MSc Information, Communication and Society

The MSc degree Information, Communication and Society (ICS) sets out to provide technical competences combined with advanced analyses and explanations of the social character of the Information Age. The premise of the degree is that there is a pressing need for graduates who have an understanding of technical issues as well as comprehension of the social dimensions of informational issues.

The degree brings together long-established and internationally acclaimed expertise at City University in Information Science and in Sociology of Communications. The Departments have been leading centres in their respective fields for decades. The Department of Sociology has been a centre of research since the early 1970s and is particularly strong in the range and density of options it can offer students doing this course. The Department of Information Science has built a strong reputation for its innovative teaching and research since 1967. It is a provider of degrees that successfully balance information science and professional level of knowledge in underlying technology, producing graduates fully equipped for the contemporary digital context. This balance is a signature of our courses.

Though administered through Social Sciences, this degree programme draws on the strengths of two Schools (Social Science and Informatics) that together offer an impressive range of expertise in the informational area. The ambition of the Programme is to offer a degree that allows flexibility and opportunities of programmes while ensuring that each student develops knowledge and skills in the foundational elements of technology, management and social/political analysis.

Course Content

Students undertake three core modules: The information Society, Information and Knowledge management, Digital Information Technologies and Architectures, and Approaches to Social Research, followed by three elective modules from a selection.

The course is designed to prepare you to create, access and manage digital information in your own field of expertise and interest so that you can fully employ technology to address social and political aspects of information, communication and society today.

Employment Opportunities

Upon graduation, you will be prepared for employment in local, national and international government institutions and related organisations, non-governmental organisations where a combined expertise in the use of technology to manage and disseminate digital information, and societal aspects of the transformations the information age introduced, are required.

Programme Director: Professor Frank Webster

Duration

Full time: 12 months
Part time: up to 28 months

Fees 2010/11

	UK/EU	Overseas
Full time	£4,900	£9,900
Part time	£2,450	£4,950

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If you require further information on this programme or studying at the School of Social Sciences please contact the programme administrator Kieran Brookes on +44(0)20 7040 8908 or email Kieran.Brookes.1@city.ac.uk

Scholarships

There are scholarships available from the School of Social Sciences and School of Informatics.