Pinewood Studios • Technicolor • Endemol • BBC • MTV

Our specialist facilities include: a Digital TV Studio with Vision, Audio and Lighting Galleries; Digital SDI Green Screen Studio with Control Gallery and Film Finishing Studio; Shoot Studio; Pre and Post Production Editing Suites; Sound and Recording Studios; Drama Performance areas and Rehearsal Rooms and a Film Theatre. Through these facilities, you’ll get to use a wide range of technical equipment that is regularly updated to the latest industry specifications.

Expert teaching As the cultures and professional practices of the film, sound and vision industries evolve, we continue to build on our long track record of designing innovative, highly practical, vocationally orientated courses that will challenge your intellectual and creative curiosity within a friendly, supportive environment. Our lecturers are experts in their fields and many have professional experience. Many continue to work as composers, performers and film-makers. This means that as well as being passionate teachers, they have a host of local, national and international connections and partnerships to enrich your learning.

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Our graduates have been involved in the making of a number of successful TV and Film Productions including Harry Potter, James Bond, X-Men, Downton Abbey and the X Factor. Graduates from our Acting and Theatre courses have gone on to careers within the industry appearing on the London West End stage and on Broadway.

Professional networking Wherever your interests and aspirations lie, you’ll leave it with a broad base of media, presentational and problem solving skills that are essential in any creative industry. Through our connections with the industry, you’ll have made a great start to developing your professional network before you leave Staffordshire University – and your skills will be highly valued by employers in a wide range of professions. Many of our undergraduate courses are accredited by industry bodies such as Creative Skillset and the British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society or recognised by professional organisations such as Drama UK.

MEET THE LECTURERS Peter Rudge Associate Professor: Film Production Technology Peter Rudge has more than 25 years experience in the film industry and in 2011, he became co-founder of the pin out company Grand Independent - a film production and distribution company, based in Staffordshire. Peter began his career as a reader working for Hollywood studios including Universal and Columbia pictures. He has sold original screenplays to the major studios, as well as working as a writer on feature adaptations. He moved into producing with recent credits including Associate Producer on feature films The Perfect Burger (2009) and Soulboy (2010). Peter’s also a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and The British Kinomatograph, Sound and Television Society.

Rob Marsden Course Leader and Senior Lecturer: Drama Practice As Course Leader and Senior Lecturer, Rob Marsden is responsible for much of the practical pathways on the Drama, Performance and Theatre Arts Course at Undergraduate Level. His freelance work (2008-2014) includes Journey to the East (Cyprus); The Wiz (Milton Keynes Theatre); Beauty and The Beast and Dick Whittington (Halifax); Voices of Arran (Scotland); They Called It Passchendaele (Belgium); King Macbeth (National Tour); The Savonarola Debate (Florence, Italy); Jack and the Beanstalk starring Lynne McGranger (Home and Away) and Frazer Hines; Silent Anger (Tour as Producer);Dave Simpson’s new play Cock Tales and Cry Havoc! (Manchester); Journey to the East (Buffavento Castle, Cyprus); Aladdin and Sleeping Beauty (Halifax and Reading) with Cbeebies’ Justin Fletcher and Emmerdale’s Leah Bracknell. Rob is currently working on developing projects for the Victoria Theatre, Halifax and has been involved in the development of new writing workshop periods including The Good Enough Mum’s Club (London) and Fruits of the Poisoned Tree (Stoke) and leading workshops on creativity in Bangkok.

Fiona Graham Senior Lecturer As a Senior Lecturer and Producer, Fiona Graham has a background as factual documentary producer/director and television studio producer. She also has a background in print journalism, BBC radio and television, including BBC1, ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4, STV, History Channel and Sky. Fiona’s career started as a reporter in newspapers before moving to BBC radio as a Broadcast Journalist, and then to television with BBC Crimewatch, in London. After a few years, she moved onto various factual productions from live studio programmes and outside broadcasts, to documentaries for ITV across the UK and in Europe, including the first series of ITV’s Club Reps. Fiona’s background is in factual and features production, working on national and internationally distributed programmes and series, as a producer and live studio producer, and now more recently as a development producer.

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Acting, Drama and Performance Acting and Theatre Arts BA(Hons) Acting and Screen Performance BA(Hons) Technical Stage Production BA(Hons)

Film and Broadcasting Advertising, Film and Music Video Production BA(Hons) Experimental Film Production BA(Hons) Film, Television and Radio Studies BA(Hons) Media (Film) Production BA(Hons) Radio Production BA(Hons)

Film Digital Film and Post Production Technology BSc(Hons) Film Production Technology BSc(Hons) Film Production Technology (Top-up from HND) (Stafford) BSc(Hons) Film and Television Production Technology (Top-up) (Lichfield) BSc(Hons) Television Production Technology BSc(Hons)

FX CGI and Digital Effects BSc(Hons) Digital Film and 3D Animation Technology BSc(Hons) Games Concept Design BSc(Hons) VFX: Visual Effects and Concept Design BA(Hons)

Music Creative Music Technology BSc(Hons) Music Technology BSc(Hons) Music Technology (Top up from HND) BSc(Hons) Music Technology with Management BSc(Hons) Music Technology with Management (Top up from HND) BSc(Hons) Sound Design BSc(Hons) Sound Design (4 year with placement) BSc(Hons)

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POSTGRADUATE COURSES DISTANCE LEARNING

Digital Feature Film Production MSc

Film by Negotiated Learning (Raindance)

Duration: Minimum 12-18 months full-time

Duration:

Course outline:

The MSc Digital Feature Film Production is an exciting and innovative course that will provide you with creative and technological skills for a future role in digital film production and the creative industries.

If you’d like to study filmmaking on your own terms, the Raindance Postgraduate Film Degree (administered in collaboration with educational partner, The Independent Film Trust) could allow you to achieve:

Our philosophy is to nurture technical specialism and creative professionalism through research and practical production. We’ll help you become an innovative thinker with the ability to create original film productions, enabled through a growing and enhanced understanding of digital technology. Taught by lecturers with feature film experience, the course benefits from links to leading film organisations such as Raindance. You’ll work as part of a production team throughout the project, with finance in place to produce your feature. Production and distribution company, Grand Independent, will help you to promote and distribute your work to the international stage. Our emphasis is on collaboration. Working as a team to build a feature project together, with a script and budget in place, your film will enter the marketplace alongside your graduation, acting as a springboard for your career. Module overview: • Research Methods and Project Management • Negotiated Study • Advanced Production in HD Film • Advanced Post Production in HD Film • Digital Feature Film Production • Masters Thesis Project

1 year full-time

• A Masters degree in a film-related field of your own choosing… • In the form of an MA or MSc… • In a way that’s structured to suit you… • Based in London or online. Raindance now has 103 students on six continents divided between London based study groups and international online groups. By enrolling on this course, you could get your movie made or your screenplay finished with expert industry guidance from Europe’s largest film training provider and independent film festival. Module overview: We can help you make your project a success. If you want to take your interest in writing, directing or film producing to a top level, this could be the course for you. Current students are engaged in projects such as: • Writing screenplays • Making short films, documentaries and features • Designing and testing crowd funding campaigns for movies • Studying specific genres • Analysing the best ways to build audience for self distributed projects

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POSTGRADUATE COURSES Music Technology MSc Duration: Minimum 12-18 months full-time Course outline: This course is for students who wish to develop a deep understanding of the technologies and principles behind modern music production and distribution. In addition to gaining the skills you need to analyse and evaluate modern music technology systems, you’ll also have the opportunity to undertake practical music production work using our extensive facilities. This course focuses on a wide range of creative and technological areas, including advanced recording techniques, acoustics, mastering, digital sound synthesis, music software development and sound design. By studying the MSc in Music Technology, you’ll start your PgC period by studying three core modules and one option. For the PgD stage, you’ll study four more modules including one option. In the final stage, you’ll complete a dissertation based on a topic agreed with your supervisor. Module overview: • Advanced Recording Techniques • Negotiated Studies in Music Technology • Mastering and Signal Processing in Music • Applied Acoustics (Semester One Option) • Computer Music Composition (Semester One Option) • Pro Tools for Music Production • Creative Music Software Design • Research Methods for Music Technology • Electronics for Musicians (Semester Two Option) • Interactive Multimedia Composition and Performance (Semester Two Option) • 60-credit Dissertation Graduate destinations: In order to succeed in the hugely competitive environment of the modern music industry, it’s becoming increasingly important for students to be multi-skilled in both the technological and creative aspects of the field. The MSc in Music Technology offers an environment where you can develop your skills at a postgraduate level while working towards a recognised qualification. The course will help you to succeed in an increasingly challenging field – either through direct employment, independent business development or a freelance career.

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Specialist facilities

Expert teaching

Big names

Whether you’re here to study International History or Transnational Organised Crime, your course within the School of Journalism, Humanities and Social Sciences will prepare you for employment when you leave.

Whether you want to enter journalism, study history, understand literature, write creatively, or study philosophy and society, you’ll have ample opportunity to develop your interests, enhance your skills, become enterprising and prepare for the world of employment.

Graduates from the School of Journalism, Humanities and Social Sciences have found rewarding careers working with a wide range of companies. Our journalism graduates are working for companies such as Sky, MTV, BBC, ITV, ESPN, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. Many of our humanities graduates are researching at doctoral level. And our social sciences graduates are working in education, national foreign or defence ministries, the armed forces, security services, law enforcement, policing, customs and excise, social work, and the creative and cultural industries.

Our facilities include state-ofthe-art newsrooms, broadcasting studios, and digital media suites. In the humanities and social sciences departments, we have excellent library and electronic resources – and we have highly dedicated staff throughout the School. We put our students above all else and direct our extensive research towards enhancing your learning experience.

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Our lecturers are experts in their fields and many have extensive industry experience, working for the biggest names in the business. Many continue to work in media, broadcasting, journalism, sustainability campaigning and academic research. Some are successful authors within their subject areas.

MEET THE LECTURERS Dr Alan Russell Head of School: Journalism, Humanities and Social Sciences Alan Russell graduated with a First Class degree in Modern Studies (International Relations and Economics) from North Staffordshire Polytechnic in 1978. He completed his PhD research at the University of Kent at Canterbury and joined Staffordshire University in 1984. Alan has delivered courses at Nottingham University, Keele University and the Institut d’Études Politiques (IEP) in Toulouse over the years. His interests lie primarily in International Relations and Politics. Alan has written and co-authored a number of books and contributed to several academic journals, with a general focus on technology and international political economy.

Dr Sita Bali Academic Group Leader: Humanities Sita Bali gained a degree in Politics and Economics from St. Xaviers College at the University of Bombay. She later completed a masters and PhD in International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Sita has been a lecturer in International Relations at Staffordshire University since 1990. Her interests lie in the politics of South Asia – particularly India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sita is also interested in the politics of international migration and refugee movements, as well as security studies – particularly migration and security, and the ‘War on Terror’ and its impact. Publications include articles on Indian politics and various aspects of international migration.

Dr Tony Craig

Professional networking Our global outlook extends to the delivery of postgraduate courses by attendance or online distance learning, with students engaging from all parts of the world. Whether you attend the University or study remotely, you’ll find the experience engaging, interactive, challenging and insightful. Our links with industry will help you to develop your professional network before graduating to maximise your chances of success when you leave us.

Associate Professor: Humanities Tony Craig completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2009 and was Irish Government Senior Scholar at Hertford College, Oxford (2009-10). His research primarily focuses on the contemporary security history of Britain and Ireland, but he is currently extending this into studies of political intelligence during both the Northern Ireland Troubles and throughout Britain’s end of empire.

Peter Brookes Senior Lecturer: Sports Journalism Peter Brookes’ career in journalism spans more than 25 years. Before joining the journalism team at Staffordshire, he spent eight years as Managing Director of Manchester United TV, the world’s first dedicated club television channel. Previously he worked widely in newspapers, television and radio. As News Editor of TV-am (the predecessor to GMTV), he was in charge of news operations during a series of huge stories; the Lockerbie and Kegworth air disasters, Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Beirut hostage releases, to name but a few.

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UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

The courses listed below are all on campus and full-time, for international students who would like to gain an undergraduate award. International students would apply for the 3 year non-sandwich course and then, if they gained a placement, they could extend their visa to 4 years. To find out more, visit www.staffs.co.uk/international

Journalism Broadcast Journalism BA(Hons) English Literature and Journalism BA(Hons) Games Journalism and PR BA(Hons) Journalism BA(Hons) Journalism (Fast-track 2 year degree) BA(Hons) Journalism and PR BA(Hons) Music Journalism and Broadcasting BA(Hons) Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting (Sports professionals only) BA(Hons) Sports Journalism BA(Hons) Sports PR and Journalism BA(Hons)

Humanities and Social Sciences Creative Writing BA(Hons) Crime, Terrorism and Deviance BA(Hons) English Literature BA(Hons) English Literature (Fast-track 2 year degree) BA(Hons) English and Creative Writing BA(Hons) Modern History BA(Hons) Modern and International History BA(Hons) Sociology BA(Hons) Sociology, Crime and Deviance BA(Hons)

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POSTGRADUATE COURSES Broadcast Journalism MA

Sports Broadcast Journalism MA

Duration: 1 year full-time

Course outline:

This course is highly vocational and our students often progress into industry jobs before graduating. The course has full accreditation from the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) and you can take the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) core exams.

The MA in Sports Broadcast Journalism is the only course of its type in the UK. It provides professional opportunities in the world of sports media for many postgraduates who are now working at ITV, Sky, ESPN and several top football clubs. The course has been praised and accredited by the BJTC. It is run by professional sports broadcasters and offers an exciting blend of practical and academic subjects.

You’ll work with a team of top journalists and academics. The two main tutors each have over twenty-five years experience of working in the broadcast industry, working for the UK’s largest broadcasters – the BBC and ITV. They are co-authors of the leading Broadcast Journalism practical textbook in Britain ‘The Broadcast Journalism Handbook’. On this course, you’ll learn how to self-shoot and edit a TV package, how to present on television and radio and how to operate as a multimedia journalist. You’ll also learn how to write news pieces (and present them on TV, radio and online), how to report, how to interview, how to use a TV camera and how to produce and direct in a studio. You’ll use the latest industry-standard equipment and you’ll cover stories relating to events in the local community, national politics, international affairs, sports news and celebrity gossip. Module overview: • Broadcast Journalism: Theory and Practice • Government, Politics and Journalism • Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues • Specialist Broadcast Journalism • Journalism Studies • Research Project

You’ll learn the practical essentials of broadcast journalism including use of cameras, TV and radio studios and Final Cut Pro video editing. Newsdays replicate professional practice and you’ll report, present and produce to broadcast standards. Other subjects include sports broadcast studies and sports law. You’ll also complete a six-week work placement in a professional setting and learn how to produce documentary features. Module overview: • Sports Broadcast Studies • Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues for Journalists • Broadcast Journalism: Theory and Practice • Specialist Broadcast Journalism • Sport, The Individual And The Law (Distance) • Research Project for MA in Broadcast Journalism Graduate destinations: Former students are now working for ITV Sport, ESPN, Aston Villa FC, West Bromwich Albion FC, and Perform TV. Others are working in a variety of roles within the sports media industry.

Graduate destinations: Recent graduates work at Sky, MTV, BBC, ITV and on radio.

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POSTGRADUATE COURSES Journalism MA Duration: 1 year full-time Course outline: This course is designed for those who want to fast-track into a career in Journalism. It’s a highly vocational course and has full accreditation from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). We have strong links with the journalism industry and our teaching staff have extensive experience of working in newspapers, online journalism, radio and television. You’ll work with a team of top journalists and academics and you’ll learn how to self operate as a multi-media journalist. You’ll combine theory and practice within a lively and engaging atmosphere that mirrors the real world of journalism. The emphasis is on independent study and you’ll develop a portfolio in order to pursue your career aspirations. You’ll follow a programme of continuous assessment – including a fully assessed work placement – and you’ll have the chance to sit the NCTJ qualifications in Reporting, Law, Public Affairs, Video Journalism, Production, Portfolio and Shorthand. Module overview: • An Introduction to Broadcast Journalism • News Reporting • Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues for Journalists • Government, Politics and Journalism • Specialist Journalism and Placement • Convergent Newsdays • Journalism Studies • Major Journalism Research Project OR Major Journalism Dissertation Graduate destinations: Graduates from this course work in a range of organisations, including: • Wall Street Journal newspaper • Bloomberg TV • North Wales Media Group, newspaper • Fenice Media in Birmingham • Capacity Magazine, London • The Sentinel newspaper • PR, Heart of England NHS • Great British Food Magazine (Deputy Editor)

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Communicating Sustainability MA Duration:

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline: Sustaining the environment has become a key goal and principle for policy action at global and local levels. From the United Nations, through to national and local government, NGOs and the business sector, it is now widely recognised that understanding sustainability and integrating its principles and methods into everyday practice is vital for the environmental, economic and social welfare of society. This course will provide you with a rounded and multifaceted view of the current sustainability agenda through studying both the broader framework of ideas, principles and policies within which sustainable development and environmental management are being pursued. You’ll also gain practical skills that can be deployed within communities and organisations to identify, evaluate, manage and reduce their impact on the environment and society.

Module overview: • Cities, Governance and Sustainability • Climate Change and Sustainable Communities • Media Contexts and Change • Media and the Developing World • New Media and Society • Masters Project in Communicating Sustainability Graduate destinations: The course recognises the currency of questions communicating sustainability. It’s designed to appeal to those who wish to broaden their knowledge and understanding or who are interested preparing for research at doctoral level. As well as acquiring specialist subject knowledge, you’ll develop intellectual independence and critical and analytic competence in social science research methods. You’ll gain skills that are readily transferable to a range of employment contexts, with the qualities needed for employment in circumstances requiring sound judgement, personal responsibility, and initiative.

You’ll complement your understanding of the current sustainability agenda with an in depth study of the ways in which media and communication shape – and are shaped by – social, economic, political, technological and social forces. You’ll also learn about how media communications are used in multiple contexts, and the roles media can play in various forms of organisation that are situated in these societal contexts. The focus on media practices provides the theoretical and analytical framework within which you’ll learn to use and evaluate social media in promoting sustainability. Developing communication sustainability is seen as a strategic role for senior management and a key to managing change. Whether you’re embarking on a career in communications and public relations (with a focus on the environment and sustainability) or you want to develop your profile and expertise within an existing role, this course will give you a focused programme of work for your career. It could also act as the first step towards a PhD.

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Continental Philosophy MA Duration:

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline: Philosophy in the ‘Continental’ (or ‘European’) tradition is the most widely influential branch of philosophical enquiry. Not only does it offer intriguing analyses of aspects of human life and our world, it is also required reading for the study of social, cultural, political, media, literary or art theory. This course begins historically, starting from Kant and German idealism, and traces influences and reactions through the next two centuries. You’ll have the opportunity to take an optional module from other Humanities and Social Sciences departments. The degree culminates in a major supervised research project. This course will build on your previous studies of philosophy – or any related subjects. Whether you’re studying for the sake of interest, or as preparation for a PhD programme, you’ll learn from internationally recognised scholars in the field – including David Webb and Douglas Burnham. The course runs by distance learning, so the fees are competitive – as are your travel costs! You’ll have access to a suite of internet-based resources (lectures, notes, questions to work on, readings, and millions of digitised pages from the Staffordshire University library), a discussion forum to exchange and debate ideas with your teachers and fellow students, virtual visiting speakers from around the world, and a team of leading academics to support you. Core modules: • Transcendence and the Body • Phenomenology and Ontology • Masters Dissertation Conditional core modules: • New Media and Society or • Media and the Developing World Optional modules: • Money, Trade and Development in the Global Political Economy • Culture and Identity • Researching Media, Culture and Society

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Graduate destinations: Due to its adaptability to your needs and interests, this course is suitable for all kinds of students. We welcome those with a passion for the subject who are studying out of interest as well as those looking to use their skills in teaching or further academic study. We also welcome students looking for a subject-based postgraduate course to enhance their career skills and prospects.

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Development Policy and Practice MA Duration:

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline: Global relationships between societies have changed substantially in the last half century. The ‘3 worlds’ scenario of the immediate post-World War II period has all but disappeared. There are, however, still substantial inequalities between societies and radically different prospects for ‘development’. The emergence of the BRICs has put this into dramatic perspective with China, India and Brazil offering a challenge to the major western economies. In this context, the study of development becomes a central issue at a global as well as national level. This course addresses the theoretical and empirical issues surrounding the meaning of ‘development’ and the different patterns of development followed in different types of society. It highlights the key processes involved in social, political and economic transformation on a comparative basis and will provide you with the academic skills you need to undertake research, evaluation, and analysis – between societies and at a global level.

Module overview: • Development Theory and Practice • Cities, Governance and Sustainability • Climate Change and Sustainable Communities • Global Policy Analysis • Money, Trade and Development in the Global Political Economy • Media and the Developing World • Masters Dissertation Graduate destinations: Due to its adaptability to your needs and interests, this course is suitable for all kinds of students. We welcome those with a passion for the subject who are studying out of interest as well as those looking to use their skills in teaching or further academic study. We also welcome students looking for a subject-based postgraduate course to enhance their career skills and prospects.

The course focuses on the relationship between policy and practice in terms of how this affects prospects for development. It recognises that ‘development’ itself is a contested concept and that it may be contested by a very wide range of ‘actors’, from large multinational corporations to social and popular movements. This means that we have to have a very sophisticated ‘tool box’ of concepts and theories to analyse development in general and the prospects for development of some nation states/societies in particular. Part–time study via distance learning is particularly suitable if you want to combine learning with your current employment. We’ll provide you with a rigorous, critical and postgraduate education that will serve as the basis for either further study or for employment in related fields.

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Global Society and Media Communications MA Duration:

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline: The convergence of traditional communication technologies on the Internet has blurred the distinction between private and public spheres and engendered new forms of participation in civil society through interactive media, web-based networking and digital forums. This course facilitates a close examination of questions emerging from these contemporary forms of mediation. This is underpinned by an understanding of the media as a global phenomenon and a common grounding in theories and research related to globalization and communications. The programme introduces a critical exploration of the connections between technological innovation and cultural transformation; changes in the forms and practices in media communication; and the capacity of new communication technologies to transform social interaction within a mediated, global society. The course is aimed at those who have a professional or critical interest in debates around globalisation, cultural and media imperialism, pluralism and democracy, and the politics of representation. Specifically, as a distance learning course, it could be ideal if you’re a professional communicators in an NGO, political organisation, journalism or marketing and want to broaden your knowledge and understanding about media change and current practice. Core modules: • Media Contexts and Change • Understanding Media Audiences • Masters Project Optional modules: • Contemporary Social Theory • Culture and Identity • Concepts in International History • Contemporary International Relations Theory • Knowledge and Politics

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Graduate destinations: The course will equip you with transferable skills of research, planning, self-reflection, and critical debate suitable for a wide range of employment options. You could use the specialist knowledge you acquire to work in one of many government, international, or nongovernmental organizations involved in the field of media and development. Or you could use this degree as a foundation for further research at doctoral level.

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International History MA

International Policy and Diplomacy MA

Duration:

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline:

The MA in International History offers an intellectually stimulating approach to the subject through a theoretically based programme that aims to provide an understanding of global historical developments in the twentieth and emerging twenty-first centuries.

The MA International Policy and Diplomacy addresses key issues associated with the way countries of the world co-exist, in the face of rapid change. The process of globalisation has increased the importance of policy making and implementation in a wide range of universal and regional organisations, as well as between states (and especially in a multilateral context).

The course offers a broad international perspective on relationships and events between and amongst states over time, and ways of integrating specific national or regional approaches with aspects of world history. Rapid changes in communications, science and technology, urbanisation and industrialisation have brought dramatic changes, making it an exciting time to study history, particularly with an international perspective. Core modules: • International Relations in the Modern Era • Diplomacy and the Global World • Concepts in International History • Dissertation Optional modules: • International Security • Transnational History • Money, Trade and Development in the Global Political Economy • Foreign Policy Analysis Graduate destinations: The course will equip you with practical and academic skills attractive to employers. These include independent judgement, self-reflection and critical debate. You could use the specialist knowledge you acquire to work in education, national foreign or defence ministries, the armed forces or security services – or in an international or regional institution or other internationally oriented organisation. Alternatively, you could continue with an academic career, or simply satisfy a desire to understand the modern world.

A study of diplomacy can be appropriately grounded in the global policy context. State-centric images of the world have come under considerable challenge and there is important scope for a focus on the policy context of this trend. Diplomacy is studied in terms of the complex and wide-ranging means for official communication and in the context of the many types of intergovernmental organisations and their links with a growing transnational environment of international non-governmental organisations. Core modules: • International Relations in the Modern Era • Diplomacy and the Global World • Global Policy Analysis • Dissertation Optional modules: • International Security • Transnational History • Money, Trade and Development in the Global Political Economy • Foreign Policy Analysis Graduate destinations: The course will equip you with practical and academic skills attractive to employers. These include independent judgement, self-reflection and critical debate. You may choose to use the specialist knowledge you acquire, to work in one of the many international institutions, national foreign or defence ministries or internationally oriented organisations of many sorts. Alternatively you may wish to continue with an academic career.

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International Relations MA

Social and Cultural Theory MA

Duration:

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline:

The MA International Relations provides a substantial introduction to the main theoretical debates that shape the discipline and offers excellent preparation for undertaking a research degree.

This course explores our ever-changing global and technologically driven world. You’ll consider wide ranging ideas from questions of power, ideology, class, identity, gender, sexuality, technology, time and space through a complex array of different sociological and cultural/ critical theory ideas and philosophies from contemporary continental philosophy.

International Relations today is an exciting and important discipline of study. It addresses key issues associated with the way countries of the world co-exist in the face of rapid change. The 20th Century has witnessed two world wars and a forty-five year Cold War. It has seen huge technological changes that affect conflict, communications, trade and culture. It has witnessed the mass movement of people and the growing sophistication of global economic networks. Addressing a wide range of issues, International Relations theorists are at the heart of debates that characterise early 21st Century academic discourse. Critical theorists, post-modernists and gender theorists, contrast with more traditional theorists of conflict, diplomacy and power politics. Core modules: • International Relations in the Modern Era • Diplomacy and the Global World • Contemporary International Relations Theory • Dissertation Optional modules: • International Security • Transnational History • Money, Trade and Development in the Global Political Economy • Foreign Policy Analysis Graduate destinations: The course will equip you with practical and academic skills attractive to employers. These include independent judgement, self-reflection and critical debate. You may choose to use the specialist knowledge you acquire to work in one of the many international institutions, national foreign or defence ministries or internationally oriented organisations. Alternatively you may wish to continue with an academic career.

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The growing world of on-line communities like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have revolutionised the ways in which we ‘see’ ourselves, the ways in which we create our own identities, and the ways in which we communicate. The course will encourage you to develop a sophisticated and critically-informed approach to these issues. You’ll study in a supportive and intellectually exciting study environment that is responsive to your individual needs. You’ll develop critical skills, including argument, analysis, theoretical exposition and description, precision, and good methodological skill. You’ll develop confidence and professionalism in relation to both your work and other students. Modules: • Contemporary Social Theory • Researching Media, Culture and Society • The Application of Theory within Social Research • Culture and Identity • Dissertation Graduate destinations: The course will equip you with transferable skills required in sectors such as social work, personnel, creative and cultural industries, and marketing. It also provides the theoretical foundations for further academic study.

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Sociology MA

Terrorism, Crime and Global Security MA

Duration:

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline:

This course considers sociology to be the systematic study of forms of social organisation and patterns within social life. You’ll explore the relevance of theory and philosophy for thinking sociologically. You’ll also consider the range of methods employed for engaging in sociological research.

This course will allow you to acquire specialist expertise as well as a critical understanding of current research, advanced scholarship and current problems regarding terrorism, transnational crime and global security.

You’ll benefit from a supportive and intellectually exciting study environment that is responsive to your individual needs. You’ll also develop critical skills, including argument, analysis, theoretical exposition and description, precision, and methodological skills to gain confidence in relation to your work. The course will prepare you for either further academic work or for careers where the general skills acquired will be of invaluable benefit. You’ll also have the chance to study from a variety of perspectives and to develop your own interests in the area. The course is delivered via the Blackboard virtual learning environment, giving you the flexibility to arrange your studies around work and family commitments. Core modules: • Contemporary Social Theory • Research Methods Awareness • Research Practice • Culture and Identity • Sociology Dissertation

You’ll also gain specialist knowledge that will provide you with opportunities for career and personal development. Currently, no other MA programme in the UK offers such a rigorous programme in distance learning format. You can structure your learning – and the development of transferable vocational and research skills – around the demands of your work and domestic lives. Online learning gives you control over where and when you study. Our staff are highly experienced in the teaching and utilisation of knowledge from the fields of sociology and political science, as well as practised in the development and delivery of virtual teaching and learning. You’ll receive guidance and support through the virtual learning process as you gain confidence and knowledge. Core modules: • Crimes of the Powerful: Corporate, White Collar and Financial Crime • Crime Against Humanity: State Crime, War Crimes and Transnational Terrorism • Terrorism • International Security • Terrorism, Crime and Global Security: Postgraduate Dissertation Graduate destinations: This course has a curriculum that is suited to those seeking employment or further study within law enforcement, policing, customs and excise, the security industry, international governmental and non-governmental institutions, national foreign, security or defence ministries, or internationally oriented organisations.

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Transnational Organised Crime MA Duration:

Minimum 2 years Maximum 5 years

Course outline: This course provides an advanced programme in a new and rapidly changing area of study. During recent decades transnational crime has become a major area of concern for politicians and policy makers and an increasingly important area of research. Its context is the growth of global anxiety regarding activities such as drug trafficking, terrorism, human trafficking, illegal arms trading and financial crime which appear either to be on the increase or are assuming new and increasingly global forms. Throughout this course, you’ll examine this phenomenon in terms of its recent emergence and further development, its historical precedents at a global level, typical forms and law enforcement responses, and the way in which transnational organised crime is typically represented by news and broadcasting media. You’ll gain a rigorous and critical education in this area to act as a basis for either further study or employment in related areas. Core modules: • Crimes against Humanity: State Crime, War Crimes and Transnational Terrorism • Trafficking: The Illegal Trade in People, Goods and Services • Crimes of the Powerful: Corporate, White Collar and Financial Crime • Transnational Justice and Organised Crime • Research Based Dissertation Graduate destinations: The MA provides a curriculum that is suited to those seeking employment or further study within law enforcement, policing, customs and excise, the security industry, international governmental and nongovernmental institutions, national foreign, security or defence ministries, or internationally oriented organisations.

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